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[quote]Dear Loveall

Assalamoalaikum wa Rahmatu(A)llahe wa barakatuhoo,

As you have mentioned, there are two main reasons or [i]Maqasid[/i] of Islamic punishments:

1. Retribution
2. Deterrence

The objective is not to end up with a nation or race of invalids who will turn to begging or be used by organized criminals in order to be exploited as beggars.  Recently on my trip to Saudi Arabia for Hajj earlier this year, I witnessed the terrible plight of those people who had been punished according to the [i]Huddod[/i] in Mina.  There were rows upon rows of people who had one or both hands or a hand and a foot amputated.  These were all begging on the road from the campsites in Mina to the [i]Jumaraat[/i].  I think that our Ulema should carry out a serious debate on these matters.  If any state in which Muslims are the majority, does not provide the means of earning a livelihood to its population and does not look after the destitute and poor in society, then that state should follow the example of Hazrat Umar RaziAllah anho and suspend the punishments it meets out to its citizens.

It is my earbest and strong opinion, that instead of wasting their time demonstrating against the desecration of the Holy Quran in Guantanamo Bay, on the streets of Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad and Jalalabad and Cairo, our so-called Ulema should spend their time in more constructive pursuits.

Wassalam

Navidul Haq Khan[/quote]

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