Sunan Abi Dawud 4388
For what the thief's hand is not to be cut off
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حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ حَبَّانَ
أَنَّ عَبْدًا سَرَقَ وَدِيًّا مِنْ حَائِطِ رَجُلٍ فَغَرَسَهُ فِي حَائِطِ سَيِّدِهِ فَخَرَجَ صَاحِبُ الْوَدِيِّ يَلْتَمِسُ وَدِيَّهُ فَوَجَدَهُ فَاسْتَعْدَى عَلَى الْعَبْدِ مَرْوَانَ بْنَ الْحَكَمِ وَهُوَ أَمِيرُ الْمَدِينَةِ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَسَجَنَ مَرْوَانُ الْعَبْدَ وَأَرَادَ قَطْعَ يَدِهِ فَانْطَلَقَ سَيِّدُ الْعَبْدِ إِلَى رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَأَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لاَ قَطْعَ فِي ثَمَرٍ وَلاَ كَثَرٍ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ إِنَّ مَرْوَانَ أَخَذَ غُلاَمِي وَهُوَ يُرِيدُ قَطْعَ يَدِهِ وَأَنَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ تَمْشِيَ مَعِي إِلَيْهِ فَتُخْبِرَهُ بِالَّذِي سَمِعْتَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَمَشَى مَعَهُ رَافِعُ بْنُ خَدِيجٍ حَتَّى أَتَى مَرْوَانَ بْنَ الْحَكَمِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَافِعٌ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لاَ قَطْعَ فِي ثَمَرٍ وَلاَ كَثَرٍ فَأَمَرَ مَرْوَانُ بِالْعَبْدِ فَأُرْسِلَ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿAbdullāh b. Maslamah
- Mālik b. Anas
- Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd
- Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. Ḥabbān
Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Hibban said: A slave stole a plant of a palm-tree from the orchard of a man and planted it in the orchard of his master. The owner of the plant went out in search of the plant and he found it. He solicited help against the slave from Marwan ibn al-Hakam who was the Governor of Medina at that time. Marwan confined the slave and intended to cut off his hand. The slave's master went to Rafi' ibn Khadij and asked him about it. He told him that he had heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: The hand is not to be cut off for taking fruit or the pith of the palm-tree. The man then said: Marwan has seized my slave and wants to cut off his hand. I wish you to go with me to him and tell him that which you have heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. So Rafi' ibn Khadij went with him and came to Marwan ibn al-Hakam. Rafi' said to him: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: The hand is not to be cut off for taking fruit or the pith of the palm-tree. So Marwan gave orders to release the slave and then he was released. Abu Dawud said: Kathar means pith of the palm-tree.
Notes
قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ الْكَثَرُ الْجُمَّارُ
Grades by grader
| al-Albani | Soundin صحيح سنن أبي داود, p. 4388 | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
|---|---|---|
| Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamid | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
| Shuayb al-Arnaut | Soundin تخريج سنن أبي داود, p. 4388 | hadithunlocked |
| Zubair Ali Zai | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
What scholars said about it
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- Shafiʿī
مرسل
machine translationMursal (a report in which a Successor omits the Companion and attributes it directly to the Prophet ﷺ)
in سنن أبي داود, p. 4378 - Ishbīlī
روى هذا الحديث النسائي عن سفيان عن يحيى بن سعيد عن محمد بن يحيى بن حبان عن عمه واسع عن رافع يعني أنه وصله بزيادة واسع وكذا هو في صحيح أبي حاتم بن حبان قال ورواه غيره ولم يذكر واسعا ولم يتابع سفيان بن عيينة على هذه الرواية إلا حماد بن دليل فإنه رواه عن شعبة عن يحيى بن سعيد بمثل رواية سفيان وأما غير حماد فإنه رواه عن شعبة عن يحيى ولم يذكر واسعا ومحمد بن يحيى بن حبان لم يسمع من رافع
machine translationAl-Nasāʾī narrated this hadith from Sufyān, from Yaḥyā b. Saʿīd, from Muḥammad b. Yaḥyā b. Ḥabbān, from his paternal uncle Wāsiʿ, from Rāfiʿ, meaning that he connected it (waṣalahu) by adding Wāsiʿ. It is likewise in the Ṣaḥīḥ of Abū Ḥātim b. Ḥibbān. He said: Others narrated it without mentioning Wāsiʿ. Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah was not followed in this narration except by Ḥammād b. Dalīl, who narrated it from Shuʿbah, from Yaḥyā b. Saʿīd, like the narration of Sufyān. As for others besides Ḥammād, they narrated it from Shuʿbah, from Yaḥyā, without mentioning Wāsiʿ. And Muḥammad b. Yaḥyā b. Ḥabbān did not hear from Rāfiʿ.
in سنن أبي داود, p. 4378 - Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr
هذا حديث منقطع لأن محمد بن يحيى لم يسمعه من رافع بن خديج
machine translationThis hadith is broken in its chain (munqaṭiʿ), because Muḥammad b. Yaḥyā did not hear it from Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj.
in سنن أبي داود, p. 4378
Other narrations of this report
Sunan an-Nasa'i 4959Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 29178al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 17297al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 17380al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7423
Narrators
- Eminent Companion (ṣaḥābī jalīl)d. 73 AH, or 74 AH, also said: 59 AH, also said: after 50 AH to 60 AHرَافِع بْن خَدِيج الأَنْصَارِيّصحابي جليلعن
- trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh)d. 121 AHمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ حَبَّانَثقة فقيهعن
- trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 143 AH or 144 AH, also said 146 AHيَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍثقة ثبتعن
- The jurist (al-faqīh), the Imam of the Abode of Migration (Imām Dār al-Hijrah), the head of the proficient masters, and the foremost among the meticulous.d. 178 AH, or 179 AHمَالِكِ بْنِ أَنَسٍالفقيه ، إمام دار الهجرة ، رأس المتقنين ، وكبير المتثبتينعن
- trustworthy (thiqah), devout (ʿābid)d. 220 AH, or 221 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَثقة عابدحدثنا
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), the compiler of the Sunan and other works, one of the senior scholars.d. 275 AHأَبُو دَاوُدَ السِّجِسْتَانِيُّثقة ، حافظ , مصنف السنن وغيرها ، من كبار العلماء
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Commentaries
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