Hudud the mandatory punishments in Islamic criminal law for crimes against morality (adultery, fornication and false allegations of adultery ), property(theft and highway robbery),apostasy and drunkenness. Though severe, hudud punishments are tempered by the strict rules of evidence. For example, the first offence of theft,on the proof of two witnesses or a confession,results in amputation of the hand at the wrist, and the second,further amputations. For fornication, on the proof of four male witnesses or a confession,a For fornication,on the proof of four male witnesses or a confession, a married person is sentenced to stoning to death,and others to a hundred lashes.