Theory and Practice of Muslim State in India c7.s2.21

c7.s2.21

The stern justice, the dire punishments, as happens in autocracies, were meant for the poor while the rich and influential remained untouched; the rich who could "put a few coins in the hands of the Qazi," got scot free. This was specially so, say, in the case of wine-drinking. Wine is prohibited in Islam, but in practice only for the poor.