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==Hadith==
==Hadith==


While the majority of Muslim translators have remained true to the Arabic text, many apologists have attempted to obscure the plain meaning of {{Quran|5|38}}. However, the [[hadith]] prove its meaning is entirely literal. Furthermore, Prophet [[Muhammad]] and the early generations of Muslims had no qualms with it being so.
While the majority of Muslim translators have remained true to the Arabic text, many apologists have attempted to obscure the plain meaning of {{Quran|5|38}}. However, the [[hadith]] prove its meaning is entirely literal. Furthermore, [[Muhammad]] and the early generations of Muslims had no qualms with it being so.


===How to qualify for the punishment===
===How to qualify for the punishment===
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==Scholars==
==Scholars==
===Origins of the punishment among the pagan Arabs===
{{Quote|1=[http://www.qtafsir.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=780&Itemid=60 The Necessity of Cutting off the Hand of the Thief]<BR>Tafsir Ibn Kathir on verse 5:38|2=Allah commands and decrees that the hand of the thief, male or female be cut off. During the time of Jahiliyyah, this was also the punishment for the thief, and Islam upheld this punishment. In Islam, there are several conditions that must be met before this punishment is carried out, as we will come to know, Allah willing. There are other rulings that Islam upheld after modifying these rulings, such as that of blood money for example.}}


===Is the repentance of a thief acceptable?===
===Is the repentance of a thief acceptable?===


{{Quote|1=[http://www.tafsir.com/default.asp?sid=5&tid=13843 Repentance of the Thief is Acceptable]<BR>Tafsir Ibn Kathir|2=(But whosoever repents after his crime and does righteous good deeds, then verily, Allah will pardon him. Verily, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.) Therefore, whoever repents and goes back to Allah after he commits theft, then Allah will forgive him. Imam Ahmad recorded that `Abdullah bin `Amr said that a woman committed theft during the time of the Messenger of Allah and those from whom she stole brought her and said, "O Allah's Messenger! This woman stole from us.'' Her people said, "We ransom her." The Messenger of Allah said,
{{Quote|1=[http://www.qtafsir.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=778&Itemid=60 Repentance of the Thief is Acceptable]<BR>Tafsir Ibn Kathir on verse 5:38|2=(But whosoever repents after his crime and does righteous good deeds, then verily, Allah will pardon him. Verily, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.) Therefore, whoever repents and goes back to Allah after he commits theft, then Allah will forgive him. Imam Ahmad recorded that `Abdullah bin `Amr said that a woman committed theft during the time of the Messenger of Allah and those from whom she stole brought her and said, "O Allah's Messenger! This woman stole from us.'' Her people said, "We ransom her." The Messenger of Allah said,


(Cut off her hand.) They said, "We ransom her with five hundred Dinars." The Prophet said,
(Cut off her hand.) They said, "We ransom her with five hundred Dinars." The Prophet said,
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