The Ruling on Reattaching the Hand of a Thief After It Has Been Amputated

Question:
Honorable Shaykh! Is it permissible to reattach the hand of a thief after it has been amputated, and to say that the wisdom behind the ruling has ceased once the amputation is done, and that there is no harm in reattaching it?

Answer:
This issue has been the subject of back-and-forth correspondence. I see that it is absurd, for Allah the Exalted and Majestic ordered the amputation of the thief's hand and rendered it useless for him, so how can we reattach it to him? Allah has rendered it useless for him, and this is considered justice.
This issue was presented to the Council of Senior Scholars, and they did not see, they did not see that it should be reattached, because this in reality negates the wisdom behind amputating the thief's hand, so it is not to be reattached. Yes. If it is reattached to him, the wisdom behind its amputation is lost. If he knows that it will be amputated and then reattached to him, he will be emboldened to commit the sin, but if he knows that his hand will be cut off and not returned to him, that will deter him.