This refers to the story “Expert: End gap between Islamic and manmade legal systems.” I entirely agree with Ahmed Al-Saqih that most of the non-Shariah legal systems also aim at reaching or protecting the just legal rights.
In fact, a closer study of many juristic principles which are followed in other jurisdictions will reveal that they are more in line with the Shariah system or rather have been adopted from or influenced by Shariah. For instance, the tort law which has continuously evolved in the West enables or obliges the party which did a wrong intentionally or by being negligent must correct that wrong by means of proper compensation. The principle underlying this law is nothing but a direct extension of the divine rule related to Qisas or retaliation.
This important principle of justice has a wider application and stricter implementation can guarantee protection of rights of all people.
This very principle also demands that in cases where the employees have been held by the employers against their wishes or whose dues have not been settled by the employers, when the courts rule in their favor, the employers must be made liable to pay to them the compensation at least equal to what they would have earned if they were to work in the same position there or elsewhere.
Since the expatriates can neither work or leave the country during the trial period, provisions of the law related to compensation for the loss of earnings be made more elaborate and the courts should ensure their strict implementation by the labor offices. — Safi H. Jannaty, Dammam
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