{"id":6789,"date":"2024-07-10T07:44:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/2024\/07\/10\/implementation-of-the-shariah-laws-on-the-non-muslims\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T21:49:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T16:49:21","slug":"implementation-of-the-shariah-laws-on-the-non-muslims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/implementation-of-the-shariah-laws-on-the-non-muslims\/","title":{"rendered":"Implementation Of The Shari&#8217;ah Laws On The Non-Muslims"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Question<\/h3>\n<p>Can  the Islamic State punish a non-Muslim citizen who commits offense  against a Muslim? For example if a non-Muslim citizen steals a Muslim&#8217;s  property, will the culprit&#8217;s hand be cut? Or if a non-Muslim citizen  commits adultery with a Muslim citizen, will the non-Muslim culprit be  sentenced to death (<em>rajam<\/em>) along with the Muslim culprit?<\/p>\n<h3>Answer<\/h3>\n<p>Salam<\/p>\n<div>The shari&#8217;ah is silent on this issue.<\/div>\n<div>In  this regard, both ways can be adopted depending upon the terms of  citizenship concluded with the non-Muslim minority: A Muslim state can  enforce Islamic punishments on the non-Muslims citizens, and it can give  them the leverage to follow their own code in a particular matter.<\/div>\n<div>The  bottom line is that non-Muslims citizens are not necessarily bound to  face the punishments prescribed by the Islamic shari&#8217;ah.<\/div>\n<p><strong>Answered by:<\/strong> Dr. Shehzad Saleem<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> 2015-03-03<\/p>\n<button class=\"simplefavorite-button\" data-postid=\"6789\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Favorite <i class=\"sf-icon-star-empty\"><\/i><\/button>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can  the Islamic State punish a non-Muslim citizen who commits offense  against a Muslim? For example if a non-Muslim citizen steals a Muslim&#8217;s  property, will the culprit&#8217;s hand be cut? Or if a non-Muslim citizen  commits adultery with a Muslim citizen, will the non-Muslim culprit be  sentenced to death (<em>rajam<\/em>) along with the Muslim culprit?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":14147,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1369],"tags":[1942,1670,1293],"class_list":["post-6789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islamic-punishments","tag-crime","tag-non-muslim","tag-punishment"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Implementation Of The Shari&#039;ah Laws On The Non-Muslims - Al-Mawrid Queries<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/implementation-of-the-shariah-laws-on-the-non-muslims\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Implementation Of The Shari&#039;ah Laws On The Non-Muslims - Al-Mawrid Queries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Can the Islamic State punish a non-Muslim citizen who commits offense against a Muslim? 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