Islamic Criminal Law and Hudood MCQs 2026

The Offence of Zina (Enforcement of Hudood) Ordinance 1979 deals with

1. A unlawful sexual intercourse and related offences including zina and zina-bil-jabr ✓
2. B bankruptcy of traders only ✓
3. C registration of companies ✓
4. D civil divorce procedure only ✓

Under Islamic criminal law in Pakistan, hadd punishments are

1. A purely discretionary sentences of any magistrate ✓
2. B fixed penalties prescribed by the Quran and Sunnah for specific offences ✓
3. C civil fines without imprisonment ✓
4. D determined solely by police without court ✓

Tazir punishments in Islamic criminal jurisprudence are

1. A discretionary penalties imposed by the court within statutory limits ✓
2. B identical to hadd in every case ✓
3. C always capital punishment ✓
4. D never imposed by courts ✓

The Qisas and Diyat Ordinance 1990 primarily governs

1. A corporate mergers ✓
2. B intellectual property licensing ✓
3. C bank cheques only ✓
4. D offences involving hurt and qatl (homicide) through qisas, diyat and related rules ✓

Qisas in Islamic criminal law means

1. A blood money paid to heirs always without option ✓
2. B retribution in kind for causing death or specified hurt ✓
3. C unlimited discretionary imprisonment only ✓
4. D civil apology without sanction ✓

Diyat refers to

1. A compensation (blood money) payable to heirs of the victim in qatl cases ✓
2. B corporal hadd for theft only ✓
3. C probation for juveniles only ✓
4. D tax on agricultural produce ✓

For imposition of hadd for zina, the classical evidentiary requirement generally includes

1. A four adult Muslim male eyewitnesses to the act of penetration (subject to statutory conditions) ✓
2. B one police confessional statement alone without more ✓
3. C hearsay of unlimited persons ✓
4. D no evidence at all ✓

Zina-bil-jabr is classified in the Zina Ordinance as

1. A lawful marital intercourse only ✓
2. B zina by force or without consent (rape) ✓
3. C civil breach of contract ✓
4. D lawful guardianship transfer ✓

If hadd evidence for zina is insufficient, the court may convict the accused of

1. A automatic acquittal in every case without exception ✓
2. B civil contempt only ✓
3. C a hadd sentence regardless of proof ✓
4. D tazir for zina or related offence where evidence supports it ✓

The Offence of Qazf (Enforcement of Hadd) Ordinance 1979 punishes

1. A lawful trade disputes ✓
2. B ordinary theft of movable property only ✓
3. C breach of partnership deed only ✓
4. D false accusation of zina against a person ✓

The Offence of Property (Enforcement of Hudood) Ordinance 1979 covers

1. A marriage registration fees ✓
2. B income tax assessment ✓
3. C theft, hiraba and related property offences with hadd and tazir distinctions ✓
4. D election petition procedure ✓

Hadd for theft (sariqa) generally requires among other conditions that

1. A the thief be a minor without exception ✓
2. B no witness or proof be needed ✓
3. C the property be valueless ✓
4. D the stolen property meet a defined minimum value (nisab) and be taken from a secure place ✓

Hiraba under the Hudood framework relates to

1. A peaceful civil trespass only ✓
2. B verbal insult without theft ✓
3. C robbery or dacoity involving violence or threat ✓
4. D lawful bailment only ✓

The Prohibition (Enforcement of Hadd) Order 1979 addresses

1. A land revenue arrears ✓
2. B customs duty on books only ✓
3. C consumption and related offences concerning intoxicating liquor with hadd and tazir ✓
4. D copyright in software only ✓

Afs (forgiveness) or waiver by the victim or heirs can affect

1. A every hadd offence without statutory limit ✓
2. B all tax offences automatically ✓
3. C civil contract validity only ✓
4. D qisas in homicide and hurt cases under Qisas and Diyat law ✓

The Federal Shariat Court may examine laws for conformity with

1. A only local municipal bylaws ✓
2. B the injunctions of Islam as laid down in the Quran and Sunnah ✓
3. C only company law ✓
4. D only cricket board rules ✓

Movable property theft not meeting hadd conditions may be punished as

1. A no offence at all ✓
2. B hadd automatically regardless of proof ✓
3. C tazir theft under the relevant statute or PPC as applicable ✓
4. D only civil suit without criminal liability ✓

The Execution of the Punishment of Whipping Ordinance 1979 provides procedure for

1. A execution of hadd of whipping in applicable Hudood offences ✓
2. B execution of civil decrees for rent ✓
3. C corporate winding-up ✓
4. D probate of wills only ✓

Distinction between hadd and tazir is significant because

1. A hadd requires strict proof and cannot be waived by ordinary compromise in the same manner as many tazir offences ✓
2. B both are identical in proof and waiver ✓
3. C tazir always requires four eyewitnesses for every crime ✓
4. D hadd is always lighter than tazir ✓

Qatl-i-amd (intentional murder) under Qisas and Diyat law may result in

1. A automatic acquittal without trial ✓
2. B qisas (death sentence as retribution) or diyat/compound with heirs' consent ✓
3. C only a traffic fine ✓
4. D mandatory deportation only ✓

