A Study of the Legal Defence Domain from Property Under Islamic Criminal Law

Under the Islamic criminal law, the defence of property is permitted. Property, like soul and man’s dignity, is of great importance, and there is a limit for it in case of an encroachment over it in the Holy Qur’an. As for the defence of property, there are several reasons about the necessity, and permission of defence. The jurists believe that an individual can defend against the invasion over his property to prevent from encroaching over his wealth according to the destined and legal limits, so that he can drive out the encroacher, even though the defender may be afraid of murdering a soul.Defending one’s own property is permitted; however, what causes permission or forbidding depends upon the obligatory or forbidden cases that may occur to the property and to the defender.