Hudud
Scriptural basis
a punishment by way of example, from Allah, for their crime: and Allah is Exalted in power. The crime of "robbery and civil disturbance against Islam" inside a Muslim state, according to some Muslim scholars, is referred to in Quranic verse 5:33: The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger, and strive with might and main for mischief through the land is: execution, or crucifixion, or the cutting off of hands and feet from opposite sides, or exile from the land: that is their disgrace in this world, and a heavy punishment is theirs in the Hereafter. The crime of illicit consensual sex is referred to in several verses, including Quranic verse 24:
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