Pakistan: Five 'Crimes' That Can Get You Executed

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Capital punishment is legal in Pakistan, also one of the eight countries in the world where people under the age of 18 can face execution for committing certain crimes.

Although other ways of carrying out the death penalty are considered legal, in practice hanging is method of execution most widely adopted.

Blasphemy

According to Pakistani Penal Code: "Whoever, with the deliberate intention of wounding the religious feelings of any person, utters any word or makes any sound in the hearing of that person or makes any gesture in the sight of that person or places any object in the sight of that person, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both."

In 1982, a clause prescribed life imprisonment for "wilful" desecration of the Koran.

In 1986, a separate clause was inserted to punish blasphemy against the Prophet Muhammad and the penalty recommended was "death, or imprisonment for life".

A British man diagnosed with schizophrenia has been recently sentenced to capital punishment for blasphemy.

Drug trafficking

According to Pakistan penal code, illegal trafficking of more than one kilogram of a drug is punishable by death.

A British woman has swerved the death sentence but been sentenced to life imprisonment after she was caught attempting to smuggle £3.2m worth of heroin out of Pakistan.

Mother-of-three Khadija Shah, 26, was six months pregnant when she was arrested at Islamabad airport in May 2012

Her baby daughter, Malaika, has remained in prison with her ever since she was born.

Adultery

Extramarital sexual relations may lead to death sentences.

A couple accused of adultery were stoned to death in Pakistan's western Baluchistan province in February 2013.

However, after the couple were killed, the woman's father and brother, and the man's uncle and father were arrested, along with a cleric believed to have issued the order to kill them.

In Pakistan, honour killing is very widespread.

Under the banner of 'honour killing' people (mainly women) are killed, often by parents and relatives, if their behaviour is considered to bring shame upon the family.

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan reported that 943 women died in so-called honour killings in Pakistan in 2011.

Amnesty International reported 960 honour killings in Pakistan in 2010.

Apostasy

The abandonment of Islam may lead to execution.

The Pakistani penal code does not specify death penalty for apostasy; Pakistan is however ruled by Sharia law and Sharia courts are theoretically in a position to apply the death penalty.

According to a 2010 poll by Pew Research Centre, 6% of Muslims in Pakistan agree with the death penalty being issued for leaving Islam.

Kidnapping

Kidnapping to murder, harm, for slavery or sexual abuse or trafficking, or putting the victim in the danger of any of those things, is punishable by death, according to the Pakistan penal code.

Kidnapping for ransom or extortion is also punishable by death.

Pakistan: Five 'Crimes' That Can Get You Executed

 

[Hiptullha]

I find it weird they put 's around crimes, yet mention drug trafficking and kidnapping. Are those not considered to be crimes around the world?

 

[Secularpakistani]

First of all in pakistan you need to be at least 18 years old for capital punishment ,so don,t agree with the article above.
Finally yea say thanks to zia ul haq and other lunatic mullahs who tried to enforced these medieval religious punishments but it,s good thing in pakistan majority don,t believe in these punishments and our law too seems to be not supporting it.

 

[Omar12345]

All of these stupid laws need to be abolished.

 

[Zaryanshah]

The reasons for capital punishment in Islam
I'd like to know the reasons , justifications and conditions for the enforcement of capital punishment in Islam.

Praise be to Allaah.


Capital punishment applies in the case of a person who meets any of the following conditions:

1 – The apostate. The apostate is one who disbelieves after being a Muslim, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever changes his religion, execute him.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 6524.

2 – The married adulterer. The punishment in this case is to be stoned to death.

Al-muhsan or the married person here means one who got married and had intercourse with his wife in the vagina, in a legitimate marriage in which both parties are free, of sound mind and adults. If a married man or woman commits adultery, then they are to be stoned to death, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Learn from me. Allaah has given them a way out. If an unmarried person commits fornication with an unmarried person, (the punishment is) one hundred lashes and exile for one year. If a married person commits adultery with a married person, (the punishment is) one hundred lashes and stoning.” (Narrated by Muslim, 1690).

And al-Bukhaari (2725) and Muslim (1698) narrated from Abu Hurayrah and Zayd ibn Khaalid al-Juhani (may Allaah be pleased with them) that they said: “Two men from among the Bedouin came to the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and said, ‘O Messenger of Allaah, I adjure you by Allaah to judge me according to the Book of Allaah.’ The other disputant – who was smarter – said: ‘Yes, judge between us according to the Book of Allaah and give me permission to speak first.’

