Gen AI Policy

1. General Statement

Al-Istinbath: Journal of Islamic Law establishes this Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI) Policy as part of its commitment to maintaining academic integrity, originality, and high-quality scholarly publications. The use of AI tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, or similar platforms is permitted in a limited manner, and authors remain fully responsible for the content of their manuscripts.

2. Permitted Use of AI

Authors may use generative AI for the following purposes:

  • language editing and stylistic improvement;

  • grammar checking;

  • assisting in formulating initial ideas or outlining;

  • improving structure or producing preliminary summaries.

These uses must not replace the author’s intellectual contribution.

3. Prohibited Use of AI

Generative AI must not be used to:

  • produce scientific content without author verification;

  • generate legal analysis, scholarly arguments, citations, or references;

  • fabricate data, findings, or literature sources;

  • create manipulated research results;

  • produce text that cannot be justified by the authors.

Manuscripts violating these guidelines may be rejected or retracted.

4. AI Use Declaration Requirement

Authors who use generative AI for language editing or technical assistance must disclose this usage in an Acknowledgement or Author’s Note, using a statement such as:

“The authors used a Generative AI tool for language editing only and did not use it to generate scientific content, analysis, data, or references.”

Failure to disclose AI usage will be treated as a form of publication ethics misconduct.

5. Author Responsibility

Authors retain full responsibility for:

  • the originality of the manuscript;

  • the accuracy and authenticity of data and references;

  • the validity of scholarly analysis;

  • compliance with publication ethics.

AI tools cannot be considered as co-authors or contributors. All scholarly arguments must originate from the authors themselves.

6. Policy for Reviewers and Editors

Reviewers and editors are prohibited from uploading manuscripts into open or public AI platforms during the review process to ensure confidentiality.
AI tools may only be used for:

  • language analysis;

  • checking writing clarity,

without feeding manuscript content into public AI systems.

7. Screening and Sanctions

The journal may employ AI-detection tools to evaluate the originality of submitted manuscripts.
Violations of this policy may lead to:

  • manuscript rejection;

  • article retraction;

  • temporary or permanent submission bans.