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Sunan an-Nasa'i
كتاب قطع السارق
The Book of Cutting off the Hand of the Thief
أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَطَعَ فِي مِجَنٍّ ثَمَنُهُ ثَلاَثَةُ دَرَاهِمَ .
the Messenger of Allah cut off (a thief's hand) for a shield which cost three Dirhams.
More from The Book of Cutting off the Hand of the Thief
Other hadiths from the same chapter
- Hadith 4971
the Messenger of Allah robber and pilferer is not to be cut off." (Sahih) Sufyan did not hear it from Abu Az-Zubair.
- Hadith 4884
a Khamisah was stolen from beneath his head while he slept in the Masjid of the Prophet. He caught there thief and brought him to the Prophet, who ordered that…
- Hadith 4927
"It has not been too long and I have not forgotten yet. Cutting off (the hand of the thief) is for one-quarter of a Dinar or more."
- Hadith 4960
"I heard the Messenger of Allah say: 'The hand is not to be cut off for (stealing) produce or the spadix of palm trees."'
- 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 4918
"The hand of the thief is to be cut off for one-quarter of a Dinar or more."