[Machine] The minimum punishment for amputation is to be given forty lashes, and it has been narrated from the companions that there are various interpretations of this. The best course of action in this matter is what has been confirmed from the Prophet ﷺ.
يُبْلَغَ فِي التَّعْزِيرِ أَدْنَى الْحُدُودِ أَرْبَعِينَ سَوْطًا وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنِ الصَّحَابَةِ ؓ فِي مِقْدَارِ ذَلِكَ آثَارٌ مُخْتَلِفَةٌ وَأَحْسَنُ مَا يُصَارُ إِلَيْهِ فِي هَذَا مَا ثَبَتَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