University professor and director of Political and Law Sciences Departments of Kharazmi University (Teacher Training).
Abstract
From the viewpoint of Islamic law and jurisprudence, partnership in crime is coextensive with sin. The present article studies the commitment of offence, the material and psychological elements of offence and then sheds light on the conditions for the materialization of partnership in crime. It also discusses the punishment for the partnership in crime in accordance to the article 8 of penal code and Article 1 of the Islamic penal code. At the end of the article some allusions have been made to the Quranic verses as well as traditions, reason and consensus regarding the unlawfulness of partnership in crime.
