Document Type : Original Article
Authors
Imam Sadiq University
Abstract
The philosophy of legislating laws is one of the important theological issues that has long been of interest to scholars. By conducting a comparative study between Islamic laws and Jewish laws, it is observed that there is a difference between the philosophy of legislating laws between these two religions. In Judaism, there are laws that do not exist in Islam; as, based on verses and narrations, there were some laws issued to the Children of Israel, which were based on punishment and retribution for their actions due to oppression, rebellion, and sins. The present study, using a descriptive-analytical method, and utilizing verses of the Holy Quran, authentic narrations, and a comparative study with the Holy Bible, while examining the reason for issuing these laws, explains the legislating of punitive laws in Judaism based on two things: first, it has led to the prohibition of lawful matters, and second, compliance with the new laws has been accompanied by hardship and hardship. Punishment-based laws, which are mentioned in the Holy Quran as "Isr", do not exist in Islam, which indicates the superiority of the philosophy of legislating Islamic laws and is one of the reasons for the immortality and finality of the Islamic religion.
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