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3 Safar 14357 December 2013

Proofs for Cutting the Hand of a Thief from the Wrist

QuestionKindly provide the Hadiths which indicate that the hand of a thief is to be amputated at the wrist. In the verse regarding theft (Surah Al-Ma'idah, 5:38), Allah Ta'ala commands that the hand of a thief be cut. While the scholars have explained that the amputation is to be carried…