This will enable man to appreciate the harmony and...

This will enable man to appreciate the harmony and relationship that exists between all the aspects of his life, apart from grasping them individually. To elucidate on this point, we shall give an example. Islam is law encourages that the child be shown love and compassion and given the chance to play during the period of childhood.

The Shari`a frowns on ill treating or hurting the child, because that All-Knowing Legislator is conversant with his nature and with how our treatment of the child affects his behaviour later in life. Studies in criminal psychology reveal that lack of love and compassion and ill treatment during childhood is among the most important factors responsible for ggressive and rebellious tendencies, crime and maltreating others.

In the same vein, child psychology confirms that play and freedom during the childhood years contributes in freeing one from anxiety and fear, which are among the conditions endangering a complex personality that invariably turns into a threat to society. It has also been established that licentiousness, hoarding, alcoholism and drug abuse are among the most dangerous anti-social behaviours that throw materialistic man into related diseases, crime and economic woes.

A perusal of the above mentioned statistics, pertaining to sex related diseases, crime, economic problems and psychological illness, confirms that the ignorance of the law-makers is the paramount reason for the condition that man is suffering from. It is also patent enough that man's knowledge of the harm or usefulness of his various actions does not result in enacting laws accordingly.

What bars him from acting upon this knowledge and certainty is the influence of his personality, the result of which is legislation based on ignorance, selfishness, personal inclinations and corrupt desires. Thus, positive law is far from being objective for it is no more than an enunciation of what the person of the human legislator, who is subject to influences of ignorance, selfishness and psychological conditions, harbours.

It is true that sometimes the legislator achieves the desired goal in objectivity in certain enactments, but, respecting them definitely requires that the enforcer act out of an inner urge to the same effect. Such pure motives cannot be found except where true belief in Allah, the Glorious, the next world and its recompense exists.