Hands Amputation Penalty For Minor Thefts
In the starting of the hadith the Holy Prophet (may Allah the great’s peace and blessings be upon him, his family and his companions) said “Allah curses a man who steals an egg and gets his hand cut off”, I want to know the context of this sentence of the hadith. Is this hadith really ordering for the hand amputation for stealing the egg, or I am misinterpreting it? Kindly clarify.