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Mishkat al-Masabih 3596

Chapter: Maiming for Theft - Section 2

Not graded Mishkat al-Masabih 3596

Narrator:Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh

وَعَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَيْسَ عَلَى الْمُنْتَهِبِ قَطْعٌ وَمَنِ انْتَهَبَ نُهْبَةً مَشْهُورَةً فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا» . رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد

Jabir reported God’s Messenger as saying, "Cutting off the hand is not to be inflicted on one who plunders, but he who does so conspicuously does not belong to us.” Abu Dawud transmitted it.

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 4391, 4393) and Ahmad (No. 14539). Cited in Mishkat al-Masabih (No. 3596).

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Authentic Sunan Abu Dawud 4393

Cutting of the hand is not be inflicted on one who snatches something. Abu Dawud said : Ibn Juraij did not hear these two traditions from Abu al-Zubair, I have been informed by Ahmad. B. Hanbal saving : Ibn Juraij heard them from Yasin al-Zayyat. Aby Dawud said: Al-Mughirah b. Muslim has…

حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِمِثْلِهِ زَادَ ‏"‏ وَلاَ عَلَى الْمُخْتَلِسِ قَطْعٌ ‏"‏…

Narrated by Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh

Also reported by… (5)
  • السنن الكبرى للنسائي (7171)لَيْسَ عَلَى الْخَائِنِ قَطْعٌ
  • تاريخ بغداد للخطيب البغدادي (3032)لَيْسَ عَلَى الْخَائِنِ قَطْعٌ ، وَلا عَلَى الْمُخْتَلِسِ ، وَلا عَلَى الْمُغْتَصِبِ قَطْعٌ
  • مصنف ابن أبي شيبة (28098)لَيْسَ عَلَى الْخَائِنِ قَطْعٌ
  • مصنف عبد الرزاق (18233)لَيْسَ عَلَى الْمُنْتَهِبِ قَطْعٌ , وَمَنِ انْتَهَبَ نُهْبَةً مَشْهُورَةً فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا , لَيْسَ مِثْلَنَا
  • مصنف عبد الرزاق (18248)لَيْسَ عَلَى الْخَائِنِ قَطْعٌ

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Not graded Bulugh al-Maram 1232

"There is no cutting of the hand for the treacherous, for snatching (like the one who snatches and runs away), or for forcibly seizure (looting or robbery)." Related by Ahmad and the four Imams. At-Tirmidhi and Ibn-Hibban graded it as Sahih.

وَعَنْ جَابِرٍ ‏- رضى الله عنه ‏- ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ‏- صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏-قَالَ : { لَيْسَ عَلَى خَائِنٍ وَلَا مُنْتَهِبٍ ، وِلَا مُخْتَلِسٍ ، قَطْعٌ } رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ ، وَالْأَرْبَعَةُ ، 1‏ وَصَحَّحَهُ…

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