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Hadith 1

The Book of Legal Punishments

ENGLISH

'A'isha reported that she heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

The hand of the thief may not be cut off but for a quarter of a dinar and upwards.

ARABIC

حَدَّثَنِي بِشْرُ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ الْعَبْدِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، بْنِ الْهَادِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ عَمْرَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتِ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏

‏ لاَ تُقْطَعُ يَدُ السَّارِقِ إِلاَّ فِي رُبْعِ دِينَارٍ فَصَاعِدًا ‏

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BookThe Book of Legal Punishments
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