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Mentioning The Different Wordings Reported By Az-Zuhri About The Makhzūmī Woman Who Stole

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Darussalam · Volume 5

46. The Book Of Cutting Off The Hand Of The Thief

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Shamela Arabic edition (opens in a new tab)

الحديث: 4898 ¦ الجزء: 8 ¦ الصفحة: 73

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4902. It was narrated that 'Aishah said: "A woman borrowed some jewelry, saying that other people needed it – people whose names were known but hers was not – then she sold it and kept the money. She was brought to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, and her people went to Usāmah bin Zaid, who spoke to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ concerning her. The face of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ changed color while he was speaking to him. Then the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said to him: 'Are you interceding with me concerning one of the Hadd punishments decreed by Allāh?' Usāmah said: 'Pray for forgiveness for me, O Messenger of Allāh! Then the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ stood up that evening, he praised and glorified Allāh, the Mighty and Sublime, as He deserves, then he said: 'The people who came before you were destroyed because, whenever a noble person among them stole, they let him go. But if a low-class person stole, they would carry out the punishment on him. By the One in Whose hand is the soul of Muḥammad, if Fāṭimah bint Muḥammad were to steal, I would cut off her hand.' Then he cut off the hand of that woman." (Sahīh)

Arabic text

4898 - أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ بَكَّارٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ: اسْتَعَارَتِ امْرَأَةٌ عَلَى أَلْسِنَةِ أُنَاسٍ يُعْرَفُونَ، وَهِيَ لَا تُعْرَفُ حُلِيًّا فَبَاعَتْهُ، وَأَخَذَتْ ثَمَنَهُ، فَأُتِيَ بِهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَسَعَى أَهْلُهَا إِلَى أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، فَكَلَّمَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِيهَا، فَتَلَوَّنَ وَجْهُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ يُكَلِّمُهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَتَشْفَعُ إِلَيَّ فِي حَدٍّ مِنْ حُدُودِ اللَّهِ؟» فَقَالَ أُسَامَةُ: اسْتَغْفِرْ لِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، ثُمَّ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَشِيَّتَئِذٍ، فَأَثْنَى عَلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ بِمَا هُوَ أَهْلُهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: «أَمَّا بَعْدُ، فَإِنَّمَا هَلَكَ النَّاسُ قَبْلَكُمْ، أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا إِذَا سَرَقَ الشَّرِيفُ فِيهِمْ تَرَكُوهُ، وَإِذَا سَرَقَ الضَّعِيفُ فِيهِمْ أَقَامُوا عَلَيْهِ الْحَدَّ، وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ لَوْ أَنَّ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتَ مُحَمَّدٍ سَرَقَتْ لَقَطَعْتُ يَدَهَا»، ثُمَّ قَطَعَ تِلْكَ الْمَرْأَةَ

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