موطا امام مالك رواية يحييٰ
Muwatta Imam Malik (Riwayat Yahya)
كتاب السرقةBook: On the Explanation of Theft
بَابُ تَرْكِ الشَّفَاعَةِ لِلسَّارِقِ إِذَا بَلَغَ السُّلْطَانَAbandoning intercession for the thief when the case reaches the ruler
Hadith 1571
وَحَدَّثَنِي، عَنْ وَحَدَّثَنِي، عَنْ مَالِك، عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، أَنَّ الزُّبَيْرَ بْنَ الْعَوَّامِ لَقِيَ رَجُلًا قَدْ أَخَذَ سَارِقًا وَهُوَ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ بِهِ إِلَى السُّلْطَانِ، فَشَفَعَ لَهُ الزُّبَيْرُ لِيُرْسِلَهُ، فَقَالَ : لَا، حَتَّى أَبْلُغَ بِهِ السُّلْطَانَ . فَقَالَ الزُّبَيْرُ : " إِذَا بَلَغْتَ بِهِ السُّلْطَانَ، فَلَعَنَ اللَّهُ الشَّافِعَ وَالْمُشَفِّعَ "
It is narrated from Rabi’ah bin Abi Abdur Rahman that Sayyiduna Zubair bin Al-Awwam (may Allah be pleased with him) saw a man who was taking a thief, whom he had caught, to the ruler. Sayyiduna Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) interceded and said: Let him go. The man replied: I will never let him go until I take him to the ruler. Sayyiduna Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When you have taken him to the ruler, then may the curse of Allah be upon the one who intercedes and the one who seeks intercession.
