Hadith 7

Tafseer Al Ayyashi – From Zurqan, companions of Ibn Abu Dawood, and his fast friend, who said, ‘One day Ibn Abu Dawood returned from being in the presence of Al-Mu’tasim (caliph), and he was gloomy. I said to him regarding that. He said, ‘I loved today if I had died twenty years ago! ’ I said, ‘And why is that so? ’ He said, ‘Due to what happened from this black man Abu Ja’far Muhammad Bin Ali Bin Musa today in front of commander of the faithful’. I said, ‘And how was that? ’
He said, ‘A thief had acknowledged against himself with the theft and asked the caliph to purify him by establishing the legal penalty. He gathered the jurists for that in his gathering, and Muhammad-asws Bin Ali-asws presented. He asked us about the cutting, in which place is it obligated to be cut. I said, ‘From the wrist bone’. He said, ‘And what is the proof regarding that? ’
He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘Because the hand, it is the fingers and the palm up to the wrist bone, due to the Words of Allah-azwj regarding the Tayammum: and wipe your faces and your hands from it. [5: 6]’, and the people concurred with me of that. And others said, ‘But it obligates the cutting from the elbow’. He said, ‘And what is the evidence upon that? ’ They said, ‘Because when Allah-azwj Said: and your hands to the elbows [5: 6] regarding the washing. That evidence’s upon that the limit of the hand, it is the elbow’. He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘He turned towards Muhammad-asws Bin Ali-asws. He said, ‘What are you-asws saying regarding this, O Abu Ja’far-asws? ’ He-asws said: ‘The people have spoken regarding it, O commander of the faithful! ’ He said, ‘Leave me from what they are talking with! Which thing is there with you-asws? ’ He-asws said: ‘If you could excuse me from this, O commander of the faithful! ’ He said, ‘I vow upon you-asws with Allah-azwj, you-asws will inform with what is with you-asws regarding it’. He-asws said: ‘As for when you have vowed upon me-asws with Allah-azwj, I-asws am saying, they (have) all erred the Sunnah regarding it, for the cutting is obligated that it happens from the bone at the base of the finger, so the palm would be left’. He said, ‘And what is the proof of that? ’
He-asws said: ‘Words of Rasool-Allah-azwj: ‘The Sajdah is upon seven body parts – the face, and the two hands, and the two knees, and the two legs’. When his hand is cut off from the writs, or elbow, there will not remain any hand for him to perform Sajdah upon. And Allah-azwj Blessed and Exalted Said: And surely, the