Crime

    Cards (105)

    • Justice
      The Qur'an describes God as just. Because God is just, justice must be of the highest importance for all Muslims
    • God commands justice, the doing of good…and He forbids all shameful deeds and injustice.: 'Surah 16:90'
    • Muslims' role as vicegerents of God's creation
      • Behave justly to other people and ensure the world is run in a fair way
    • God commands justice and good conduct to all… and he forbids all immorality, bad conduct and oppression: 'Surah 16:90'
    • Freewill
      Every Muslim is free to choose good or bad behaviour and must accept that their actions will affect their relationship with God and the society around them
    • There are many hadith (sayings of the Prophet Muhammad) in which Muhammad is shown as acting justly and telling Muslims to treat everyone justly and equally
    • Stand up firmly for justice, as a witness to God, even as against yourselves or your parents or your kin, and whether it be against rich or poor.: 'Surah 4:35'
    • Shari'ah
      A system of law covering moral, social, economic, political and religious life, based on the Qur'an and the Sunnah, used by Muslims to make moral decisions
    • Justice for victims of crime

      Islam teaches that justice should always be given and as the victim is innocent, justice can only be given when the victim receives justice from the perpetrator, which can be by compensation
    • Muslim Aid is an organisation that works to relieve poverty around the world and seeks to secure justice for the poor and oppressed
    • Muslims are against crime because criminal behaviour is breaking the law of God
    • God orders justice, doing good…he forbids what is shameful, blameworthy, and oppressive: 'Surah 16:90-92'
    • Ummah
      The importance of the Muslim community, and all Muslims have a duty from Allah to care for others as part of this
    • Being involved in crime distracts them from what is important in life- worshipping Allah
    • ...Fulfil the covenant of Allah ….for he knows all that you do.: 'Surah16:91'
    • Causes of crime that Islam tries to remove
      • Poverty
      • Upbringing
      • Drugs and alcohol
      • Low self-esteem
    • Islam tries to deal with issues of poverty in both a religious and a political way
    • Islam encourages its followers to think carefully about voting and to support policies aimed at removing poverty
    • Islam tries to help people to be good Muslim parents. Children are a gift from God and, on the Last Day, Muslim parents will be judged by God on how well they have brought up their children
    • Drugs and alcohol should not be a problem for Muslims as they are prohibited (haram) as the Qur'an says that intoxicants are used by Satan to try to keep people from God and from saying their prayers
    • No Muslim has a problem with self-esteem as they are the khalifah (Allah's stewards) of God and are given the task of looking after the world in the way God wants
    • Halal
      Actions that are permitted by Allah
    • Fard
      Actions a Muslim must do to be seen as good, including observing the Five Pillars and obeying Shar'iah law
    • Mandub
      Actions that a Muslim will be rewarded for doing but not punished if they don't do them
    • Mubah
      Actions which are permitted because there is nothing about them in the Qur'an or Hadith
    • Haram
      Actions which are forbidden and include actions which are forbidden in the Quran, Hadith or Shari'ah law
    • Moral Evil
      Evil caused by humans misusing their freewill
    • Natural Evil
      Suffering not caused by humans
    • It is We who have sent down the Qur'an to thee in stages. Therefore be patient with constancy to the command of thy Lord, and hearken not to the sinner or the ingrate among them: 'Surah 76:23-24'
    • Humans have been born with natural instinct to understand between right and wrong and have been given freewill to choose between right and wrong
    • The angel Iblis refused to bow down to Adam and was sent out of paradise but was allowed to try to tempt humans to choose wrong until the Day of Judgement, therefore life is a period of testing and temptation
    • Evil and suffering test a Muslim's faith. If a Muslim keeps true to their faith, they will be rewarded with eternity in paradise on judgement day
    • The faithful should not ask why there is evil and suffering but accept it as God's will knowing that Allah will not ask more of them than they can endure
    • Muslims should help those who suffer either by working to remove evil and suffering from the world or by prayer, because helping the suffering and fighting evil will be rewarded by Allah
    • The existence of Natural Evil makes non religious people reject God's existence as they believe that a good God would not have designed a world with natural evil
    • If God is omnipotent, he must be able to remove evil and suffering
    • If God is omnibenevolent he must want to remove evil and suffering since it causes so much unhappiness
    • As evil and suffering exists, either God is not omnipotent, or He is not omnibenevolent or he does not exist (Mackie calls this the Inconsistent Triad)
    • Evil and suffering are either the result of humans misusing freewill or the fault of the accidental nature of the universe
    • Hadd punishments
      Punishments fixed in the Qur'an and hadith for crimes considered to be against the rights of Allah
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