صحیح ابن حبان
Ibn Hibban
كتاب الحظر والإباحةBook of Prohibitions and Permissions
باب اللعن - ذكر الخبر المدحض قول من زعم أن المرء بالمعصية لا يجب أن يلعن-
Chapter on Cursing – Refuting the claim that a person should not be cursed for sinning
Hadith 5748
أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ الْجُمَحِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدُ بْنُ مُسَرْهَدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " لَعَنَ اللَّهُ السَّارِقَ يَسْرِقُ الْبَيْضَةَ فَتُقْطَعُ يَدُهُ ، وَيَسْرِقُ الْحَبْلَ فَتُقْطَعُ يَدُهُ " . قَالَ أَبُو حَاتِمٍ : يُشْبِهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ أَرَادَ بِهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِخِطَابِهِ هَذَا بَيْضَةَ الْحَدِيدِ أَوْ بَيْضَةَ النَّعَامَةِ الَّتِي قِيمَتُهَا تَبْلُغُ رُبْعَ دِينَارٍ فَصَاعِدًا ، وَكَذَلِكَ الْحَبْلُ ، أَرَادَ بِهِ الْحِبَالَ الْكِبَارَ الَّتِي تَكُونُ لِلآبَارِ الْعَمِيقَةِ الْقَعْرِ ، أَوْ لِلْمَرَاكِبِ الْعَمَّالَةِ فِي الْبَحْرِ ، وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْحِجَازِ الْغَالِبُ عَلَيْهِمُ الآبَارُ الْعَمِيقَةُ الْقَعْرِ ، وَعَلَيْهَا بَكَرَاتٌ لَهُمْ بِحِبَالِ الدِّلاءِ تَدُورُ ، فَتُتْرَكَ بِاللَّيْلِ عَلَى حَالِهَا ، وَهَكَذَا حِبَالُ الْمَرَاكِبِ ، لأَنَّ الْمَرْكِبَ إِذْ رَسَى رُبَّمَا طُرِحَتِ الْمَرَاسِي بِحَالِهَا بَرًّا ، فَتَمُرُّ بِهِ السَّابِلَةُ ، فَزَجَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِهَذَا الْخَطَّابِ مَسَّ شَيْءٍ مِنْهَا عَلَى سَبِيلِ الاسْتِحْلالِ دُونَ الانْتِفَاعِ بِهَا .
Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “May Allah curse the thief who steals an egg (or a shield), so his hand is cut off as a result; he steals a rope, so his hand is cut off as a result.”
(Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) There is a possibility that in this statement, the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) meant by the word “egg” a piece of iron, or he meant an ostrich egg whose value is equal to or more than a quarter of a dinar. Similarly, by “rope” he meant a large rope that is used in deep wells or for boats in the sea. The reason is that among the people of Hijaz, most wells are deep, and the ropes attached to the buckets keep turning and are left in that state at night. The same is the case with the ropes of mounts (or boats), because when the mount is left, sometimes its ropes remain on land in such a state that moist air passes over them. So the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade touching any such thing with these words when a person takes it into his personal ownership. This does not mean that he forbade benefiting from it.
(Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) There is a possibility that in this statement, the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) meant by the word “egg” a piece of iron, or he meant an ostrich egg whose value is equal to or more than a quarter of a dinar. Similarly, by “rope” he meant a large rope that is used in deep wells or for boats in the sea. The reason is that among the people of Hijaz, most wells are deep, and the ropes attached to the buckets keep turning and are left in that state at night. The same is the case with the ropes of mounts (or boats), because when the mount is left, sometimes its ropes remain on land in such a state that moist air passes over them. So the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade touching any such thing with these words when a person takes it into his personal ownership. This does not mean that he forbade benefiting from it.
