تلخیص
With the new scientific inventions, innovative methods and sources have come to the
fore in the field of investigation. A question arises thus; whether Islamic shariah admits of the
modern trends of investigation or Islamic principles of investigation has nothing to do with
modern science? In modern investigative trends, circumstantial and material evidence have
earned enormous emphasis; and this type of evidence is of great value under Islamic Shariah
too. Circumstantialـcumـmaterial evidence corroborates the ocular evidence, however a court of
law may, sometimes, decide relying solely upon the circumstantialـcumـmaterial evidence in case
of nonـavailability of ocular account. Hence, circumstantial evidence is admissible under
Shariah for the proof of crime or a claim. In this topic medical evidence, as a modern source of
investigation, has been tested on the touchstone of Islam.