What is the validity of the statements of those who cut off the hand for a small amount of dirhams?
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The questioner : Those who cut off the hand for a small or large amount and cite this hadith as evidence. Imam al-Shafi'i says the hand is cut off for three dirhams, and Abu Hanifah says for ten dirhams, meaning each one holds to a specific opinion?
The Shaykh : The correct, definitive position is that there is no amputation except for a quarter of a dinar or more.
The questioner : What is the evidence?
The Shaykh : The hadith of Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) is authentic and explicit:Muwatta Malik 41:37, and it is established from him: .
So some scholars set the nisab (minimum threshold for zakah) at either a quarter of a dinar or three dirhams, and other scholars said: rather, the nisab is a quarter of a dinar, but the three dirhams at that time were equal to a quarter of a dinar.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : The reference point is the quarter of a dinar.
The Shaykh : The correct, definitive position is that there is no amputation except for a quarter of a dinar or more.
The questioner : What is the evidence?
The Shaykh : The hadith of Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) is authentic and explicit:
not to cut off the hand except for a quarter of a dinar and upwards
لا قطع إلا في ربع دينار فصاعداThat he ordered the hand to be cut off for a ring worth three dirhams
أنه قطع في جن قيمته ثلاثة دراهمSo some scholars set the nisab (minimum threshold for zakah) at either a quarter of a dinar or three dirhams, and other scholars said: rather, the nisab is a quarter of a dinar, but the three dirhams at that time were equal to a quarter of a dinar.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : The reference point is the quarter of a dinar.