Killing the murderer does not bring the victim back, nor does the family of the victim benefit from executing the murderer. The compensation, however, must be sufficient to be a deterrent for others. The Quran solves this problem, as well as the problems associated with the criminal justice systems prevalent in today's world. According to the Quranic criminal justice, the thief who is convicted of stealing a thousand dollars from you must work for you until you are fully paid for the thousand dollars you lost, plus any other damage and inconvenience the theft may have caused you. At the same time, the thief's innocent wife and children are not deprived of their man, and the expensive prison system is eliminated.
Imprisonment is a cruel and inhumane punishment that has proven useless to all concerned.
Contrary to common belief, the thief's hand shall not be cut off. Thank God for His mercy and His mathematical miracle in the Quran, we know now that the thief's hand is to be marked. This gives mathematical confirmation that the Quranic law calls for marking the hand of the thief, not severing it. This is not God's law. As pointed out above, the basic punishment is social pressure and scandalizing the criminal.