The Danger of Theft and Its Legal Punishment
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Question:
His other question says: Theft is one of the afflictions, and it is considered an encroachment on the rights of others and an aggression against them. What is its danger to the individual and society?
Answer:
Yes, theft is a crime and a major sin among the major sins. Allah has established for it a strict hudud (fixed Qur'anic punishments) penalty. He, Glorified and Exalted is He, said:[Al-Ma'idah 5:38] This is the hudud penalty for theft; it is a strict penalty to protect wealth. Theft is taking money from its secure place secretly. This is theft. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
His other question says: Theft is one of the afflictions, and it is considered an encroachment on the rights of others and an aggression against them. What is its danger to the individual and society?
Answer:
Yes, theft is a crime and a major sin among the major sins. Allah has established for it a strict hudud (fixed Qur'anic punishments) penalty. He, Glorified and Exalted is He, said:
[As for] the thief, the male and the female, amputate their hands in recompense for what they committed as a deterrent [punishment] from Allah. And Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise.
وَالسَّارِقُ وَالسَّارِقَةُ فَاقْطَعُوا أَيْدِيَهُمَا جَزَاءً بِمَا كَسَبَا نَكَالًا مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌThe presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/228 — archive.org (5:35)
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