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Mishkat al-Masabih 3595

Chapter: Maiming for Theft - Section 2

Not graded Mishkat al-Masabih 3595

وَعَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي حُسَيْنٍ الْمَكِّيِّ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «لَا قَطْعَ فِي ثَمَرٍ معلَّقٍ وَلَا فِي حَرِيسَةِ جَبَلٍ فَإِذَا آوَاهُ الْمُرَاحُ وَالْجَرِينُ فَالْقَطْعُ قيمًا بلغ ثمن الْمِجَن» . رَوَاهُ مَالك

‘Abdallah b. ‘Abd ar-Rahman b. Abu Husain al-Makki reported God’s Messenger as saying, “A hand is not to be cut off for fruit which is hung up, or for a sheep stolen by night from the mountain;* but when the sheep is in its fold or the fruit in the place where it is dried a hand is to be cut off for whatever reaches the price of a shield.” Malik transmitted it. * Harisa jabal. It is used either of a sheep or goat stolen before it gets back from the mountain to the fold, or of one guarded in the mountain. The most satisfactory reason for the prescription would seem to be that animals kept in the mountain are not sufficiently protected.

Reported by Malik (No. 1525). Cited in Mishkat al-Masabih (No. 3595).

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  • الاستذكار (892)لا قَطْعَ فِي ثَمَرٍ مُعَلَّقٍ ، وَلا فِي حَرِيسَةِ جَبَلٍ ، فَإِذا أَوَاهُ الْمُرَاحُ وَالْجَرِينُ ، فَالْقَطْعُ فِيمَا بَلَغَ ثَمَنَ الْمِجَنِّ
  • السنن الكبرى للبيهقي (15838)لا قَطْعَ فِي ثَمَرٍ مُعَلَّقٍ ، وَلا فِي حَرِيسَةِ جَبَلٍ ، فَإِذَا آوَاهُ الْمُرَاحُ أَوِ الْجَرِينُ فَالْقَطْعُ فِيمَا بَلَغَ ثَمَنَ الْمِجَنِّ
  • موطأ مالك برواية أبي مصعب الزهري (948)لا قَطْعَ فِي ثَمَرٍ مُعَلَّقٍ ، وَلَا فِي حَرِيسَةِ جَبَلٍ ، فَإِذَا آوَاهُ الْمُرَاحُ أَوِ الْجَرِينُ ، فَالْقَطْعُ فِيمَا يَبْلُغُ ثَمَنَ الْمِجَنِّ
  • موطأ مالك برواية محمد بن الحسن الشيباني (614)لا قَطْعَ فِي ثَمَرٍ مُعَلَّقٍ ، وَلا فِي حَرِيسَةِ جَبَلٍ ، فَإِذَا آوَاهُ الْمُرَاحُ ، أَوِ الْجَرِينُ ، فَالْقَطْعُ فِيمَا بَلَغَثَمَنَ الْمِجَنِّ

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