Cutting off the hand for snatching and treachery
باب الْقَطْعِ فِي الْخُلْسَةِ وَالْخِيَانَةِ
Sunan Abu Dawood, Book of Prescribed Punishments (Kitab Al-Hudud)(view book)
Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:
He also said through this chain: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Cutting of the hand is not to be inflicted on one who is treacherous.
وَبِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ " لَيْسَ عَلَى الْخَائِنِ قَطْعٌ " .
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Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:
The Prophet ﷺ said: Cutting of hand is not to be inflicted on one who plunders, but he who plunders conspicuously does not belong to us.
حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ جَابِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ " لَيْسَ عَلَى الْمُنْتَهِبِ قَطْعٌ وَمَنِ انْتَهَبَ نُهْبَةً مَشْهُورَةً فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا " .
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The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Jabir through a different chain of narrators. This version adds :
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 transmitted it from Abu al-Zubair from Jabir From the prophetﷺ.
حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِمِثْلِهِ زَادَ " وَلاَ عَلَى الْمُخْتَلِسِ قَطْعٌ " . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ هَذَانِ الْحَدِيثَانِ لَمْ يَسْمَعْهُمَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ مِنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ وَبَلَغَنِي عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِنَّمَا سَمِعَهُمَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ مِنْ يَاسِينَ الزَّيَّاتِ . قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَقَدْ رَوَاهُمَا الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ .