Qatadah said: "This was before the Hudud (prescribed punishments) were revealed."

Yahya: From Ibrahim ibn Muhammad, from Salih, the mawla (freedman) of Al-Taw'amah, from Abu Hurayrah: That when they were brought to him, and he cut off their hands and feet and gouged out their eyes, this verse was revealed: "The reward of those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger"—the verse.

Yahya said: I asked Al-Jahm ibn Warrad Al-Kufi about the meaning of His saying: "[or their hands and feet be cut off] from opposite sides" (min khilaf), and he said: "His right hand and his left foot."

Ibn Abbas said: And the meaning of "or they be exiled from the land" is: "that they be rendered incapable, such that they cannot be apprehended."