[Allah’s set limits and punishment for those who violate them]

CHAPTER 1. Beating with stalks of date-palm leaves and shoes.

8:768 Narrated (Abü Salama:)

Abü Huraira said, “A man who drank wine was brought to the Prophet. The Prophet, said, ‘Beat him!’” Abu Huraira added, “So some of us beat him with their hands, and some with their shoes, and some with their garments (by twisting it) like a lash, and then when we finished, someone said to him, ‘May Allah disgrace you!’ On that the Prophet said, ‘Do not say so, for you are helping Satan to overpower him.’ “

8:769 Narrated ‘Ali bin Abu Talib:

I would not feel sorry for one who dies because of receiving a legal punishment, except the drunk, for if he should die (when being punished), I would give blood-money to his family because no fixed punishment has been ordered by Allah’s Messenger, for the drunk.

8:771 Narrated ‘Umar bin Al-Khattâb:

During the lifetime of the Prophet there was a man called ‘Abdullâh whose nickname was Donkey, and he used to make Allah’s Messenger laugh. The Prophet lashed him because of drinking (alcohol). And one day he was brought to the Prophet on the same charge and was lashed. On that, a man among the people said, “0 Allah, curse him! How frequently he has been brought (to the Prophet on such a charge)!” The Prophet said,” Do not curse him, for by Allah, I know for he loves Allah and His Messenger.”

CHAPTER 2. (It is permissible) to curse thieves.

8:774 Narrated Abü Huraira:

The Prophet said, “Allah curses a thief who steals an egg and gets his hand cut off, or steals a rope and gets his hands cut off.”

CHAPTER 3. Cutting of hand and what is the (minimum) theft.

8:780 Narrated ‘Aisha:

The Prophet said, “The hand should be cut off for stealing something that is worth a quarter of a Dinar or more.”

8:783 Narrated (‘Aisha):

The hand of a thief was not cut off during the lifetime of the Prophet except for stealing something equal to a shield in value.

787 Narrated Ibn ‘Umar:

Allah’s Messenger cut off the hand of a thief for stealing a shield that was worth three Dirhams.