Sunan an-Nasa'i 4978
Cutting off the hands and feet of the thief
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أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَدِّي قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُصْعَبُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ
جِيءَ بِسَارِقٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ اقْتُلُوهُ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّمَا سَرَقَ قَالَ اقْطَعُوهُ فَقُطِعَ ثُمَّ جِيءَ بِهِ الثَّانِيَةَ فَقَالَ اقْتُلُوهُ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّمَا سَرَقَ قَالَ اقْطَعُوهُ فَقُطِعَ فَأُتِيَ بِهِ الثَّالِثَةَ فَقَالَ اقْتُلُوهُ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّمَا سَرَقَ فَقَالَ اقْطَعُوهُ ثُمَّ أُتِيَ بِهِ الرَّابِعَةَ فَقَالَ اقْتُلُوهُ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّمَا سَرَقَ قَالَ اقْطَعُوهُ فَأُتِيَ بِهِ الْخَامِسَةَ قَالَ اقْتُلُوهُ قَالَ جَابِرٌ فَانْطَلَقْنَا بِهِ إِلَى مِرْبَدِ النَّعَمِ وَحَمَلْنَاهُ فَاسْتَلْقَى عَلَى ظَهْرِهِ ثُمَّ كَشَّرَ بِيَدَيْهِ وَرِجْلَيْهِ فَانْصَدَعَتِ الإِبِلُ ثُمَّ حَمَلُوا عَلَيْهِ الثَّانِيَةَ فَفَعَلَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ حَمَلُوا عَلَيْهِ الثَّالِثَةَ فَرَمَيْنَاهُ بِالْحِجَارَةِ فَقَتَلْنَاهُ ثُمَّ أَلْقَيْنَاهُ فِي بِئْرٍ ثُمَّ رَمَيْنَا عَلَيْهِ بِالْحِجَارَةِ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUbayd b. ʿAqīl
- my father
- Muṣʿab b. Thābit
- Muḥammad b. al-Munkadir
- Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh
"A thief was brought to the Messenger of Allah and he said: 'Kill him.' They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, he only stole.' He said: 'Cut off (his hand).' So his hand was cut off. Then he was brought a second time and he said: 'Kill him.' They said; 'O Messenger of Allah, he only stole.' He said: 'Cut off (his foot).' So his foot was cut off. He was brought to him a third time and he said: 'Kill him.' They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, he only stole. He said: 'Cut off (his other hand).' Then he was brought to him a fourth time and he said: Kill him.' They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, he only stole.' He said: 'Cut off (his other foot).' He was brought to him a fifth time and he said: "So we took him to an animal pen and attacked him. He lay down on his back then waved his arms and legs (in the air), and the camels ran away. Then they attacked him a second time and he did the same thing, then they attacked him a third time, and we threw stones at him and killed him, then we threw him into a well and threw stones on top of him." (Hasan) Abu 'Abdur-Rahman (An-Nasai) said: This Hadith is Munkar, Musab bin Thabit is not strong in Hadith.
Notes
قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ مُنْكَرٌ وَمُصْعَبُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ لَيْسَ بِالْقَوِيِّ فِي الْحَدِيثِ وَاللَّهُ تَعَالَى أَعْلَمُ
Grades by grader
| Zubair Ali Zai | Hasan | fawazahmed0 |
|---|---|---|
| al-Albani | Good Chainin صحيح سنن النسائي, p. 4993Another source records this grader as “Daif” (fawazahmed0). | hadithunlocked |
What scholars said about it
In their own words, as Hadith Unlocked records them. They are shown, not summarised into a grade.
