A-LevelIslamic StudiesIslamic Law (Shari'ah) and EthicsOct/Nov 2025Paper 1 Q125 Marks
Read the following text passages then answer the questions which follow. Qur'an 17.32-33 Nor come nigh to adultery: for it is a shameful (deed) and an evil, opening the road (to other evils). Nor take life – which Allah has made sacred – except for just cause. And if anyone is slain wrongfully, we have given his heir authority (to demand qisas or to forgive): but let him not exceed bounds in the matter of taking life; for he is helped (by the Law). Hadith 85 Steadfastness Sufyan bin Abdullah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: I said, "O Messenger of Allah, tell me something of Islam which I will not ask anyone else about it." He (pbuh) said, "Say, 'I believe in Allah' and then be steadfast".
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