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Encyclopedia of Religion entry forExecution
. The Muhammadan mode of execution is as follows: - The executioner (ballad) seizes the condemned culprit by the right hand, while with a sharp sword or axe he aims a blow at the back of the neck, and the head is detached at the first stroke. This mode of execution is still, or was till lately, practiced in Muhammadan states in India. If a Qazi say, I have sentenced such a person to be stoned, or to have his hand cut off, or to be killed, do you therefore do it; it is lawful for that person to whom the Qazi has given the order to carry it out. And according to Abu Hanifah, if the Qazi order the executioner to cut off the right hand, and the executioners wilfully cut of the left, he is not liable to punishment. But other doctors do not agree with him. citations: Dictionary of Islam, Hughes
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