Is the prescribed corporal punishment applicable for theft from endowed property if the thief is not one of the designated beneficiaries?
Chapter on Amputation in Theft
Al-Mughni
Book of Ḥudūd (Prescribed Penalties)
Primary text
The prescribed punishment for theft (cutting the hand) is applicable if the thief steals from the endowed property or its yield, and the thief is not among those designated to benefit from that specific endowment, because the thief has no legal right to the property.