An offence against life
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Committing a murder or killing someone without a lawful cause is strictly forbidden in Islam as stated in Quran. Killing is categorized into three types; deliberate, semi-deliberate and accidental.
An offence against life
This is the crime of killing. All Muslims agree that to kill without a lawful cause is strictly forbidden.
:Allah says
‘Do not take any human being’s life – which Allah has made sacred – except in the course of justice.’
(6:151)
There are three categories of killing: deliberate, semi-deliberate and accidental.