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Sunan Ibn MajahThe Chapters on Legal Punishments

Sunan Ibn Majah 2548

Chapter: Intercession Concerning Legal Punishments

Weak 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 2548

Narrator:مسعود بن سويد بن حارثة

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ رُكَانَةَ، عَنْ أُمِّهِ، عَائِشَةَ بِنْتِ مَسْعُودِ بْنِ الأَسْوَدِ عَنْ أَبِيهَا، قَالَ لَمَّا سَرَقَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ تِلْكَ الْقَطِيفَةَ مِنْ بَيْتِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَعْظَمْنَا ذَلِكَ وَكَانَتِ امْرَأَةً مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ فَجِئْنَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم نُكَلِّمُهُ وَقُلْنَا نَحْنُ نَفْدِيهَا بِأَرْبَعِينَ أُوقِيَّةً ‏.‏ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ تُطَهَّرَ خَيْرٌ لَهَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَلَمَّا سَمِعْنَا لِينَ قَوْلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَتَيْنَا أُسَامَةَ فَقُلْنَا كَلِّمْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏.‏ فَلَمَّا رَأَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ذَلِكَ قَامَ خَطِيبًا فَقَالَ ‏

"‏ مَا إِكْثَارُكُمْ عَلَىَّ فِي حَدٍّ مِنْ حُدُودِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَقَعَ عَلَى أَمَةٍ مِنْ إِمَاءِ اللَّهِ وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ لَوْ كَانَتْ فَاطِمَةُ ابْنَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ نَزَلَتْ بِالَّذِي نَزَلَتْ بِهِ لَقَطَعَ مُحَمَّدٌ يَدَهَا ‏"

It was narrated from 'Aishah bin Mas'ud bin Aswad, that her father said:

“When the woman stole the Qatifah from the house of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), we regarded that as a serious matter. She was a woman from Quraish. So we came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and spoke to him, and said: 'We will ransom her for forty Uqiyyah.' The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Purification is better for her.” When we heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) speak so kindly, we went to Usamah and said: 'Speak to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) .' When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saw that, he stood up to speak and said: 'How much do you intercede with me concerning one of the legal punishments of Allah (SWT) that has befallen one of the female slaves of Allah (SWT)! By the One in Whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad, if Fatimah the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) were to do what she has done, Muhammad would cut off her hand.”

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 2548).

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Classical commentary

Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan Ibn Majah

قَوْله ( تُطَهَّرُ ) عَلَى بِنَاء الْمَفْعُول مِنْ التَّطْهِير وَهُوَ بِتَأْوِيلِ الْمَصْدَر مُبْتَدَأ خَبَره قَوْله خَيْر وَفِي الزَّوَائِد فِي إِسْنَاده أَبُو إِسْحَاق وَهُوَ مُدَلِّس وَاَللَّه أَعْلَم…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 2548
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 2548
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 2548
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 2548

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  • مصنف ابن أبي شيبة (27514)مَا إكْثَارُكُمْ عَلَيَّ فِي حَدٍّ مِنْ حُدُودِ اللَّهِ ، وَقَعَ عَلَى أَمَةٍ مِنْ إمَاءِ اللَّهِ , وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ , لَوْ كَانَتْ فَاطِمَةُ بِنْتُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ نزلت بِالَّذِي نزلت بِهِ لَقَطَعَ مُحَمَّدٌ يَدَهَا

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‘A’isha told that when a thief was brought to God’s Messenger and he had his hand cut off, those who brought him said, "We did not think you would go so far as this with him.” He replied, "If Fatima had been the one, I would have had her hand cut off.” Nasa’i transmitted it.

عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ: أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِسَارِقٍ فَقَطَعَهُ فَقَالُوا: مَا كُنَّا نَرَاكَ تَبْلُغُ بِهِ هَذَا قَالَ: «لَوْ كانتْ فاطمةُ لقطعتَها» . رَوَاهُ النَّسَائِيّ

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By Allah, even if she were Fatima, I would have her hand cut off. And thus her hand was cut off.

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