موطا امام مالك رواية يحييٰ
Muwatta Imam Malik (Riwayat Yahya)
كتاب السرقةBook: On the Explanation of Theft
بَابُ مَا لَا قَطْعَ فِيهِCases where there is no amputation
Hadith 1577B4
قَالَ مَالِكٌ فِي الَّذِي يَسْتَعِيرُ الْعَارِيَةَ فَيَجْحَدُهَا : إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ قَطْعٌ. وَإِنَّمَا مَثَلُ ذَلِكَ مَثَلُ رَجُلٍ كَانَ لَهُ عَلَى رَجُلٍ دَيْنٌ فَجَحَدَهُ ذَلِكَ. فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ فِيمَا جَحَدَهُ قَطْعٌ. ¤
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said that if a person takes something as a loan and then denies it, there is no cutting (of the hand) upon him. Its example is like when someone has a debt upon another and he denies it, then there is no cutting (of the hand) upon him.
