موطا امام مالك رواية يحييٰ
Muwatta Imam Malik (Riwayat Yahya)
كتاب السرقةBook: On the Explanation of Theft
بَابُ مَا يَجِبُ فِيهِ الْقَطْعُ
Chapter on what requires amputation
Hadith 1562
حَدَّثَنِي مَالِك، عَنْ نَافِعٍ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ، أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " قَطَعَ فِي مِجَنٍّ ثَمَنُهُ ثَلَاثَةُ دَرَاهِمَ "
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) cut off a hand for the theft of a shield, the price of which was three dirhams.
Hadith 1563
وَحَدَّثَنِي، عَنْ مَالِك، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي حُسَيْنٍ الْمَكِّيِّ ، أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ : " لَا قَطْعَ فِي ثَمَرٍ مُعَلَّقٍ، وَلَا فِي حَرِيسَةِ جَبَلٍ، فَإِذَا آوَاهُ الْمُرَاحُ أَوِ الْجَرِينُ، فَالْقَطْعُ فِيمَا يَبْلُغُ ثَمَنَ الْمِجَنِّ "
It is narrated from Abdullah bin Abdur Rahman Makki that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "The hand will not be cut off for taking fruit hanging on a tree, or for a goat wandering on a mountain. But when the goat comes into its home, or the fruit is picked and placed somewhere to be eaten, then if someone steals it, the hand will be cut off, provided its value is equal to that of a shield." (That is, three dirhams or more.)
Hadith 1564
وَحَدَّثَنِي، عَنْ وَحَدَّثَنِي، عَنْ مَالِك، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ عَمْرَةَ بِنْتِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، أَنّ سَارِقًا سَرَقَ فِي زَمَانِ عُثْمَانَ أُتْرُجَّةً، فَأَمَرَ بِهَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ " أَنْ تُقَوَّمَ، فَقُوِّمَتْ بِثَلَاثَةِ دَرَاهِمَ مِنْ صَرْفِ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ دِرْهَمًا بِدِينَارٍ، فَقَطَعَ عُثْمَانُ يَدَهُ "
It is narrated from Hazrat Amrah bint Abdur Rahman that a man stole a citron (lemon or a sour fruit or a fruit of the orange family) during the time of Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him). Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) had its price assessed, and it came to three dirhams at the rate of twelve dirhams per dinar. So Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) had his hand cut off.
Hadith 1565
وَحَدَّثَنِي، عَنْ وَحَدَّثَنِي، عَنْ مَالِك، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ ، عَنْ عَمْرَةَ بِنْتِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ : " مَا طَالَ عَلَيَّ وَمَا نَسِيتُ الْقَطْعُ فِي رُبُعِ دِينَارٍ فَصَاعِدًا "
Umm al-Mu'minin Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "It has not been a long time, nor have I forgotten, that the thief's hand is to be cut off for a quarter dinar or more."
Hadith 1566
وَحَدَّثَنِي، عَنْ وَحَدَّثَنِي، عَنْ مَالِك، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ حَزْمٍ ، عَنْ عَمْرَةَ بِنْتِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ : خَرَجَتْ عَائِشَةُ زَوْجُ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَى مَكَّةَ، وَمَعَهَا مَوْلَاتَانِ لَهَا وَمَعَهَا غُلَامٌ لِبَنِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ، فَبَعَثَتْ مَعَ الْمَوْلَاتَيْنِ بِبُرْدٍ مُرَجَّلٍ قَدْ خِيطَ عَلَيْهِ خِرْقَةٌ خَضْرَاءُ، قَالَتْ : فَأَخَذَ الْغُلَامُ الْبُرْدَ، فَفَتَقَ عَنْهُ فَاسْتَخْرَجَهُ وَجَعَلَ مَكَانَهُ لِبْدًا أَوْ فَرْوَةً وَخَاطَ عَلَيْهِ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمَتِ الْمَوْلَاتَانِ الْمَدِينَةَ دَفَعَتَا ذَلِكَ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ، فَلَمَّا فَتَقُوا عَنْهُ وَجَدُوا فِيهِ اللِّبْدَ وَلَمْ يَجِدُوا الْبُرْدَ، فَكَلَّمُوا الْمَرْأَتَيْنِ، فَكَلَّمَتَا عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَوْ كَتَبَتَا إِلَيْهَا، وَاتَّهَمَتَا الْعَبْدَ، فَسُئِلَ الْعَبْدُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ، فَاعْتَرَفَ، فَأَمَرَتْ بِهِ عَائِشَةُ زَوْجُ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقُطِعَتْ يَدُهُ، وَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ : " الْقَطْعُ فِي رُبُعِ دِينَارٍ فَصَاعِدًا " .
It is narrated from Hazrat Amrah bint Abdur Rahman that Ummul Momineen Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) went to Makkah. With her were two slave girls whom she had freed (mawla) and a slave who was from the children of Abdullah bin Abi Bakr. Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) sent a sheet from Makkah through the hands of those two slave girls, on which there were pictures of men, and it was sewn up wrapped in a green cloth. What the slave did was, he unstitched the seam of the cloth, took out the sheet from it, and in its place put a bag or a sheepskin, and then sewed it up again. When those slave girls came to Madinah and handed over the trust to whom Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) had instructed, they unstitched it and saw that it was felt, not the sheet. They asked the slave girls, and the slave girls informed Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) or wrote to her, and expressed their suspicion about the slave. When the slave was questioned, he confessed. Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) ordered his hand to be cut off, and his hand was cut off. Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The hand is cut off for a quarter dinar or more.
Hadith 1566B1
وَقَالَ مَالِك : أَحَبُّ مَا يَجِبُ فِيهِ الْقَطْعُ إِلَيَّ : ثَلَاثَةُ دَرَاهِمَ، وَإِنِ ارْتَفَعَ الصَّرْفُ أَوِ اتَّضَعَ، وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " قَطَعَ فِي مِجَنٍّ قِيمَتُهُ ثَلَاثَةُ دَرَاهِمَ " . وَأَنَّ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ قَطَعَ فِي أُتْرُجَّةٍ قُوِّمَتْ بِثَلَاثَةِ دَرَاهِمَ، وَهَذَا أَحَبُّ مَا سَمِعْتُ إِلَيَّ فِي ذَلِكَ
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said: In my view, when a thief steals property worth three dirhams, it becomes obligatory to cut his hand, because the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, ordered the hand to be cut for a shield whose price was three dirhams, and Sayyiduna Uthman, may Allah be pleased with him, ordered the hand to be cut for a citron (a type of lemon fruit) whose price was three dirhams. This is the best that I have heard.
