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1447. 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Muḥairiz said: "I asked Faḍālah bin 'Ubaid about hanging the hand around the neck of the thief: 'Is this from the Sunnah?' He said: 'A man came to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ with a thief so his hand was cut off, and then he ordered that it be hung around his neck.'" (Da'if)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Ḥadīth is Hasan Gharīb, we do not know of it except as a narration of 'Umar bin 'Alī Al-Muqaddamī from Al-Hajjāj bin Arṭāh. 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Muḥairiz is the brother of 'Abdullāh bin Muḥairiz and he is from Ash-Shām.
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Commentary
This punishment is awarded to make a sign of warning for others. Imām Shāfi'ī and Aḥmad support this view, and the Aḥnāf say that the court has the right and choice of carrying it out. (Tuhfat Al-Aḥwadhī v. 2, p. 332.)
