The value at which the hand of the thief is cut, and the place from which the leg of the thief is cut
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The questioner: Among the conditions for cutting off the hand of the thief, the jurists said: The hand is cut off for the theft of a mithqal of silver or more,And some said: which is a quarter of a dinar or more. What is the value at which the hand of the thief is cut off in the present time?The Shaykh: A quarter of a dinar, meaning a quarter of a mithqal of gold.
The questioner: What is its amount, O Shaykh?The Shaykh: It is very little, meaning the dinar is a mithqal—the dinar of Islam—so one asks the gold dealers what a quarter of a mithqal of gold is worth? It is very little, meaning from twenty riyals to around that amount.
The questioner: But from where is the leg of the thief cut, O Shaykh?The Shaykh: From the same ankle bone, meaning only the back of the foot, because the heel must remain. If it is cut, the thief is harmed in walking, because if it is cut, the cut leg becomes short, so the heel remains and it is cut from the same heel.
The questioner: What is its amount, O Shaykh?The Shaykh: It is very little, meaning the dinar is a mithqal—the dinar of Islam—so one asks the gold dealers what a quarter of a mithqal of gold is worth? It is very little, meaning from twenty riyals to around that amount.
The questioner: But from where is the leg of the thief cut, O Shaykh?The Shaykh: From the same ankle bone, meaning only the back of the foot, because the heel must remain. If it is cut, the thief is harmed in walking, because if it is cut, the cut leg becomes short, so the heel remains and it is cut from the same heel.