Cutting the hand of the one known for crimes as a discretionary punishment
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Question:
He is known for committing crimes, and the hadd for theft was averted from him. Is it permissible for the judge to rule that his hand be cut as a discretionary punishment?
Answer:
This will come, if Allah wills. Leave this question for the section on theft. What is the section on the Sunnah? Hurrying something before its time is punished by being deprived of it. Yes. And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and his Companions.
He is known for committing crimes, and the hadd for theft was averted from him. Is it permissible for the judge to rule that his hand be cut as a discretionary punishment?
Answer:
This will come, if Allah wills. Leave this question for the section on theft. What is the section on the Sunnah? Hurrying something before its time is punished by being deprived of it. Yes. And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and his Companions.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- شرح زاد المستقنع مع الأسئلة - 094-تابع حد الزنا - 5-2-26 هـ — archive.org (37:07)
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