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(Book 41, Hadith 26) #36608
Punishment for Stealing

SUMMARY: Abdullah ibn Umar, the amir of Madina, ordered to cut off the hand of a runaway slave who had stolen something.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that a slave of Abdullah ibn Umar stole while he was a runaway. Abdullah ibn Umar sent him to Said ibn al-As, who was the amir of Madina, to cut off his hand. Said refused to cut off his hand. He said, "The hand of a runaway slave is not cut off when he steals". Abdullah ibn Umar said to him, "In what Book of Allah did you find this?" Then Abdullah ibn Umar gave the order, and his hand was cut off.
حَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، أَنَّ عَبْدًا، لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ سَرَقَ وَهُوَ آبِقٌ فَأَرْسَلَ بِهِ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ إِلَى سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْعَاصِ - وَهُوَ أَمِيرُ الْمَدِينَةِ - لِيَقْطَعَ يَدَهُ فَأَبَى سَعِيدٌ أَنْ يَقْطَعَ يَدَهُ وَقَالَ لاَ تُقْطَعُ يَدُ الآبِقِ السَّارِقِ إِذَا سَرَقَ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ فِي أَىِّ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ وَجَدْتَ هَذَا ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِهِ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ فَقُطِعَتْ يَدُهُ

TOPICS
theft  *  punishment  *  slave  *  ghish  *  aqab  *  abd

QUICK LESSONS:
Follow Islamic laws , Respect authority figures .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about a runaway slave who stole something and was punished for it. Abdullah ibn Umar, the amir of Madina at that time, ordered to cut off his hand as punishment. When Said ibn al-As refused to do so because he thought that cutting off the hand of a runaway slave was not allowed in Islam, Abdullah asked him which book of Allah he found this in. After realizing that there was no such rule in Islam, Abdullah gave the order and his hand was cut off as punishment for stealing. This hadith teaches us that stealing is wrong and those who steal will be punished accordingly according to Islamic law. It also shows us how important it is to follow Islamic laws and not make up our own rules or try to find loopholes in them.

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