سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الحدودPrescribed Punishments (Kitab Al-Hudud)
باب فِي الْحَدِّ يُشْفَعُ فِيهِChapter: Regarding interceding about a legal punishment.
Hadith 4374
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَظِيمِ ، ومُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا ، قَالَتْ : كَانَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مَخْزُومِيَّةٌ تَسْتَعِيرُ الْمَتَاعَ وَتَجْحَدُهُ فَأَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِقَطْعِ يَدِهَا وَقَصَّ نَحْوَ حَدِيثِ اللَّيْثِ ، قَالَ : فَقَطَعَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَدَهَا ، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد : رَوَى ابْنُ وَهْبٍ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ ، عَنْ يُونُسَ ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، وَقَالَ فِيهِ كَمَا قَالَ اللَّيْثُ : إِنَّ امْرَأَةً سَرَقَتْ فِي عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي غَزْوَةِ الْفَتْحِ ، وَرَوَاهُ اللَّيْثُ ، عَنْ يُونُسَ ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ بِإِسْنَادِهِ ، فَقَالَ : اسْتَعَارَتِ امْرَأَةٌ وَرَوَى مَسْعُودُ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَحْوَ هَذَا الْخَبَرِ قَالَ : سَرَقَتْ قَطِيفَةً مِنْ بَيْتِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَرَوَاهُ أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ ، أَنَّ امْرَأَةً سَرَقَتْ فَعَاذَتْ بِزَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ .
Aishah said: A Makhzumi woman used to borrow goods and deny having received them, so the prophet ﷺ gave orders that her hand should be cut off. The narrator than transmitted the rest of the tradition like that of al-laith, saying: So the prophet ﷺ had her hand cut off. Abu dawud said: Ibn Wahb transmitted this tradition from Yunus on the authority of al-Zuhri, and in this version he said al-Laith has said: A woman committed theft during the lifetime of the Prophet ﷺ on the occasion of the Conquest (of Makkah). It has been transmitted by al-Laith from Yunus on the authority of Ibn Shihab through his chain of narrators. He said in this version: A woman borrowed goods. Masud bin al-Aswad also transmitted a similar tradition from the Prophet ﷺ and said: A velvet was stolen from the house of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Abu Dawud said: Abu al-Zubair reported on the authority of Jabir: A woman committed theft and took refuge with Zainab daughter of Prophet ﷺ.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
➊ The denial of a borrowed item is not considered theft either linguistically or technically, but in an authentic hadith, the ruling of cutting the hand has been established for this act.
Thus, it is understood that, in terms of Islamic law, this is included under the ruling of theft, and the terminology of the Shariah takes precedence over other definitions.
➋ And it is possible that the woman both denied the borrowed item and also committed theft, and that is why her hand was cut.
For details, see: (al-Rawdah al-Nadiyyah)
➊ The denial of a borrowed item is not considered theft either linguistically or technically, but in an authentic hadith, the ruling of cutting the hand has been established for this act.
Thus, it is understood that, in terms of Islamic law, this is included under the ruling of theft, and the terminology of the Shariah takes precedence over other definitions.
➋ And it is possible that the woman both denied the borrowed item and also committed theft, and that is why her hand was cut.
For details, see: (al-Rawdah al-Nadiyyah)
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 4374
