Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Al-A'raaf, Ayah 124
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Tafsir
(Surely I shall have your hands and feet cut off upon alternate sides) the right hand with the left leg. (Then I shall crucify you every one) on the river bank.
Related Hadiths
He then forbade disfiguring. This version does not mention the words “ from opposite sides” . This tradition has been narrated by Shu’bah from Qatadah and Salam bin Miskin from Thabit on the authority...
"Whoever kills his slave, we will kill him: whoever mutilates (his slave). We will mutilate him, and whoever castrates (his slave), we will castrate him."
Some people from 'Uraynah came to the Messenger of Allah sent (men) after them, and they were caught. He had their hands and feet cut off, their eyes gouged out, and had them crucified.
The Prophet (ﷺ) cut off the hands and feet of the men belonging to the tribe of `Uraina and did not cauterise (their bleeding limbs) till they died.
By Allah, even if she were Fatima, I would have her hand cut off. And thus her hand was cut off.
So he (the prophet) order nails to be heated and had them blinded with them, and he had their hands and feet cut off, and did not cauterise them to stop the flow of blood.
"The hand of the thief is to be cut off for a quarter of a Dinar, or more."
'It is Sunnah. The Messenger of Allah cut off a thief's hand then hung it from his neck."'(Daif)
“I asked Fadalah bin Ubaid about hanging the hand (of the thief) from this neck, and he said: 'It is sunnah. The messenger of Allah (ﷺ) cut off a man's hand then hung it from his neck'''
"Whoever castrates his slave, we will castrate him, and whoever mutilates his slave, we will mutilate him." This is the wording of Ibn Bashshar (one of the narrators).
Al-Jalalayn Commentary
I shall assuredly have your hands and feet cut off on opposite sides that is the right hand and the left foot of every one then I shall have every one of you crucified’.