One with a slight mental deficiency who steals
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Question:
May Allah guide you. If a person has a slight mental deficiency, a slight impairment of intellect, and he steals, is his hand cut off?
Answer:
The case is examined. If his intellect classifies him as a madman, then no. But if his intellect does not classify him as a madman, his hand is cut off. There may be a way to excuse him. If his intellect is sound and he is classed with the sane, his hand is cut off. If the impairment classifies him as a madman, his hand is not cut off.
May Allah guide you. If a person has a slight mental deficiency, a slight impairment of intellect, and he steals, is his hand cut off?
Answer:
The case is examined. If his intellect classifies him as a madman, then no. But if his intellect does not classify him as a madman, his hand is cut off. There may be a way to excuse him. If his intellect is sound and he is classed with the sane, his hand is cut off. If the impairment classifies him as a madman, his hand is not cut off.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 100 - من كان فيه تخلف عقلي يسير وسرق - نور على الدرب — youtube.com
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