Fasiq

Fasiq (Arabic: فاسق fāsiq) is an Arabic term referring to someone who violates Islamic law. As a fasiq is considered unreliable, his testimony is not accepted in Islamic courts.^[1] The terms fasiq and fisq are sometime rendered as "impious",^[1] "venial sinner",^[1] or "depraved".^[2]

Constant committing of minor sins or the major sins that do not require greater punishment, which are described as wickedness in fiqh terminology, are punished by the judge's discretion, without a certain limit and measure.

In tazir punishments, there is no obligation to prove the crime by witnessing or similar mechanisms.^[3]

^ ^a ^b ^c Majid Khadduri (28 November 2001). The Islamic Conception of Justice. JHU Press. pp. 149–. ISBN 978-0-8018-6974-7. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
^ Amīn Ahsan Iṣlāhī (2007). Tafsir of Surah al-Fātihan and Surah al-Baqarah. The Other Press. p. 149. ISBN 978-983-9154-88-7. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
^ Ertuğrul Gazi Tuncay (2017). "İslam Hukukunda Sınırı Belirlenmemiş Cezalar" (PDF). İslam Bilimleri Araştırmaları Dergisi (in Turkish) (3): 82–99.

[Khadduri2001-1] Majid Khadduri (28 November 2001). The Islamic Conception of Justice. JHU Press. pp. 149–. ISBN 978-0-8018-6974-7. Retrieved 17 November 2012.

[Iṣlāhī2007-2] Amīn Ahsan Iṣlāhī (2007). Tafsir of Surah al-Fātihan and Surah al-Baqarah. The Other Press. p. 149. ISBN 978-983-9154-88-7. Retrieved 17 November 2012.

[3] Ertuğrul Gazi Tuncay (2017). "İslam Hukukunda Sınırı Belirlenmemiş Cezalar" (PDF). İslam Bilimleri Araştırmaları Dergisi (in Turkish) (3): 82–99.

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Islam and Iman
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Islam Iman Ihsan
Individuals
Mumin – Believer Muslim – Submitter (to God) Shahid – Martyr who dies in the cause of Islam Fasiq – Open sinner, corrupt Fajir – Sinner (by action) Kafir – Disbeliever Munafiq – Hypocrite
Groups
Ahl al-Kitab – People of the Book Ahl al-Fatrah – People of the Interval
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