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Sunan an-Nasa'i
كتاب قطع السارق
The Book of Cutting off the Hand of the Thief
أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَطَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي رُبُعِ دِينَارٍ .
the Messenger of Allah cut off (a thief's hand) for one quarter of a Dinar.
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 4975
"The Messenger of Allah said: 'The hand of the pilferer, robber and traitor is not to be cut off."'
- Hadith 4947
"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…
- Hadith 4929
A similar report was narrated from 'Aishah from the Messenger of Allah.
- Hadith 4976
"The hand of the traitor is not to be cut off." (Sahih) Abu 'Abdur-Rahman (An-Nasai) said: Ashath bin Sawwar (one of its narrators) is weak.
- Hadith 4926
"Cutting off (the hand of the thief) is for one-quarter of a Dinar or more."