The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, ‘Speak.’

He said, ‘My son was employed by this man, and he committed adultery with his wife. I was told that the punishment for my son would be stoning, but that he could be ransomed for one hundred sheep and their offspring. I asked the people of knowledge and they told me that the punishment for my son would be one hundred lashes and exile for one year, and that this woman would be stoned.’

The Messenger of Allaah (S) said: ‘By the One in Whose hand is my soul, I will judge between you according to the Book of Allaah. The offspring and sheep will be returned (i.e., there is no ransom), and your son is to be given one hundred lashes and exiled for one year. O Unays [who was one of the Sahaabah], go tomorrow to that woman and if she admits (this crime) then stone her.’ So he went to her the next day and she admitted it, and the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) issued orders that she be stoned.

3 – The murderer (one who kills deliberately). He is to be killed in retaliation (qisaas) unless the victim’s next of kin let him off or agree to accept the diyah (blood money), because Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“O you who believe! Al-Qisaas (the Law of Equality in punishment) is prescribed for you in case of murder: the free for the free, the slave for the slave, and the female for the female. But if the killer is forgiven by the brother (or the relatives) of the killed against blood money, then adhering to it with fairness and payment of the blood money to the heir should be made in fairness. This is an alleviation and a mercy from your Lord. So after this whoever transgresses the limits (i.e. kills the killer after taking the blood money), he shall have a painful torment”

[al-Baqarah 2:178]

“And there is (a saving of) life for you in Al-Qisaas (the Law of Equality in punishment), O men of understanding, that you may become Al-Muttaqoon (the pious)”

[al-Baqarah 2:179]

And the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “It is not permissible (to shed) the blood of a Muslim who bears witness that there is no god but Allaah and that I am the Messenger of Allaah, except in three cases: a married adulterer, a soul for a soul, or one who leaves the religion and splits from the jamaa’ah.”

Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 6484; Muslim, 1676).

4 – Bandits, i.e., al-muhaarib, the one who wages war against Allaah and His Messenger. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“The recompense of those who wage war against Allaah and His Messenger and do mischief in the land is only that they shall be killed or crucified or their hands and their feet be cut off from opposite sides, or be exiled from the land. That is their disgrace in this world, and a great torment is theirs in the Hereafter”

[al-Maa'idah 5:33]

5 – Spies. The spy is the one who spies on the Muslims and transmits information to their enemies.

The evidence for that is the report narrated by al-Bukhaari (3007) and Muslim (2494) which says that Haatib ibn Abi Balta’ah wrote to some of the mushrikeen in Makkah telling them some information about the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “O Haatib, what is this?” He said, “O Messenger of Allaah, do not hasten to judge me. I was a man closely connected to Quraysh, but I did not belong to this tribe, while the other Muhaajireen with you had their relatives in Makkah who would protect their families and property. So I wanted to make up for my lack of blood ties to them by doing them a favor so that they might protect my family. I did not do this because of disbelief or apostasy nor out of preferring kufr (disbelief) to Islam.” The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, “He has told you the truth.” ‘Umar said, “O Messenger of Allaah! Let me chop off the head of this hypocrite!” The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “He was present at the battle of Badr, and you do not know, perhaps Allaah looked at the people of Badr and said, ‘Do whatever you like, for I have forgiven you.’”

The point in this hadeeth is that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) agreed with ‘Umar that Haatib deserved to be executed for this action, but the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) told him that there was a reason why he should not be killed, which is that he was one of those who was present at the battle of Badr.

Ibn al-Qayyim said in Zaad al-Ma’aad (2/115) concerning the hadeeth of Haatib ibn Abi Balta’ah:

This was quoted as evidence by those who do not think that the Muslim spy should be killed, such as al-Shaafa’i, Ahmad and Abu Haneefah (may Allaah have mercy on them). And it was quoted as evidence by those who think that the spy should be killed, such as Maalik and Ibn ‘Aqeel among the companions of Ahmad, and others. They said: This is because the reason for not killing him was that he had been present at Badr. If being Muslim was the reason for not killing him, he would not have given a reason that is more specific, which is the fact that he had been present at Badr.

And he said elsewhere in Zaad al-Ma’aad (3/422):

The correct view is that execution of a spy depends on the opinion of the ruler; if executing him is in the Muslims’ interests, he should be executed, but if letting him live serves a greater interest, then he should be allowed to live. And Allaah knows best.

