What is the ‘Kisas’ law of Yemen, which can save Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya’s life?

Nurse Nimisha Priya, a resident of Kerala, has been sentenced to death in Yemen. The court of Yemen had sentenced Nimisha to death and was scheduled for the death sentence on Wednesday (July 16, 2025). Which has now been temporarily postponed. However, Nimisha Priya’s life and luck, which is facing a death sentence in Yemen, now rests on the Sharia law ‘Kisas’ as the danger of death on Nimisha is not averted despite temporarily postponing.

In fact, the aggrieved side living in Yemen has clearly stated that he will not forgive Nimisha Priya, accused of murder, in a recent case. With this, he has also refused to take the blood money of about 8.5 crore received from her family in exchange for Nimisha’s apology.

What is the law of Yemen?

In fact, many other Muslim countries, including Yemen, where Sharia law is applicable, there is a lot of recognition of which law and people of the Muslim community consider it as ‘command of Allah’, because Kisas Islamic is a part of the Sharia law, which is the basis of the Quran- ‘Life instead of eye and life instead of eyes.’ This means that if a person kills, then under this law, the victim’s family has the right to forgive the killer or demand the death penalty for him. Apart from this, there is also an option of blood money in it, under which the victim families can forgive the accused by taking compensation.

What is the whole matter?

36 -year -old Nimisha Priya is a nurse from Kerala. She went to Yemen in search of a job in 2008. In Yemen, Nimisha had partnered with local citizen Talal Abdo Mehdi to open the clinic, which went ahead. Mehdi took Nimisha’s passport, which Nimisha injected Mehdi unconscious to get back, causing her death. After Mehdi’s death in 2017, the Yemen court held Nimisha guilty of murder and was sentenced to death in 2020.

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