Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 583-600 | 2024 CFORSJ Procedia _______________________________________________________________________________ © The Author(s) (2024). Published by USIM Press on behalf of the Centre of Research for Fiqh Forensics and Judiciary (CFORSJ), Faculty of Syariah and Law, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact usimpress@usim.edu.my. PENGGUNAAN DNA SEBAGAI QARINAH DALAM KES JENAYAH SYARIAH DAN KES PENENTUAN NASAB ANAK DI MAHKAMAH SYARIAH DI MALAYSIA THE USE OF DNA AS QARINAH IN SYARIAH CRIMINAL CASES AND CASES OF DETERMINING CHILD LINEAGE IN SYARIAH COURTS IN MALAYSIA i, * Muhammad Isyraq Husaini Muliadi, i Fauzan Hafidzi Mustakim, i Suhana Amiril, i Nazatul Faseha Md Nasir, i Nur Izni Azmi, i Zulzaidi Mahmod & i Hasnizam Hashim i Faculty of Syariah and Law, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM), 71800, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia *(Corresponding author) e-mail: zulzaidi@esyariah.gov.my ABSTRACT A claim brought to the Syariah Court is essentially aimed at asserting a right or interest in a matter or defending such an interest against a disputing party. Therefore, this study aims to explain and clarify the use of DNA as qarinah (circumstantial evidence) in criminal cases and the determination of paternity in the Syariah Courts of Malaysia. The research problem is the lack of clear explanations regarding the use of DNA as qarinah in criminal cases and paternity determination in the Syariah Courts. The objective of the study is to elaborate on the use of DNA as qarinah in Syariah criminal cases and the determination of paternity in the Syariah Courts. Among the findings of the study are the understanding of DNA and its applications in forensic science, the recognition of DNA as qarinah in criminal cases in the Syariah Courts, the use of DNA in paternity determination from the Syariah perspective, and the application of DNA in paternity determination in the Syariah Courts. Keywords: DNA, expert testimony, paternity determination, circumstantial evidence