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موطا امام مالك رواية يحييٰ
Muwatta Malik (Yahya)
كتاب السرقة
Book: On the Explanation of Theft
بَابُ تَرْكِ الشَّفَاعَةِ لِلسَّارِقِ إِذَا بَلَغَ السُّلْطَانَ
Abandoning intercession for the thief when the case reaches the ruler
Muwatta Malik (Yahya) 1571 — Abandoning intercession for the thief
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.
