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Cutting Off The Hand Of A Grave-Robber

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Darussalam · Volume 5

37. THE BOOK OFLEGAL PUNISHMENTS(HUDŪD)

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الحديث: 4409 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 142

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4409. It was narrated that Abū Dharr said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said to me: 'O Abū Dharr!' I said: 'Here I am, at your service, O Messenger of Allāh.' He said: 'What will you do when death strikes the people and a house' meaning a grave, 'will cost as much as a slave?' I said: 'Allāh and His Messenger know best,' or 'whatever Allāh and His Messenger choose for me.' He said: 'You must be patient.' Or he said: 'Be patient.'" (Hasan) Abū Dāwūd said: Hammād bin Abī Sulaimān said: "The hand of the grave-robber should be cut off because he has entered the house of the deceased."

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4409 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ، عَنِ الْمُشَعَّثِ بْنِ طَرِيفٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ، قَالَ: قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ» قُلْتُ: لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَسَعْدَيْكَ، فَقَالَ: «كَيْفَ أَنْتَ إِذَا أَصَابَ النَّاسَ مَوْتٌ يَكُونُ الْبَيْتُ فِيهِ بِالْوَصِيفِ - يَعْنِي الْقَبْرَ -»، قُلْتُ: اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ - أَوْ مَا خَارَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ - قَالَ: «عَلَيْكَ بِالصَّبْرِ»، أَوْ قَالَ: «تَصْبِرُ» قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: قَالَ حَمَّادُ بْنُ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ: «يُقْطَعُ النَّبَّاشُ لِأَنَّهُ دَخَلَ عَلَى الْمَيِّتِ بَيْتَهُ»

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