'Adalah (Justice): Difference between revisions

{{QualityScore|Lead=3|Structure=2|Content=2|Language=1|References=3}}'''<nowiki/>'Adalah''' (عدالة) is the Arabic word for "justice" and is used in various forms throughout the [[Portal: Islamic Scriptures|Islamic scriptures]]. While the basic concept of justice in Islam and [[Portal: Islamic Law|Islamic law]] is not wholly distinct from modern conceptions of the word, in the definitional sense of justice being what is fair and reasonable, there are many contexts in which what is considered Islamically just is, in practice, significantly distinct from what a modern sense of justice would entail. An important example of this difference is found in the frequent and broad-ranging preferential legal and financial treatment of Muslims over and above [[non-Muslims]] and of men over and above [[Islam and Women|women]] in [[Sharia|Shariah]] courts -- while such treatment would not evoke in many modern persons the feeling that justice had been attained, it is nonetheless considered just under Islamic law. In addition to these substantive distinctions, which are themselves significant, there are also certain meaning-laden phraseologies and symbols with which the concept of justice is associated in the [[Portal: Islamic Scriptures|Islamic scriptures]] which are noteworthy for historical and literary reasons. One recurrent and still-popular image in the [[Quran]] is that of the Scales of Justice, which are supposed to be employed to determine individuals fate (be it [[Jahannam (Hell)|Hell]] or [[Jannah (Paradise)|Heaven]]) on the Day of Judgement.

The evil deeds of a rich man, when placed upon [[Allah|Allah's]] scales of judgment, will weigh more than had he been a poor man. The hadith describe how the atonement (the good deed required to make up for the evil deed) is different depending on one's income level.

Other narrations describe rich people being judged more harshly on the day of judgement

Scales can be considered a universal sign for justice. Many ancient religions had such a concept. Maat, the Egyptian goddess of truth, right, and orderly conduct holds the scales which weigh the human heart in the judgment of the dead. Iustitia, the Roman's [[W:Lady_Justice|Lady Justice]], is another goddess of justice who carries measuring balances. And the book of Daniel refers to scales being used to judge a man just as with other ancient religions.<ref>Daniel 5:27</ref>

====In the Qur'an====

The Tanakh codified the law that scales and measuring balances be honest. Such a rule and similar statements can be found in the [[Torah]]<ref>Leviticus 19:36</ref> and the book of Proverbs<ref>Proverbs 11:1</ref><ref>Proverbs 16:11</ref>. The Qur'an includes the same:

==Islamic Scholar on Justice and Human Rights==

 

{{Quote|1=[http://www.islamqa.com/en/ref/97827 Western human rights organizations and the ruling on referring to them for judgement]<BR>Islam Q&A, Fatwa No. 97827|2=The Muslim should not be deceived by the so called western and European “human rights” organizations, because although they outwardly appear to support the oppressed and to take a stance against torture and undermining of human dignity in prisons and detention centres – which in general terms are good ideas – they also play other roles, and support other principles which are aimed at destroying the family, and opening the door to slander against Islam and the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), and all his fellow-Prophets. They are opposed to the rule of sharee’ah which enjoins hadd punishments such as stoning for the adulterer, execution for the apostate and cutting off the hand for the thief, becoming part of legislation and being implemented, which is in fact very rare. These organizations are also opposed to the shar’i rulings that have to do with women, such as the necessity of her wali’s consent for marriage, the command to observe hijab, and the prohibition on her mixing, in addition to other principles where they claim that they want to liberate man from religious obligations and to make man free in the way he conducts his affairs, not restricted by good morals or sublime shar’i rulings.<br><br>

To sum up what these organizations promote: it is that man should be able to do whatever he wants, no matter how perverse. They support lesbians, homosexuals and bisexuals, and religious deviance. They regard it as a human right to disbelieve in whatever religions one wants and to express one’s opinion – even about the Prophets – without any fear or shame, and they also support the liberation of woman from the control of her father, husband or religion.<br><br>