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Sunan an-Nasa'i 4971

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) robber and pilferer is not to be cut off. (Sahih) Sufyan did not hear it from Abu Az-Zubayr.

Jabirnarrated it
Sahihgraded sahih by Al-Albani
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أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ، عَنْ مَخْلَدٍ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «لَيْسَ عَلَى خَائِنٍ وَلَا مُنْتَهِبٍ وَلَا مُخْتَلِسٍ قَطْعٌ». لَمْ يَسْمَعْهُ سُفْيَانُ مِنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) robber and pilferer is not to be cut off. (Sahih) Sufyan did not hear it from Abu Az-Zubayr.

আবদুল্লাহ ইবন আবদুস সামাদ ইবন আলী (রহঃ) ... জাবির (রাঃ) সূত্রে রাসূলুল্লাহ্ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম থেকে বর্ণিত। তিনি বলেছেনঃ আমানতে খিয়ানতকারী, প্রকাশ্যে লুণ্ঠনকারী এবং ছোঁ মেরে পলায়নকারী ব্যক্তির প্রতি হাত কাটার শাস্তি আরোপিত হবে না।

Telah mengkhabarkan kepada kami [Abdullah bin Abdush Shamad bin Ali] dari [Makhlad] dari [Sufyan] dari [Abu Az Zubair] dari [Jabir] dari Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam, beliau bersabda: "Tidak ada pemotongan tangan pada orang yahg berkhianat, merampas dan menggelapkan harta." Sufyan belum mendengar dari Abu Az Zubair

Sunan an-Nasa'i 4971, Book 46, The Book of Cutting off the Hand of the Thief, Hadith 101. 1 min read

What it means

Allah enjoined cutting off a thief's hand as a legal punishment for the crime of theft. However, this punishment is not applicable to other similar crimes, such as embezzlement, extortion, or usurpation. The rationale behind this distinction is that the occurrence of these crimes is rare compared with theft. Also, the condition for cutting off a hand, which is taking an object from its secure place, may be inapplicable to or may differ in these crimes.

Furthermore, in other crimes the object taken could be returned through the ruler (competent authority), because the evidence against the culprit could easily be established. On the other hand, the punishment for theft is grave, because it involves taking something secretly from its secure 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. 2Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya at-TursInformed us, Fourth generation, died 255 AH
  3. 3Makhlad ibn YazidFrom, Third generation, died 193 AH
  4. 4Sufyan ath-ThawriFrom, Third generation, died 159 AH
  5. 5Abu az-Zubayr al-MakkiFrom, Successor, died 126 AH
  6. 6Jabir ibn AbdullahFrom, Companion, died 68 AH

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