FIQH AL-JINAYAT IN SOLVING CRIMES COMMITTED BY UNDERAGE CHILDREN

Abstract

Crimes committed by underage children are worsening day by day, starting from homicide, molestation, property damage, to abuse. In 2017, an upsetting tragedy happened, a tahfiz school was burned and killed 23 students. Authorities then found out that the tragedy was caused by 7 underage teenagers. There are a lot of similar tragedies that involve underage teenagers that caused property loss. As an example, some burglary cases that were committed by children aged 12. These crimes involving underage children need to be handled by all different parties. In Islamic Law, there are discussions about the sentences for the underage criminals. Through this paperwork, the writer will discuss the methods used in Islamic law, in dealing with crimes committed by underage children from various fiqh madhab.