A man with a defect in his right hand said, "I will steal and have my hand cut off for free."
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The questioner : ... illness ... .
The Shaykh : This question from the brother Yasser says: A man has a defect in his hand, a defect in his right hand. He said, "Instead of going to the doctor and losing five hundred riyals to have it removed and treated, I will steal five hundred riyals, which will bring me five hundred riyals, and my hand will be cut off for free, for nothing. What do you say about this?"
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : What do we do?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : It appears we cut off the right hand, ... the right hand ... but in this case, if we know that he did this so that it would be cut off, we may say that the Imam imposes a discretionary punishment on him for this corrupt intention. Yes?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : They did not mention anything except this verse; the scholars' disagreement is only over this verse. Yes?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
The Shaykh : This question from the brother Yasser says: A man has a defect in his hand, a defect in his right hand. He said, "Instead of going to the doctor and losing five hundred riyals to have it removed and treated, I will steal five hundred riyals, which will bring me five hundred riyals, and my hand will be cut off for free, for nothing. What do you say about this?"
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : What do we do?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : It appears we cut off the right hand, ... the right hand ... but in this case, if we know that he did this so that it would be cut off, we may say that the Imam imposes a discretionary punishment on him for this corrupt intention. Yes?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : They did not mention anything except this verse; the scholars' disagreement is only over this verse. Yes?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?