What are the differences between sin and crime according to Islam?

      

What are the differences between sin and crime according to Islam?

  

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Kavungya
i. Sin is rejecting/ breaking the Laws of Allah but crime is breaking the law of the land/nation
/state/ community.
ii. Sin in the eyes of Allah can be forgiven but the state authority may not pardon crime.
iii. Sin is punished by Allah or other directed by Allah but crime is punished according to law of
the state.
iv. Sin is judged by Allah but crime is judge by the court of law.
v. Sin cannot be hidden from Allah but crime can be concealed from the state.
vi. Sinners will definitely be punished in the hereafter but criminals get their punishment in the
world.
vii. Parts of the body testify against sin but this does not happen in crime.
viii. Most crimes are sinful acts but they are not punishable by the state as stipulated in the
Shariah.
ix. Sins are universal but crimes are individual.
x. Judgment in crimes can be compromised but in sin it cannot.
xi. Punishment in crime does not apply to all but few.
Kavungya answered the question on March 29, 2019 at 11:13


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