In what amount is the hand of the thief cut, and from where is the leg cut?
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The questioner : O Shaykh, one of the conditions for cutting off the hand of the thief, as stated by the jurists, is that it is cut for the value of a mudd or more. He said: for a quarter of a dinar or more. What is the current value for what is cut off, O Shaykh? The value, I mean.
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 : A little, very little. The dinar is the mithqal of the Islamic dinar. 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 the place of cutting for the leg of the thief, O Shaykh, is it from the heel?
The Shaykh : No, no, no. It is from the ankle bone itself, meaning only the back of the foot.
The questioner : Only the back of the foot.
The Shaykh : Yes, because the heel must remain. If it is cut, the thief is harmed in his walking, because if it is cut, the cut leg becomes short. So the heel remains, and it is cut from the ankle bone itself.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
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 : A little, very little. The dinar is the mithqal of the Islamic dinar. 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 the place of cutting for the leg of the thief, O Shaykh, is it from the heel?
The Shaykh : No, no, no. It is from the ankle bone itself, meaning only the back of the foot.
The questioner : Only the back of the foot.
The Shaykh : Yes, because the heel must remain. If it is cut, the thief is harmed in his walking, because if it is cut, the cut leg becomes short. So the heel remains, and it is cut from the ankle bone itself.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.