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Intercession is not recommended in the matter of legal punishment after the case has been filed with the authorities.

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Darussalam · Volume 8

86 - THE BOOK OF AL-HUDŪD

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الحديث: 6788 ¦ الجزء: 8 ¦ الصفحة: 160

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6788. Narrated 'Āishah رضي الله عنها: The Quraish people became very worried about the Makhzūmiya lady who had committed theft. They said, "Nobody can speak (in favour of the lady) to Allāh's Messenger ﷺ, and nobody dares do that except Usāma who is the favourite of Allāh's Messenger ﷺ." When Usāma spoke to Allāh's Messenger ﷺ about that matter, Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, "Do you intercede (with me) to violate one of the legal punishment of Allāh?" Then he got up and addressed the people, saying, "O people! The nations before you went astray because if a noble person committed theft, they used to leave him, but if a weak person among them committed theft, they used to inflict the legal punishment on him. By Allāh, if Fāṭima, the daughter of Muḥammad (ﷺ) committed theft, Muḥammad will cut off her hand!"

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6788 - حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا: أَنَّ قُرَيْشًا أَهَمَّتْهُمُ المَرْأَةُ المَخْزُومِيَّةُ الَّتِي سَرَقَتْ، فَقَالُوا: مَنْ يُكَلِّمُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَمَنْ يَجْتَرِئُ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، حِبُّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَكَلَّمَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: «أَتَشْفَعُ فِي حَدٍّ مِنْ حُدُودِ اللَّهِ» ثُمَّ قَامَ فَخَطَبَ، قَالَ: «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إِنَّمَا ضَلَّ مَنْ قَبْلَكُمْ، أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا إِذَا سَرَقَ الشَّرِيفُ تَرَكُوهُ، وَإِذَا سَرَقَ الضَّعِيفُ فِيهِمْ أَقَامُوا عَلَيْهِ الحَدَّ، وَايْمُ اللَّهِ، لَوْ أَنَّ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتَ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، سَرَقَتْ لَقَطَعَ مُحَمَّدٌ يَدَهَا»

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