. . . So he wanted to cut off his hand, and he said . . . . The Shaykh : Yes.
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The questioner : ... So he wanted to cut off his hand, and he said ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, we do not know; perhaps the thief wanted to use this divine decree as an excuse for what has passed in order to do what is to come, so this thief was not repentant.
The questioner : Does he want to continue?
The Shaykh : We do not know, Allah knows best; it is possible that it is either this or that. Then, the case of 'Umar is a hudud punishment from the limits of Allah, and the authority has been reached, and it cannot be dropped, because the hudud are not dropped except if the perpetrator repents before being seized. Yes, Muhammad.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, yes, we do not know; perhaps the thief wanted to use this divine decree as an excuse for what has passed in order to do what is to come, so this thief was not repentant.
The questioner : Does he want to continue?
The Shaykh : We do not know, Allah knows best; it is possible that it is either this or that. Then, the case of 'Umar is a hudud punishment from the limits of Allah, and the authority has been reached, and it cannot be dropped, because the hudud are not dropped except if the perpetrator repents before being seized. Yes, Muhammad.