Islamic point of view

The Holy Qur’an uses various terms to donate “crime” or transgression of the Law of God. These terms have in fact been used to indicate the different effects or results of crime. For instance, a person who wishes to keep to the right path in life ought to follow the party that has come into existence for the good of all mankind. The party or group is called ummat-un-muslimatum. If, however, he conducts himself in a manner that makes him so week, depressed and listless that he is unable to keep in step with the party and tends to lag behind, he is guilty of ithm. In other words, every action which weakens human personality would fall within the category of Ithm.

 

On, the other hand, there are crimes that stimulate one’s spirit of defense and prompt him to transgress the limits of the law; such crimes are described as ‘Udwan’. Both these categories of crime – ‘udwan as well as Ithm – involve infringement of the Laws of God; they differ only in respect of their results. It should be clear that the prevailing conception of “sin” does not exist in the Islamic code of ethics. The notion that infringement of the Divine injunctions is “sin” whereas violation of the social code and rules is “crime” is a fallacy which is in conflict with the Islamic view of life. The Islamic Society is an agency for the enforcement of Divine Laws; it therefore, rules out a duality between the Laws and injunctions of God and those of society. This kind of duality is conceivable only in religion, not in din.

 

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