The Ruling on Reattaching a Severed Hand via Surgical Operation
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The questioner:
Reattaching the hand through a surgical operation after it has been cut off.
The Shaykh:
This is not permissible; because the purpose of the cutting is merely the severing of the hand, merely cutting it off, and removing it entirely so that no benefit is derived from it, and so that it remains until he dies, and this is known, and people know this, and it serves as a deterrent to others. Therefore, reattaching it contradicts the wisdom for which it was legislated, which is the cutting. For the matter may be forgotten, and one may think that the hand is intact, and the case is forgotten. So the purpose of this is deterrence.
The questioner:
In this regard.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
I wrote this a while ago, before the call.
The Shaykh:
With this statement, and his people denied it. There are three books on this, and the correct view is with those who denied it. The correct view is with those who denied it, and it is the fabricated one in this issue, in the table. The scholars will follow in the next session, if Allah wills, to listen to what is done in it. As for the one who reaches us as a mufti, he does not sit.
The questioner:
No, the tin is the marker of the tin, meaning specifically general tin, yes.
The Shaykh:
Perfect.
Reattaching the hand through a surgical operation after it has been cut off.
The Shaykh:
This is not permissible; because the purpose of the cutting is merely the severing of the hand, merely cutting it off, and removing it entirely so that no benefit is derived from it, and so that it remains until he dies, and this is known, and people know this, and it serves as a deterrent to others. Therefore, reattaching it contradicts the wisdom for which it was legislated, which is the cutting. For the matter may be forgotten, and one may think that the hand is intact, and the case is forgotten. So the purpose of this is deterrence.
The questioner:
In this regard.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
I wrote this a while ago, before the call.
The Shaykh:
With this statement, and his people denied it. There are three books on this, and the correct view is with those who denied it. The correct view is with those who denied it, and it is the fabricated one in this issue, in the table. The scholars will follow in the next session, if Allah wills, to listen to what is done in it. As for the one who reaches us as a mufti, he does not sit.
The questioner:
No, the tin is the marker of the tin, meaning specifically general tin, yes.
The Shaykh:
Perfect.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام [ ابن باز ] [ الشرح القديم ]، بداية من باب حد السرقة — islamhouse.com (23:15)
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