Limits of corporal punishment of children by parents from legal and jurisprudential perspectives

Article 59, paragraph 1 of the Islamic penal code of the Islamic Republic of Iran recognizes the parental treatment in the form of punishment, as a justification as long as it is reasonable. This legal right of parents to punish their children is stated as a general rule and as the article 167 of the constitution sets it out, the elaboration of any generality has to be settled by referring to Shariah where there are four restrictions on the corporal punishment of children;(a) it is limited to the ages of 7,8 or 10; (b) it is applied when children fail to perform prayers; (c) it is applied without any injury and; (d) it should involve no risks. This article will elaborate on these limits.