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Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-A'raaf, Ayah 124

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لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَٰفٍۢ ثُمَّ لَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides; then I will surely crucify you all."

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Ibn Abbas Commentary

(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.

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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’.

Related Hadiths

Sunan Abu Dawud#4370Da'if

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...

Narrated by A similar tradition has also been transmitted by Anas bin Malik through a different chain of narrators. This version adds:

Sunan an-Nasa'i#4746Sahih

"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."

Narrated by It was narrated from Samurah that the Messenger of Allah said:

Sunan an-Nasa'i#4038

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.

Narrated by It was narrated from Anas bin Malik that:

Sahih al-Bukhari#6557Sahih

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.

Narrated by Narrated Anas:

Sahih Muslim#4283Sahih

By Allah, even if she were Fatima, I would have her hand cut off. And thus her hand was cut off.

Narrated by Jaibir reported that a woman from the tribe of Makhzum committed theft. She was brought to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) and she sought refuge (intercession) from Umm Salama, the wife of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ). Thereupon Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) said:

Sunan Abu Dawud#4367Sahih li ghairih

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.

Narrated by The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by the narrator Ayyub through different chain. This version has :

Sunan an-Nasa'i#4927Sahih

"The hand of the thief is to be cut off for a quarter of a Dinar, or more."

Narrated by It was narrated from 'Aishah that the Messenger of Allah said:

Sunan an-Nasa'i#4991Sahih

'It is Sunnah. The Messenger of Allah cut off a thief's hand then hung it from his neck."'(Daif)

Narrated by It was narrated that Ibn Muhairiz said; "I asked Fadalah bin 'Ubaid about hanging the hand (of the thief) from his neck, and he said:

Sunan Ibn Majah#2323Da'if

“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'''

Narrated by It was narrated that Ibn Muhairiz said:

Sunan an-Nasa'i#4764

"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).

Narrated by It was narrated from Samurah that the Prophet of Allah said: