The importance of religious motivation and private meetings of prisoners with their wives
The importance of religious motivation and private meetings of prisoners with their wives
Recently, there has been a commotion about women in prisons in exchange for bribes. Action has already been taken against those involved. Criticism of women for flouting the prevailing laws in return for immoral transactions is correct.
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However, I would like to highlight the Islamic and humanitarian perspectives and two recommendations regarding the related rights of a prisoner. A detainee cannot be deprived of basic human rights, regardless of the accused or conviction. No one disagrees with this.
Most Islamic scholars believe that a married prisoner should have the opportunity to spend time alone with his wife at fixed intervals, subject to the wife's consent, in order to prevent moral and character degradation and for mental development. One of the reasons for this is that it cannot be justified to deprive the wife of the right to meet her biological needs because of the crime of the husband.
The second caliph of Islam, one of the most righteous and ideal rulers in human history, Umar (R.A.) used to allow prisoners to meet their wives in private. According to a narration by most Imams and scholars of Islamic history such as Imam Abu Hanifa, Imam Ahmad Ibn Hanbal and Imam Shafi'i (rahimahumullah) the prisoner should be allowed to meet his wife in private subject to certain conditions and jail code and the wife's consent. The same applies if the prisoner is a woman.
This rule is fully practiced in many countries of the world including Saudi Arabia. Many countries including Canada, Australia, Russia, and Spain have this rule. The rule has been in place since a 2015 ruling by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in India. In Turkey, a prisoner is given this opportunity if he has good behavior, orderliness and overall good performance. In this, the path of mental development and mental health of the prisoner is smooth and the path of character slippage is blocked. In the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology of the Northwestern University of Chicago in 1958, a joint article by Ruth Shanley Caven and Eugene S. Zeman in Marital Relationship of Prisoners of 28 Countries presented the above information about the importance of establishing the marital relationship of prisoners.
Someone can say if the prison has this facility and what is the meaning of confinement? The answer is that imprisonment is a punishment. A prisoner's opportunity to meet basic human needs in addition to his sentence is not tainted, nor is it culpable. Especially since the rights of others are involved. Access to children and family members in prison is also fair.
Along with this, there should be a system of religious discussions and motivational speeches in every jail for the emotional and moral care of the prisoners. Because people get the most opportunities for reflection and self-purification in the leisure of prison life. Every jail in Saudi Arabia has a 'Shunudiniyah' or religious affairs department. This department organizes weekly, monthly and yearly discussions and distribution of religious books to the inmates.
When I was working as a preacher and translator under the Ministry of Islamic Affairs in Saudi Arabia, it was my responsibility to conduct religious discussions and counseling at least once a week with Bangladeshi prisoners in various jails there. I have personally witnessed its wonderful effects. Many non-Muslim major countries, including England, have this rule. If this rule is done properly in Bangladesh, the mental development of the prisoners and the way to return to a healthy and normal life will be smooth and the crime trend will be reduced in the country In-sha-Allah.
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