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The media often refers the “hacking off” of the thief’s hand in order to portray the most gruesome picture possible of the implementation of Islamic criminal law.

The Qur’an prescribes amputation in Chapter 5: 38

 وَالسَّارِقُ وَالسَّارِقَةُ فَاقْطَعُوا أَيْدِيَهُمَا جَزَاءً بِمَا كَسَبَا نَكَالًا مِّنَ اللَّهِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ ‎﴿٣٨﴾‏

As for thieves, both male and female, cut off their hands as recompense for their deeds and an exemplary .punishment from Allah