Who are the criminals sentenced to have their hands and feet cut off alternately, as stated in verse 32 of Surah Al-Ma'idah: "The recompense of those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger and strive to spread corruption in the land is that they be killed or crucified or have their hands and feet cut off alternately or be banished from the land. That is for them a disgrace in this world, and in the Hereafter, they will have a great torment"?
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Those upon whom the حد الحرابة (punishment for brigandage/highway robbery) is carried out are the Muharibun, who are highwaymen that obstruct passage or forcibly take the property of a Muslim or a non-Muslim (Dhimmi or Mu'ahid), making it impossible to seek help. Among the conditions for being considered a Muharib are that the act occurs in the desert, that the individual possesses a weapon, and that the money is taken openly and by force.
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