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Sunan Abi Dawud 4365 (Book 40, Hadith 15) #24656
Punishment of Criminals in Islam

SUMMARY: The Prophet ordered for the punishment of criminals by blinding them with heated nails, cutting off their hands and feet, and not cauterising them to stop the flow of blood.

The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by the narrator Ayyub through different chain. This version has : 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.
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ قَالَ فِيهِ فَأَمَرَ بِمَسَامِيرَ فَأُحْمِيَتْ فَكَحَلَهُمْ وَقَطَّعَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ وَأَرْجُلَهُمْ وَمَا حَسَمَهُمْ

TOPICS
punishment  *  criminals  *  cauterise  *  iqab  *  mujrimin  *  aldam  *  muhammad

QUICK LESSONS:
Follow Islamic laws when punishing criminals.

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the punishment that was prescribed by Prophet Muhammad ﷺ for criminals. It states that he ordered nails to be heated and used to blind them, cut off their hands and feet but did not cauterise them to stop the flow of blood. This shows us that even though a criminal must be punished according to Islamic law, it should still be done in a humane way without causing unnecessary pain or suffering. The lesson here is that justice should always be served with mercy and compassion.

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