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Sunan an-Nasa'i
كتاب قطع السارق
The Book of Cutting off the Hand of the Thief
" لاَ تُقْطَعُ الْيَدُ إِلاَّ فِي الْمِجَنِّ أَوْ ثَمَنِهِ "
"I heard 'Uthman bin Abi AL-Walid, the freed slave of the Akhnasiyin, say: 'I heard 'Urwah bin Az-Zubair say;'Aishah used to narrated that the Prophet said: "The hand (of the htief) should notbe cut off for anything but a shield or its equivalent in value."'
More from The Book of Cutting off the Hand of the Thief
Other hadiths from the same chapter
- Hadith 4908
the Messenger of Allah cut off (a thief's hand) for a shield which cost three Dirhams.
- Hadith 4929
A similar report was narrated from 'Aishah from the Messenger of Allah.
- Hadith 4941
"The hand of the thief should not be cut off for anything less than a Hajafah or a Turs (two kinds of shields)," each of which was worth a (decent) price.
- Hadith 4920
"The hand of the thief is to be cut off for one-quarter of a Dinar or more."
- Hadith 4889
a woman used, to borrow jewelry from people then keep it. The Messenger of Allah said: "Let this woman repent to Allah and His Messenger and give back to…
- Hadith 4983
"I said to Fadalah bin 'Ubaid: 'Do you think that hanging the hand from the thief's neck is Sunnah?' He said: 'Yes; a thief was brought to the Messenger of…