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كتاب قطع السارق
The Book of Cutting off the Hand of the Thief
أَخْبَرَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ حَىٍّ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنِ الْحَكَمِ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، وَمُجَاهِدٍ، عَنْ أَيْمَنَ، قَالَ يُقْطَعُ السَّارِقُ فِي ثَمَنِ الْمِجَنِّ وَكَانَ ثَمَنُ الْمِجَنِّ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم دِينَارًا أَوْ عَشْرَةَ دَرَاهِمَ .
"The (hand of) a thief is to be cut off for the price of a shield, and the price of a shield during the time of the Messenger of Allah was a Dinar, or ten Dirhams." (Daif)
More from The Book of Cutting off the Hand of the Thief
Other hadiths from the same chapter
- Hadith 4946
"The hand of a thief was not be cut off during the time of the Messenger of Allah except for the price of a shield, which in those days was a Dinar." (Daif)
- Hadith 4948
"The (hand of) a thief is not to be cut off except for the price of a shield, and in those days the price of a shield was a Dinar."
- Hadith 4945
"The hand of a thief was not be cut off during the time of the Messenger of Allah except for the value of a shield, and the value of a shield in those days was…
- Hadith 4949
"The (hand of) a thief is not to be cut off for less than the price of a shield." (Daif Mawquf)
- Hadith 4944
"The hand of a thief would not be cut off during the time of the Messenger of Allah except for the value of a shield, which in those days was a Dinar." (Daif)
- Hadith 4950
"Its price in those days was ten Dirhams."