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 4895
اُردوEn
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَعْدَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ أَعْيَنَ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا مَعْقِلٌ ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ : أَنّ امْرَأَةً مِنْ بَنِي مَخْزُومٍ سَرَقَتْ , فَأُتِيَ بِهَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ , فَعَاذَتْ بِأُمِّ سَلَمَةَ ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " لَوْ كَانَتْ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتَ مُحَمَّدٍ لَقَطَعْتُ يَدَهَا " ، فَقُطِعَتْ يَدُهَا .
´It was narrated from Jabir that:` a woman from Banu Makhzum stole (something), and she was brought to the Prophet. She sought the protection of Umm Salamah, but the Prophet said: "If Fatimah bint Muhammad were to steal, I would cut off her hand." And he ordered that her hand be cut off.
Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
(1) "Fatimah bint Muhammad"—this was said to add emphasis to the statement, otherwise, how could the family of the Messenger be associated with theft? Allah forbid. Coincidentally, the name of the woman who committed theft was also Fatimah—Fatimah bint Aswad bin Abd al-Asad.
(2) Apparently, this and the previous narrations describe the same incident. In this case, the theft refers specifically to the refusal to return a borrowed item (ariyyah), because metaphorically, refusal to return a borrowed item can be called theft, but in no way can theft be called refusal to return a borrowed item. Alternatively, one would have to consider them as separate incidents, but this is difficult. The hadith scholars (muhaddithun) have regarded it as a single incident.
(2) Apparently, this and the previous narrations describe the same incident. In this case, the theft refers specifically to the refusal to return a borrowed item (ariyyah), because metaphorically, refusal to return a borrowed item can be called theft, but in no way can theft be called refusal to return a borrowed item. Alternatively, one would have to consider them as separate incidents, but this is difficult. The hadith scholars (muhaddithun) have regarded it as a single incident.
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 4895