Qatl-i-khata (death by mistake) generally attracts

1. A mandatory hadd for zina ✓
2. B diyat and may include arsh for hurt; qisas normally not applicable as in intentional murder ✓
3. C identical treatment to intentional murder always ✓
4. D no liability whatsoever ✓

A compoundable offence under Qisas and Diyat may be settled by

1. A police alone without court ✓
2. B foreign embassy only ✓
3. C automatic settlement by media statement ✓
4. D agreement between parties subject to court approval and legal conditions ✓

The Zina Ordinance distinguishes between married and unmarried offenders for purposes of

1. A civil company registration ✓
2. B stamp duty rates only ✓
3. C classification and punishment of zina offences including hadd and tazir ✓
4. D voter age only ✓

Tazir for zina may be imposed when

1. A hadd cannot be imposed due to failure of strict proof or other legal bar ✓
2. B hadd has already been executed identically ✓
3. C no offence is alleged ✓
4. D only civil witnesses support a commercial claim ✓

The Qisas and Diyat framework was later consolidated in

1. A the Qisas and Diyat Ordinance and amendments culminating in the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1997 context ✓
2. B the Contract Act 1872 ✓
3. C the Sale of Goods Act 1930 ✓
4. D the Partnership Act 1932 only ✓

Under prohibition law, hadd for drinking requires

1. A no proof at all ✓
2. B proof by single anonymous letter only ✓
3. C proof by civil survey map only ✓
4. D strict proof including confession or two male Muslim eyewitnesses to drinking ✓

If an accused retracts a hadd confession before punishment in applicable cases, the general principle is

1. A hadd must still be executed regardless ✓
2. B hadd may not be imposed and tazir or other proceedings may be considered ✓
3. C confession is irrelevant always ✓
4. D only civil damages apply ✓

The term wali in Qisas and Diyat law refers to

1. A police investigating officer only ✓
2. B trial magistrate only ✓
3. C heirs of the victim entitled to claim qisas or diyat ✓
4. D accused's employer ✓

Arsh under Qisas and Diyat law denotes

1. A blood money for homicide only ✓
2. B compensation for hurt/injury other than wounding causing death ✓
3. C corporate dividend ✓
4. D land revenue surcharge ✓

Daman under the Qisas and Diyat scheme relates to

1. A registration fee for firms ✓
2. B court fee in civil suits only ✓
3. C bail bond in ATA only ✓
4. D compensation for hurt caused to a victim where arsh or other specified compensation applies ✓

Hudood ordinances were promulgated during the era of

1. A Quaid-e-Azam in 1947 ✓
2. B General Zia-ul-Haq in 1979 ✓
3. C Ayub Khan 1962 constitution only ✓
4. D 18th Amendment 2010 ✓

The Pakistan Penal Code continues to apply alongside Hudood laws where

1. A hadd is always imposed for every theft ✓
2. B Hudood repealed PPC entirely ✓
3. C tazir or non-hudood offences are charged or hadd is not imposed ✓
4. D no overlap exists ever ✓

False implication of zina (qazf) punished under the Qazf Ordinance protects

1. A only commercial trademarks ✓
2. B only government property deeds ✓
3. C only electoral symbols only ✓
4. D honour and privacy by penalizing unsubstantiated accusations of zina ✓

In theft hadd jurisprudence, the concept of hirs refers to

1. A property kept in a secure/protected manner ✓
2. B public abandoned goods always ✓
3. C valueless items only ✓
4. D intellectual ideas without form ✓

Zina liable to hadd differs from fornication punished as tazir mainly in

1. A both requiring identical proof always ✓
2. B standard of proof and severity of fixed hadd penalty when conditions met ✓
3. C neither being criminal ✓
4. D both being civil only ✓

The Federal Shariat Court's judgment on Riba and later Islamization debates interacted with but did not replace

1. A the Constitution entirely ✓
2. B all civil courts ✓
3. C the entire criminal Hudood code automatically ✓
4. D all provincial assemblies permanently ✓

Qisas execution requires among other safeguards

1. A instant private revenge without court ✓
2. B police execution without trial ✓
3. C foreign arbitration only ✓
4. D compliance with statutory procedure and rights of heirs including waiver or diyat ✓

A juvenile below puberty is generally not subject to hadd punishment under Islamic criminal principles applied in Pakistan as

1. A hadd applies fully without exception ✓
2. B only diyat applies to juveniles always ✓
3. C hadd does not apply to a child who has not attained puberty ✓
4. D juveniles face only hadd never tazir ✓

Attempted zina may be punished as

1. A hadd with four witnesses to attempt alone always ✓
2. B no offence whatsoever ✓
3. C tazir where the statute and evidence support attempt liability ✓
4. D only civil injunction ✓

The integration of Qisas and Diyat into Pakistan's criminal justice system reflects

1. A recognition of Islamic principles of retribution and compensation in homicide and hurt ✓
2. B complete abandonment of all PPC offences ✓
3. C exclusive military jurisdiction ✓
4. D purely customary law without statute ✓