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  • What If A Judge Makes A Mistake In Giving Capital Punishment?

    Posted by Ahmad Shoaib on October 23, 2020 at 12:50 pm

    If a judge made a mistake in giving capital punishment- EG to his full knowledge and all of his evidences and his understanding the man deserved the crime (let’s say it was a murder)- but the man was actually innocent- what would happen to the judge. He has taken a man’s life and he never found out. On the day of judgement would he be held accountable for this since he had infringed upon someone’s life?

    Ahmad Shoaib replied 3 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • What If A Judge Makes A Mistake In Giving Capital Punishment?

    Ahmad Shoaib updated 3 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
  • Faisal Haroon

    Moderator November 5, 2020 at 11:31 am

    Response by Hassan Ilyas sahab:

    • Ahmad Shoaib

      Contributor November 5, 2020 at 11:37 am

      So huqooq ul ibaad breaks down here right? Because that philosophy would dictate that a right has been infringed upon and it must be paid for. On the day of judgement (according to huqooq ul ibaad) if the judge made a wrong decision and only found out on qiyamah, then he will have to pay with his good deeds. This doesn’t seem fair so I guess huqooq ul ibaad requires a bit of nuance. Unintentional infringing of rights do not count.

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