سنن نسائي
Nasai
كتاب قطع السارقThe Book of Cutting off the Hand of the Thief
بَابُ : مَا يَكُونُ حِرْزًا وَمَا لاَ يَكُونُChapter: Stealing Something that Is Kept In A Protected Place
Hadith 4886
اُردوEn
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي خِيَرَةَ , قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْعَلَاءِ الْكُوفِيَّ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا أَشْعَثُ ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، قَالَ : كَانَ صَفْوَانُ نَائِمًا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ ، وَرِدَاؤُهُ تَحْتَهُ فَسُرِقَ ، فَقَامَ وَقَدْ ذَهَبَ الرَّجُلُ , فَأَدْرَكَهُ فَأَخَذَهُ فَجَاءَ بِهِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَمَرَ بِقَطْعِهِ ، قَالَ صَفْوَانُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ , مَا بَلَغَ رِدَائِي أَنْ يُقْطَعَ فِيهِ رَجُلٌ ، قَالَ : " هَلَّا كَانَ هَذَا قَبْلَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَنَا بِهِ ؟ " ، قَالَ أَبُو عَبْد الرَّحْمَنِ : أَشْعَثُ ضَعِيفٌ .
´It narrated that Ibn 'Abbas said:` "Safwina was slleping in the Masjid with his Rida' beneath him, and it was stolen. He got up, and the man had gone, but he caught up with him, and took him to the prophet, who ordered that his hand be cut off. Safwan said; 'O Messenger of Allah, my Rida 'is not worth cutting off a man's hand for. 'He said 'Why did you not say that before you brought him to me
Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
“It was so precious”—It was indeed precious, meaning it reached the threshold (nisab) for theft, and that is why the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) ordered the hand to be cut. However, their thought was that the hand itself is very precious; its blood money (diyah) is fifty camels. It should not be cut off in exchange for the theft of thirty dirhams. But the real matter is that this hand is precious only when it is innocent. When a sin like theft has been committed with it, then it is no longer precious. Now it will be cut off in exchange for a few dirhams. How disgraceful an act theft is, that something valued at fifty camels is reduced to the value of three, or at most ten, dirhams.
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 4886
