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    unknownuser
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    JudgeYou are guilty of theft and your hand shall be cut off dude.
    DefendantOh man that sucks for me coz I didnt do it, seriously.
    ExecutionerShut up! Take this! (Censored)

    Sometime Later

    LawyerAccording to newly found evidence my client is not guilty.
    JudgeHmm ... you are right. Ok then so you are not guilty dude.
    DefendantThank God. But wait, how about my chopped off hand?
    JudgeWell, it is too late buddy. You should have presented the evidence before you got your hand chopped off.
    DefendantGod dammit ...

    rotfl Hey, perhaps in time he may be accused of theft again and there goes his other hand. elektro

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      unknownuser
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      JudgeYou are guilty of theft and your hand shall be cut off dude.
      DefendantOh man that sucks for me coz I didnt do it, seriously.
      ExecutionerShut up! Take this! (Censored)

      Sometime Later

      LawyerAccording to newly found evidence my client is not guilty.
      JudgeHmm ... you are right. Ok then so you are not guilty dude.
      DefendantThank God. But wait, how about my chopped off hand?
      JudgeWell, it is too late buddy. You should have presented the evidence before you got your hand chopped off.
      DefendantGod dammit ...

      Oh my god....that is really hilarious .... rotfl rotfl rotfl

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        Katara
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        Salam,

        I hope we're not interpreting an ayat according to our interests.. like, saying hell isn't forever or it is on earth, just because God doesn't show us the true logic of it...

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          unknownuser
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          Salam,

          I hope we're not interpreting an ayat according to our interests.. like, saying hell isn't forever or it is on earth, just because God doesn't show us the true logic of it...

          Alright, resolve the slight problem of "repenting" after your hands have been cut off, and get back to me.

          Great general wisdom in that post, however.

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            Jack
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            what if he's accused of theft more than 2 times? what gets cut off then?

            great post jankren

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              unknownuser
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              We move onto his feet, duh.

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                Jack
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                or between his feet

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                  unknownuser
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                  I think

                  or between his feet

                  What if it's a woman? A lot of women seem to be accused of theft, based on this, in the Sudan and Somalia?

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                    538
                    And the male thief/robber and female thief/robber, so cut off their (B)'s hands, a reward because what they (B) gathered/acquired, severe exemplary punishment from God, and God (is) glorious/ might, wise/judicious.

                    539
                    So who repented from after his injustice/oppression, and he corrected, so that GOD forgives on him, that God (is) a forgiving, merciful.

                    Impt Question how do we know if God forgives someone or not?

                    Our duty is as decribed in 538,
                    while 539 is saying simply what it says..
                    no contradiction, no complication..

                    538 is a concept of you reap what you sow/ cause and effect, while forgiveness/repentent is a different story.
                    for example, someone gossiped about you, you found out about it and the knowledge creates resentment/embarrasment.. but then it is up to you to forgive or not.. resentment/embarrasment is bound to happen..cause and effect.

                    salam.

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                      jankren
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                      what if he's accused of theft more than 2 times? what gets cut off then?

                      great post jankren

                      How could he steal if he didnt have hands any longer? D

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                        unknownuser
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                        How could he steal if he didnt have hands any longer? D

                        Electronic fraud, dragging it by mouth, theft by proxy, etc...

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                          Wahuwa allathee kaffa aydiyahum AAankum waaydiyakum AAanhum bibatni makkata min baAAdi an athfarakum AAalayhim wakana Allahu bima taAAmaloona baseeran

                          4824 And it is He Who has restrained their hands from you and your hands from them in the midst of Makka, after that He gave you the victory over them. And Allah sees well all that ye do.

                          Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo othkuroo niAAmata Allahi AAalaykum ith hamma qawmun an yabsutoo ilaykum aydiyahum fakaffa aydiyahum AAankum waittaqoo Allaha waAAala Allahi falyatawakkali almuminoona

                          511 O ye who believe! Call in remembrance the favour of Allah unto you when certain men formed the design to stretch out their hands against you, but ((Allah)) held back their hands from you so fear Allah. And on Allah let believers put (all) their trust.

                          In above verses, what was held back/restrained is their ?hands? or means to carry out.

                          Likewise, for known thieves; i.e. repeat offenders; cut off their means to do so.

                          Prison is certainly an option.

