Qisas

Qiṣāṣ (Arabic: قصاص‎) is an Islamic term meaning “retaliation in kind”, “eye for an eye”, “nemesis” or retributive justice. It is a category of criminal justice in Islamic jurisprudence, where Sharia allows equal retaliation as the punishment. Qisas principle is available against the accused, to the victim or victim’s heirs, when a Muslim is murdered, suffers bodily injury or suffers property damage. In the case of murder, qisas means the right taking the life of the killer, only if the court approves and after a judge makes the decision.Qisas is one of several forms of punishment in Islamic Penal Law, others being HududHudud is the word often used in Islamic literature for the bounds of acceptable behaviour and the punishments for serious crimes. In Islamic law or Sharia, hudud usually refers to the class of punishments that are fixed for certain crimes that are considered to be "claims of God." They include theft, fornication and adultery, consumption of alcohol or other intoxicants, and apostasy. More, Diyya and Ta’zir.