Hadith #17
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ حَبَّانَ قَالَ سَرَقَ غُلَامٌ لِنُعْمَانَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ نَخْلًا صِغَارًا فَرُفِعَ إِلَى مَرْوَانَ فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَقْطَعَهُ فَقَ
الَ رَافِعُ بْنُ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا يُقْطَعُ فِي الثَّمَرِ وَلَا فِي الْكَثَرِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِيَحْيَى مَا الْكَثَرُ قَالَ الْجُمَّارُ
Isnad Chain
محمد بن جعفر
شعبة
يحيى بن سعيد
محمد بن يحيى بن حبان
English Translation
Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar narrated to us, Shuʿbah narrated to us, from Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd, from Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā ibn Ḥabbān, who said: A slave of Nuʿmān al-Anṣārī stole some small palm trees. He was brought before Marwān, who wanted to cut his hand. Rāfiʿ ibn Khadīj said: I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: 'There is no cutting (of the hand) for (stealing) fruit or palm-pith.' So Marwān released him.
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 31, Hadith 17
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 15255
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-51645