The above also includes the one who does not pray, the one who practices witchcraft, and the heretic, because they come under the heading of “the one who leaves his religion and splits from the jamaa’ah.”

With regard to the conditions of implementing this punishment, there are many. Each crime has its own specific conditions, details of which may be found in the books of fiqh.

To learn more about the wisdom behind executing the apostate and the married adulterer, see question no. 20327.

And Allaah knows best.

 

[Zaryanshah]

One of the strangest things to note is that we are living in a time when some of the Muslims are embarrassed to quote the verses and ahaadeeth on jihad in front of their kaafir friends. Their faces turn red because they are too shy to mention the rulings on the jizyah, slavery and killing prisoners of war. They wish that they could erase these verses and ahaadeeth from the Qur’aan and Sunnah so that they would not be criticized by this world with its backward principles despite its claims to be civilized. If they cannot erase them then they try to misinterpret them and distort their meanings so that they suit the whims and desires of their masters. I will not say so that they suit their whims and desires, for they are too weak to have their own whims and desires, and too ignorant. Rather it is the whims and desires of their masters and teachers among the missionaries and colonialists, the enemies of Islam.”

 

[Imran Khan]

Ye mulk kabhi nhi sudhersakta shart laga lo

 

[Thorough Pro]

Only eight? We should add Rape, abduction, mobile/car snatching, use of fire arm in a crime, possession/trade of illegal firearm, possession/trade of narcotics, possession/trade of counterfeit currency, possession/trade of counterfeit drugs, possession or illegal/fake nationality proving documents (ID card, Passport, etc) possession/making/renting/showing of any kind of **** material, any form of written/verbal/visual/digital communication to incite racism or hate, murder, attempt of murder, possession/trade/use of explosive material etc

We should discontinue hanging and introduce beheadings in public. Criminal should be beheaded on the same spot, where he committed the crime in front of people to witness, not behind closed walls

Capital punishment is legal in Pakistan, also one of the eight countries in the world where people under the age of 18 can face execution for committing certain crimes.

Although other ways of carrying out the death penalty are considered legal, in practice hanging is method of execution most widely adopted.

Blasphemy

According to Pakistani Penal Code: "Whoever, with the deliberate intention of wounding the religious feelings of any person, utters any word or makes any sound in the hearing of that person or makes any gesture in the sight of that person or places any object in the sight of that person, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both."

In 1982, a clause prescribed life imprisonment for "wilful" desecration of the Koran.

In 1986, a separate clause was inserted to punish blasphemy against the Prophet Muhammad and the penalty recommended was "death, or imprisonment for life".

A British man diagnosed with schizophrenia has been recently sentenced to capital punishment for blasphemy.

Drug trafficking

According to Pakistan penal code, illegal trafficking of more than one kilogram of a drug is punishable by death.

A British woman has swerved the death sentence but been sentenced to life imprisonment after she was caught attempting to smuggle £3.2m worth of heroin out of Pakistan.

Mother-of-three Khadija Shah, 26, was six months pregnant when she was arrested at Islamabad airport in May 2012

Her baby daughter, Malaika, has remained in prison with her ever since she was born.

Adultery

Extramarital sexual relations may lead to death sentences.

A couple accused of adultery were stoned to death in Pakistan's western Baluchistan province in February 2013.

However, after the couple were killed, the woman's father and brother, and the man's uncle and father were arrested, along with a cleric believed to have issued the order to kill them.

In Pakistan, honour killing is very widespread.

Under the banner of 'honour killing' people (mainly women) are killed, often by parents and relatives, if their behaviour is considered to bring shame upon the family.

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan reported that 943 women died in so-called honour killings in Pakistan in 2011.

Amnesty International reported 960 honour killings in Pakistan in 2010.

Apostasy

The abandonment of Islam may lead to execution.

The Pakistani penal code does not specify death penalty for apostasy; Pakistan is however ruled by Sharia law and Sharia courts are theoretically in a position to apply the death penalty.

According to a 2010 poll by Pew Research Centre, 6% of Muslims in Pakistan agree with the death penalty being issued for leaving Islam.

Kidnapping

Kidnapping to murder, harm, for slavery or sexual abuse or trafficking, or putting the victim in the danger of any of those things, is punishable by death, according to the Pakistan penal code.

Kidnapping for ransom or extortion is also punishable by death.

Pakistan: Five 'Crimes' That Can Get You Executed