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نظام جیل خانہ جات- عہد نبوی تا عہد عباسی

The Jail System from Prophetic Era to Era of Abassids

Abstract

Crime and punishment is the core part of all legal systems. The primary goal of punishment in Shariah is to prevent criminal activities and establish a just social and political system. Imprisonment is also a mode of punishment and was used in primal era of Islam. In the age of Prophet s.a.w. some evidences of imprisonment are found. In age of four Caliphate there was a proper system of jail and historians have mentioned how this system was established and functional. In the next two regimes namely Omayyad and Abbasid there were jails constructed in all big cities. This article gives brief information of jail system in ancient Islamic eras.

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