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Sunan Abi Dawud
كتاب الحدود
Prescribed Punishments (Kitab Al-Hudud)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَطَعَ فِي مِجَنٍّ ثَمَنُهُ ثَلاَثَةُ دَرَاهِمَ .
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had thief’s hand cut off for a shield worth three dirhams.
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