What is wrong with cutting hands of thieves?

[teggy]

Re: What is wrong with cutting hands of thieves?

@Southie

While teggy’s post made a lot of sense, there is something about such extreme punishments for petty crimes that is disturbing. Jesus for example prevented people from stoning a prostitute. He mentioned unless you have not sinned, don’t throw stones. And no one could throw. For everyone had sinned.

I have come across TLK ’ S post elsewhere - he stated for those times such punishments made sense. They didn’t have jails.

Times have changed. And laws need to keep up with the times. I am pretty sure if there is a god he or she didn’t intend for such punishments.

That is not to say that non religious laws are always sensible and fair and vice versa.

A majority of practicing muslims believe that those laws/punishments which are specifically mentioned in the Quran, and which either were never abolished by a later revelation, or by Prophet (pbuh) through his Sunnah maintain their divine validity. The application of them is up to majority consensus of Qazis/Jurists who are experts in the scripture, and they again must look at circumstances of the crime, and practicality.

If a law’s application is unfair, then any sensible person would object to its’ enforcement. But if the crime is valid, and person commits the crime only to cause mischief and for no valid reason, then why wouldn’t the law be applied? Each society should be able to maintain and apply laws according to the beliefs of its’ people.

I, in my personal capacity and with my very limited knowledge feel that it’s rather naive for me to start saying God didn’t intend for such and such so long as scripture is intact, and validity of a law can be established, because I’m the creation; not the creator. This is purely based on belief, and an aspect that each individual may view differently based on his/her system of beliefs.