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Sunan an-Nasa'i 4960

“I heard the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) say: ‘The hand is not to be cut off for (stealing) produce or the spadix of palm trees.’”

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أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَالِدِ بْنِ خَلِيٍّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ، حَدَّثَنَا سَلَمَةُ، (يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ الْعَوْصِيَّ) عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، (وَهُوَ ابْنُ صَالِحٍ) عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ

قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «لَا قَطْعَ فِي ثَمَرٍ وَلَا كَثَرٍ»

“I heard the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) say: ‘The hand is not to be cut off for (stealing) produce or the spadix of palm trees.’”

মুহাম্মদ ইবন খালিদ ইবন খালী (রহঃ) ... রাফে ইবনে খাদীজ (রাঃ) থেকে বর্ণিত। তিনি বলেন, আমি রাসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম-কে বলতে শুনেছিঃ ফল এবং খেজুর গাছের শাঁস চুরিতে হাত কাটা নেই।

Telah mengkhabarkan kepada kami [Muhammad bin Khalid bin Khalli], dia berkata; telah menceritakan kepada kami [ayahku], dia berkata; telah menceritakan kepada kami [Salamah yaitu Ibnu Abdul Malik Al 'Aushi] dari [Al Hasan yaitu Ibnu Shalih] dari [Yahya bin Sa'id] dari [Al Qasim bin Muhammad bin Abu Bakar] dari [Rafi' bin Khadij], dia berkata; "Saya mendengar Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam bersabda: "Tidak ada pemotongan tangan pada buah dan mayang kurma

Sunan an-Nasa'i 4960, Book 46, The Book of Cutting off the Hand of the Thief, Hadith 90. 1 min read

What it means

A slave owned by a man stole a small palm-tree from the orchard of another man and planted it in the orchard of his master. When the owner of the stolen palm trees learned about theft, he wanted to take the slave to Marwān ibn al-Hakam, who was the Governor of Madīnah at that time, in order to have his hand cut off. However, upon the request of the slave's owner, Rāfi‘ ibn Khadīj (may Allah be pleased with him) told Marwān that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned that the hand is not to be cut off for taking fruit or pith of the palm-tree (a tissue in the stems of palm trees).

Upon hearing that ruling which was authentically attributed to the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) Marwān released the slave. This Hadīth proves that the hand of a thief is not to be cut off for taking fruits from an orchard or so, because the stolen item is not kept in a safe place.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam an-Nasa'i back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam an-Nasa'iCompiler, died 303 AH
  2. 2Muhammad ibn KhalidInformed us, Fourth generation, died 261 AH
  3. 3أَبِيTold us
  4. 4Salamah ibn Abd al-MalikTold us, Third generation
  5. 5Al-Hasan ibn SalihFrom, Third generation, died 167 AH
  6. 6Yahya ibn Said al-AnsariFrom, Successor, died 143 AH
  7. 7Al-Qasim ibn MuhammadFrom, Successor, died 101 AH
  8. 8Rafi ibn KhadijFrom, Companion, died 73 AH

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