- Aḥmad ibn Shuʿayb al-Nasāʾī
منكر
machine translationRejected (munkar)
in سنن النسائي, p. 4992 - Aḥmad ibn Shuʿayb al-Nasāʾī
حديث منكر
machine translationA rejected (munkar) hadith.
in سنن النسائي, p. 4992 - Aḥmad ibn Shuʿayb al-Nasāʾī
هذا حديث منكر ومصعب بن ثابت راويه ليس بالقوي
machine translationThis is a rejected (munkar) hadith, and Muṣʿab b. Thābit, its narrator, is not strong (laysa bi-l-qawī).
in سنن النسائي, p. 4992 - Aḥmad ibn Shuʿayb al-Nasāʾī
هذا حديث منكرومصعب بن ثابت ليس بالقوي في الحديث زاد في الكبرى ولم يتركه يحيى القطان
in سنن النسائي, p. 4992
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- Aḥmad ibn Shuʿayb al-Nasāʾī
حديث منكر ومصعب بن ثابت ليس بالقوي في الحديث
in سنن النسائي, p. 4992 - Aḥmad ibn Shuʿayb al-Nasāʾī
وهذا الحديث منكر ولا أعلم فيه حديثا صحيحا
in سنن النسائي, p. 4992 - Aḥmad ibn Shuʿayb al-Nasāʾī
مصعب بن ثابت ليس بالقوي وهذا الحديث ليس بصحيح قال ولا أعلم في هذا الباب حديثا صحيحا عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم
machine translationMuṣʿab b. Thābit is not strong (laysa bi-l-qawī), and this hadith is not authentic (ṣaḥīḥ). He said: I do not know of any authentic (ṣaḥīḥ) hadith on this topic from the Prophet ﷺ.
in سنن النسائي, p. 4992 - Aḥmad ibn Shuʿayb al-Nasāʾī
مصعب بن ثابت ليس بالقوي وإن كان يحيى القطان قد روى عنه وهذا الحديث ليس بصحيح ولا أعلم في هذا الباب حديثا صحيحا عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم
machine translationMuṣʿab b. Thābit is not strong (laysa bi-l-qawī), even though Yaḥyā al-Qaṭṭān narrated from him. This hadith is not sound (ṣaḥīḥ), and I do not know of any sound hadith on this subject from the Prophet ﷺ.
in سنن النسائي, p. 4992 - Dāraquṭnī
وفي إسناده مصعب بن ثابت وقد ضعفوه
in سنن النسائي, p. 4992 - Aḥmad ibn Shuʿayb al-Nasāʾī
هذا حديث منكر ومصعب بن ثابت قد ضعفوه قال النسائي ليس بالقوي ولا يصح هذا الحديث ولا أعلم في هذا الباب حديثا صحيحا
in سنن النسائي, p. 4992 - Ibn Ṣalāḥ
هذه الرواية شاذة وإن أخرجها أبو داود والنسائي
in سنن النسائي, p. 4992 - Dāraquṭnī
حديث القتل منكر لا أصل له
in سنن النسائي, p. 4992
Other narrations of this report
al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 3407al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 1709al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7447al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 8153
Narrators
- Companion (ṣaḥābī)d. al-Haytham b. ʿAdī said, and Khalīfah b. Khayyāṭ in some reports from them: 68 AH. Abū Sulaymān b. Zabr said: 72 AH. Muḥammad b. Saʿd said, and al-Haytham b. ʿAdī in another report: 73 AH. Muḥammad b. Yaḥyā b. Ḥabbān said: 77 AH. Abū ʿAwn al-Madanī and others said: 78 AH. Abū Nuʿaym and Khalīfah b. Khayyāṭ in another report said: 79 AHجَابِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَرَامٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّصحابيعن
- trustworthy (thiqah), excellent (fāḍil)d. 130 AH, or 131 AHمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِثقة فاضلعن
- lenient in hadith (layyin al-ḥadīth), and he was a worshipperd. 157 AHمُصْعَبُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍلين الحديث ، وكان عابداحدثنا
- truthful (ṣadūq)d. 207 AHجَدِّيصدوقحدثنا
- truthful (ṣadūq)d. between 241 and 250 AHمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍصدوقأخبرنا
- the preserver (al-Ḥāfiẓ)d. 302 AH, or 303 AHالنَّسَائِيُّالحافظ
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Commentaries
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