It is narrated from ‘Amrah bint ‘Abd al-Rahman that when ‘A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) set out towards Makkah, two freed slave women and the slave of the son of ‘Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr (may Allah be pleased with them) were with her. ‘A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) sent a sheet with designs on it to those two slave women, wrapped and sewn in a green cloth. ‘Amrah said: (On the way) the slave undid the stitching, took out the sheet, and put a bag or a sheepskin in its place, then sewed it up again. When the two slave women reached Madinah, they handed over the trust to the family. When they undid the stitching and looked, they found a sheepskin instead of the sheet. They asked the slave women, and they mentioned the matter (of suspicion about the slave) to Umm al-Mu’minin, Lady ‘A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her). Then ‘A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) had his hand cut off and said: “A hand is cut off for a quarter dinar or more.”
Hadith Referenceمسند الإمام الشافعي / كتاب الحدود / 1588
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