Mi'sam (the wrist)

Lexically the wrist is the place where a bracelet sits on the forearm, the joint between forearm and palm. The technical sense does not differ from the lexical one. ¹ The wrist is a joint, but not every joint is a wrist. ¹

The wrist must be washed in ablution. ¹ For theft and banditry the majority hold that the hand is cut at the wrist, citing a report from Abu Bakr and Umar. ¹ Where a hand is cut at the forearm, the majority do not cut the aggressor's hand at the forearm; the Shafi'is take retaliation at the wrist and claim the remainder as arbitration. ² The full blood-money is due for both hands cut at the wrist, and half for one. ²

Ablution, theft, retaliation and blood-money are treated under their own headings. ²