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Al-Ma’idah 5: 35–8

(35) Believers! Fear Allah and seek the means to come near to Him,29 and strive hard in His Way; maybe you will attain true success. (36) For those who disbelieved – even if they had all that is in the earth, and the like of it with it and they had offered it all as ransom from chastisement on the Day of Resurrection, it will not be accepted of them. A painful chastisement lies in store for them. (37) They will wish to come out of the Fire, but they will not. Theirs will be a long-lasting chastisement.

(38) As for the thief – male or female – cut off the hands of both.30 This is a recompense for what they have done, and an exemplary punishment from Allah. Allah is All-Mighty, All- Wise. ▶

29 People are urged to solicit all means which might bring them close to God and enable them to please Him.

30 The injunction is to cut off one not both hands. There is consensus among jurists that in the event of the first theft the right hand should be cut off. Theft is applicable only to acts involving the seizure by stealth of someone else’s property. The punishment of cutting off a hand should, however, not be applied in cases where the value of the article stolen is less than that of a shield. In the time of the Prophet (peace be on him) its value was ten dirhams. Moreover, there are several things the theft of which would not necessitate cutting off a hand. For instance, theft of fruit, vegetables, food, a bird, paltry things, an item from the public treasury, etc. will not warrant cutting off a hand.

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