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Sunan an-Nasa'i
كتاب قطع السارق
The Book of Cutting off the Hand of the Thief
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ، عَنْ أَشْعَثَ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ لَيْسَ عَلَى خَائِنٍ قَطْعٌ . قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَشْعَثُ بْنُ سَوَّارٍ ضَعِيفٌ .
"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.
More from The Book of Cutting off the Hand of the Thief
Other hadiths from the same chapter
- Hadith 4915
"(The thief's hand) is not to be cut off except for the price of a shield, one-third of a Dinar or half of Dinar, or more."
- Hadith 4975
"The Messenger of Allah said: 'The hand of the pilferer, robber and traitor is not to be cut off."'
- Hadith 4919
"The hand of the thief is to be cut off for one-quarter of a Dinar or more."
- Hadith 4925
"The hand of the thief is to be cut off for one-quarter of a Dinar or more."
- Hadith 4899
"Who would dare to do that except Usamah bin Zaid, the beloved of the Messenger of Allah?" so Usamah spoke to him and the Messenger of Allah said: "Are you…
- Hadith 4949
"The (hand of) a thief is not to be cut off for less than the price of a shield." (Daif Mawquf)