A man who repeatedly steals, commits zina, and drinks wine: what is due from him?

Mughirah said that Ibrahim said: When a person steals many times, only one hand shall be cut off; and when he drinks wine many times, and when he makes a false accusation of zina many times, only one prescribed punishment (hadd) is due from him.

Amr said that it is reported from al-Hasan al-Basri concerning a man who is seized when he has committed zina (unlawful sexual intercourse) several times with one woman, or several times with many women. He said: There shall be one punishment. And concerning the thief who is seized when he has stolen several times, he said the same.

Ash'ath said that Ibn Sirin said: He used to say, or it used to be said: When he has committed many thefts and then his hand is cut off on account of one person, that shall be the punishment for all of those thefts.

Hisham al-Dastuwa'i said that Hammad said: When a person steals many times and people are not able to catch him until later, only one hand shall be cut off.

Ash'ath said that Ibn Sirin said: When a thief has committed many thefts and his hand is cut off on account of some of them, his hand shall not be cut off after that unless he commits a new theft.

Ibn Jurayj said that Ata said: When a person steals, then steals again, and is then seized and brought, there shall be only one prescribed punishment (hadd), and the same applies in zina.

Ibn Jurayj said: Ibn Shihab was asked about a man who stole, and then testimony was given against him that he had stolen many times before that, and he himself confessed to this along with his punishment: what is the ruling on him? He said: His hand shall be cut off.

And Ibn Shihab said concerning a man who committed zina, and testimony was given against him or he himself confessed to it: One prescribed punishment (hadd) shall be applied to him.