Mughal Administration c10.s5.12

c10.s5.12

*Hadd* (its plural being *hadud*), means a punishment prescribed by Canon Law and considered as 'the right of God,' which, therefore, no human judge can alter. The original design in the institution of *hadd* is determent, *i.e.*, warning people from the commission of certain offences. The absolution of the person punished is not the original design of it, because *hadd* is inflicted equally on infidels and Muslims.