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Summary
Yahya said: Malik said: the matter among us regarding a man who steals repeatedly and is then brought to complaint: he owes only that his hand be cut off for all of those he stole from, if the prescribed punishment has not been applied to him. If the prescribed punishment was applied to him earlier and then he steals what requires cutting, it is cut off also. 1
Place in the museum
Belongs to the Muwatta, Book of Prescribed Punishments (hudud). Source: the Muwatta. Mentions Malik ibn Anas. Built on in the chapters on amputation of the hand (qat al-yad).
Connections
- Part of
- Muwatta, Book of the prescribed punishments (hudud)
- Mentions
- Malik ibn Anas
- Basis for
- hand amputation for theft (qat al-yad)
People and things also explored
Muwatta 2374· Muwatta 2375· Muwatta 2376· Muwatta 2377· Muwatta 2378· Muwatta 2379· Muwatta 2380· Muwatta 2381
Sources
- Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf) , p.399
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islam.museum contributors. “Muwatta 2419”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/muwatta-27-2419/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.