I don't form views on God's wisdom. What I do know is that it's implementation in KSA has had a significant and positive impact on the theft rate. What I'm also told is that during Caliph Umar's reign, who was a companion of the Prophet Muhammad and the second leader after the Prophet passed away, when a servant was brought to Court by his master for theft, the finding was that the servant was not being sufficiently paid and was thus forced to steal to feed his family, and so the case turned against the master. Caliph Umar also suspended the punishment of cutting hands for full year when there was famine, as necessity drove some people to theft. Basically, we understand the severity of the maximum prescribed penalty to act as a deterrent for many potential criminals, and it's execution as a strong message for intolerance for crimes that affect society.
Samiya > On 30-May-2014, at 8:42 am, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 30 May 2014 15:43, Samiya Illias <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On 30-May-2014, at 7:35 am, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> On 30 May 2014 14:26, Samiya Illias <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> These are people who are committing crimes in the name of religion. You, >>>> on the outside, are horrified by such acts in the name of Islam, and are >>>> terrified of it, rightly so. We, on the other hand, live in midst of this >>>> blatant violation of the guidance in the Quran! What these elements have >>>> not been able to find or insert in the Quran, they have created >>> >>> Some of the people involved are priests, and some are students of Islam - >>> do you think that these are people who are committing crimes in the name of >>> religion? Again this is a straight question, I'm not drawing any >>> conclusions at the moment. >> >> What's wrong is wrong. They may think they're doing right and may feel it to >> be their pious duty, however it is still wrong. How God will judge them is >> another matter, let God do that. However, it is important to speak up and >> point out that it's incorrect and inhumane. > So what is your view on cutting off hands? > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
