بررسي فقهي و حقوقي جرم سب النبي

Legal and Jurisprudential study of "Sabb al-Nabi" crime

"Sabb al-Nabi", or vilifying the prophets, is one of the conventional crimes originated from Islam; therefore, it is necessary to refer to religious sources, particularly narrations made by the Infallible Imams in order to recognize the rules of this crime. The ʹlaw-maker has set forth capital punishment in compliance with the aforementioned sources, yet he offers no further explanation about neither general nor specific elements related to the crime. Article 513 of the Islamic penal code, legal. document for the subject crime, extends the scope to cases like despising the Islamic sanctities, vilifying every one of the great prophets (s), the saint Imams (a) as well as Hazrat Fatima (s). These cases lack clarity even in jurisprudential books. Owing to the fact that this new crime has been incorporated into the Islamic penal code through religious sourcesʹ after the Islamic revolution of Iran, law books have not yet dealt with it as deserved. Thus, various aspects of the crime have been overlooked in our discussions of the penal law, and need to be researched. It is hoped that this article will serve as a step forward in this field.