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: 1. 79 carrying out the sentence, in the form of any tendency towards barbarism on the occasion. Or the next of kin could say to the government that they did not wish to carry out the sentence personally themselves, and would prefer that the government catry it out. This procedure has a greater chance of uprooting rancour from the mind of kith and kin of the victim, nipping in the bud thereby many sources of mischief for the future. Again, according to the Islamic law it is open to the kin of the murderer to forgive him altogether, since that is better for society in some cases, and the right of next of kin extends to such forgiveness, if they choose to exercise it. All these, however, are fields of the Shariah which pertain to the duties of a government, no private citizen being entitled to interfere. But there are other. matters which, though in some ways connected with the functions of a government, are still lefe to the initiative of the parties concerned, such as the department of Qaza (Justice) we have in,. Qadian. The government does not object to it, for its policy in the case of non-cognisable disputes is to leave the matter to be decided by the parties concerned out of court, if they desired to " do so. In regard to all these matters we must now come to a firm decision to put the IslamicShariah into force; for if there are any portions of the Shariah which it is open to us to put into