                          Question for professional thieves in 7th century Arabia is the ?literal? severing of hand a way to cut off their means to perpetrate their crime?

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                            unknownuser
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                            Again, the beauty of the Quran is that the first meaning would hold in that time, the second meaning fits in today, and in a few hundred years, when technology so advances, we can use both meanings!

                            But, clearly the meaning to "cut off means of wealth" is better throughout.

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                              Angel
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                              Cutting thieves hands is horrendous and barbaric. Perhaps the verse 538 and especially 533 may have been painfully and unduly misunderstood in my opinion.

                              yea but some people deserve it i.e. people that claim to be raising millions of ??????? for charity and pocketing most of it.

                              If the crime was caught on camera (these days it usually is) then claiming that the accused is innocent is just ridiculous.

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                                The notion that someone "deserves" amputation of the hand is highly subjective. There are people in this world who see nothing wrong with stealing...

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                                  Angel
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                                  Hi Nadeem,

                                  Peace angel,

                                  The forgiveness part is crucial. It implies that the punishment should be reversible, in case the thief repents. Cutting hands seems fairly irreversible to me. What do you think?

                                  Nadeem

                                  IMO that is not true. I remember discussing this with my mum, her understanding was that forgiveness means "letting them off", this IMO only makes sense if the punishment is amputating the hand. If a thief is locked up for about 3 months, they have served their time, we cant punish them after their 3 months is up, letting them off and not sending them down for 3 months is too forgiving, it will not make the problem go away.

                                  There are people in this world who see nothing wrong with stealing...

                                  if the person is poor we can't really blame them (although I can't exactly condone it). However it is the duty of the state to provide for the poor.

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                                    Volume 8, Book 81, Number 791
                                    bukhari
                                    Narrated Abu Huraira

                                    Allah 's Apostle said, "Allah curses the thief who steals an egg (or a helmet) for which his hand is to be cut off, or steals a rope, for which his hand is to be cut off."


                                    Volume 8, Book 81, Number 782
                                    bukhri
                                    Narrated 'Aisha

                                    The Prophet said, "The hand should be cut off for stealing a quarter of a Dinar."

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                                      Angel
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                                      Volume 8, Book 81, Number 791
                                      bukhari
                                      Narrated Abu Huraira

                                      Allah 's Apostle said, "Allah curses the thief who steals an egg (or a helmet) for which his hand is to be cut off, or steals a rope, for which his hand is to be cut off."


                                      Volume 8, Book 81, Number 782
                                      bukhri
                                      Narrated 'Aisha

                                      The Prophet said, "The hand should be cut off for stealing a quarter of a Dinar."

                                      This is a quran alone forum, you are quoting hadith in the wrong section mate.

                                      Post it here.

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                                        ignoramus
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                                        salam

                                        can 539 not be referring repentance before being caught?

                                        salam

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                                          Navid
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                                          Peace all

                                          The roots for "faiqtaAAoo" and "aydiyahuma"

                                          Qaf-Tay-Ayn = to cut/sever/disunite/separate/detach, to disable in prosecuting, unable to proceed in, withdrew, break down, perish/cease/finish/fail, cut short / stop, intercepted/interrupted, put an end/stop to, a piece/bit/part/portion cut off from a whole, herd, distinct portion.

                                          Ya-Dal-Ya = to touch, aid, do good, be beneficent, show power and superiority, a hand. By his agency/means.
                                          With a willing hand, out of hand, having financial ability.
                                          In acknowledgement of the superior power, in ready money and not in the form of deferred payment, considering it as a favour, on account of help, (payment should be made by the hand of the parties themselves without the intervention of a third party and without reluctance.
                                          baina yadaihi - before him, in his presence hit, between his two hands.
                                          ulill aidi - men of power (lit. gifted with hands)
                                          suqaita fi aidihim (idiomatic expression) they repented, the idea seems to be that they hit their fingers in grief and contrition.
                                          Handy, Might, Power, Superiority, Benefit, Possession, Favour, Generosity. The idea behind those expressions is that the use of the hand is the real source of the superiority and power. Under his authority, upper hand, arm, foreleg of a beast, handle of a tool, wing of a bird.
                                          ma qaddamat yada - that is what thou hast deserved.

                                          From http//www.studyquran.co.uk/PRLonline.htm

                                          I hope this helps.

                                          Peace

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