Abstract
The DNA technology has been expanded to the horizons of various fields like genetic weapons, human expansion, patenting and inventions, biotechnology, and genetic engineering other than having its importance in the civil and criminal investigation. And it is still through the way of developments. In this research, the efforts have been made to prove that in the present scientific era DNA Printing Test could be helpful for the promulgation of hudūd and Taʿzīr, or it could be a source of justice for the victim of injustice along with the accurate identification of criminal without any doubt and suspicion? For this purpose, I have provided a detailed discussion about the promulgation of hudūd and Taʿzīr from prophetic era till now, and to try to relate the Scientific method of testimony to historical method, the study explores the resolutions of Islamic Fiqh Academies, opinions of modern scholars, decisions of muslins jurists in past, legal opinions of Islamic Organization for Medical Sciences, along with the reliability and authenticity of DNA Printing Test, to find out the solution. The methodology applied in the discussion is critical analysis based on inductive and deductive approaches.
Keyword(s)
DNA, Ḥudūd and Taʿzīr, Sharīᶜah (Islamic Law), Punishment, DNA Printing Test