29/2. Chapter:
Al-Lu'lu Wal-Marjan 1100 — The Book of Al-Hudûd (Allâh's set limits and punishment for those who violate them)
To cut the hand of a thief whether he belongs to a noble family or otherwise, and prohibition of intercession in legal punishment.
Al-Lu'lu Wal-Marjan : 1100
Al-Lu'lu Wal-MarjanHadith Number 1100
حديث عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّ قُرَيْشًا أَهَمَّهُمْ شَأْنُ الْمَرْأَةِ الْمَخْزُومِيَّةِ الَّتِي سَرَقَتْ، فَقَالَ: وَمَنْ يُكَلِّمُ فِيهَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالُوا: وَمَنْ يَجْتَرِى عَلَيْهِ إِلَاّ أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، حِبُّ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَكَلَّمَهُ أُسَامَةُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: أَتَشْفَعُ فِي حَدٍّ مِنْ حُدُودِ اللهِ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَاخْتَطَبَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنَّمَا أَهْلَكَ الَّذِينَ قَبْلَكُمْ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا، ⦗١٨٦⦘ إِذَا سَرَقَ فِيهِمُ الشَّرِيفُ تَرَكُوهُ، وَإِذَا سَرَقَ فِيهِمُ الضَّعِيفُ أَقَامُوا عَلَيْهِ الْحَدَّ؛ وَايْمُ اللهِ لَوْ أَنَّ فَاطِمَةَ ابْنَةَ مُحَمَّدٍ سَرَقَتْ، لَقَطَعْتُ يَدَهَا.
A'isha Narrated from:
The people of Quraish were worried about the lady from Banî Makhzûm who had committed theft. They asked, "Who will intercede for her with Allâh's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم?" Some said, "No one dare to do so except Usâma bin Zaid, the beloved one to Allâh's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم, when Usâma spoke about that to Allâh's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم, the Prophet said (to him), "Do you try to intercede for somebody in a case connected with Allāh's Prescribed Punishments?"Then he got up and delivered a Khutba (religious talk) saying, "What destroyed the nations preceding you, was that if a noble amongst them committed theft, they would forgive him and if a poor person amongst them stole, they would inflict Allāh's Legal Punishment on him. By Allāh, if Fāṭima, the daughter of Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم) stole, I would cut off her hand." ( Sahih Al-Bukhāri, Hadith No. 681, Vol. 4)
