Hadith
Sunan an-Nasa'i #4978
The Book of Cutting off the Hand of the Thief· كتاب قطع السارق
sunan_al_nasai:4978أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ حَبَّانَ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ، مِنْ قَوْمِهِ عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " لاَ قَطْعَ فِي ثَمَرٍ وَلاَ كَثَرٍ " .
"I heard the Messenger of Allah say: 'The hand is not to be cut off for (stealing) produce or the spadix of palm trees."'
Chain 1·7 narrators
6
Muhammad ibn Abdullah← Oldest
محمد بن عبد الله
Narratorprophet
Transmitted via “سمعت”
narrated to
5
رافع بن خديج
Tabi'ithiqa
Transmitted via “عن”
narrated to
4
رجل من قومه
رجل من قومه
Narratorunknown
Transmitted via “عن”
narrated to
3
محمد بن يحيى بن حبان
Gen 4thiqa
Transmitted via “عن”
narrated to
2
يحيى بن سعيد
Taba Tabi'inthiqa
Transmitted via “حدثنا”
narrated to
1
Abu Usāmah
أبو أسامة
Narratorunknown
Transmitted via “حدثنا”
narrated to
0
Husayn ibn Mansur← Compiler
حسين بن منصور
Taba Tabi'inunknown
Transmitted via “أخبرنا”
Legend: Sahabi Tabi'i Taba Tabi'in Later
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