In Islam, If someone steals is it a sin to slice their hands off with a sword?

Question

I heard that Muhammad (pbuh) had punctured someones eyeballs and cut off the hands after he brutally killed a camel or something I'm not too sure of this because people in Afghanistan did it and I watched a video of it and i thought it was extremely cruel but by saying this I would also be disagreeing with the ways of Muhammad (pbuh). Even I as a youth stole once. Is this true? If so is it right?

Answer 1

. Islam commands us to shun robbery and also prescribes method of eleminating robbery


Islam prescribes method of eliminating robbery
All major religions teach that theft is an evil act. Islam teaches the same. So what is the difference between Islam and the other religions? The difference lies in the fact that Islam, besides teaching that robbing is evil, shows a practical way of creating a social structure in which people will not rob.

Islam prescribes Zakaat
Islam prescribes a system of Zakaat (obligatory annual charity). Islamic law prescribes that every person who has a saving that exceeds the nisaab level i.e. more than 85 grams of gold, should give 2.5% of that saving every lunar year in charity. If every rich person in the world gave Zakaat sincerely, poverty will be eradicated from this world. Not a single human being would die of hunger.

Chopping off the hands as punishment for robbery
Islam prescribes chopping off the hands of the convicted robber. The Glorious Qur’an says in Surah Maidah:
"As to the thief, male or female, cut off his or her hands:a punishment by way
of example, from Allah, for their crime: and Allah is Exalted in power, full of wisdom."
[ Al-Qur’an 5:38]
The non-Muslim may say, "Chopping off the hands in this 20th century. Islam is a barbaric and ruthless religion!"

Results achieved when Islamic Shariah Implemented
America is supposed to be one of the most advanced countries in the world. Unfortunately it also has one of the highest rates of crime, theft, and robbery. Suppose the Islamic shariah is implemented in America i.e. every rich person gives Zakaat ( 2.5% of his savings in charity above 85 grams of gold every lunar year), and every convicted robber has his or her hands chopped off as a punishment. Will the rate of theft and robbery in America increase, remain same or decrease? Naturally it will decrease. Moreover the existence of such a stringent law would discourage many a potential robber.

I agree that the amount of theft that takes place in the world today is so tremendous that if you chop off the hands of all the thieves, there will be tens of thousands of people whose hands will be chopped off. The point here is that the moment you implement this law the rate of theft will decline immediately. The potential robber would give it a serious thought before jeopardizing his limbs. The mere thought of the punishment itself will discourage majority of the robbers. There will barely be a few who would rob. Hence only a few person’s hands would be chopped off but millions would live peacefully without fear of being robbed.

Islamic Shariah is therefore practical, and achieves results.

Answer 2

I don't know specific stories about this in the Prophet's time.
But I would say that the laws of Islam are bound to change by the passing of time.
I know that they used to do it way back then, but not anymore.
So if some law didn't seem extreme 1400 years ago and it seems extreme now, then that law is bound to change.
This law happens to be one of them.

Answer 3

well the whole muhammad thing is i think a lie cuz i know im muslim and ya they do cut ur hands off only in saudi but they even cut ur legs off if u runaway from prison and they take ur eyeballs out if u lok at a women sexually and they cut ur dick off if u rape a girl (or guy) yup i know cuz i was their in saudi and i lived there for a like my whole life. and its kinda true not that much.

Answer 4

UMM THE PROPHET NEVER HURT A FLY

that story is false but in the past it was o.k to do so but it would never be o.k now THE WHOLE WORLD WOULDNT HAVE HANDS IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN!

Answer 5

Oh my God! Oh my Allah! You stole once as a youth? If you confess to their police, what would hapen to you? Aren't you afraid to admit that here publicly?

Answer 6

no, not true