46/5. Chapter:
Sunan an-Nasai 4887 — Borrowing and Denial
Stealing Something that Is Kept In A Protected Place
Hadith About Borrowing Things and Denying Them
Sunan an-Nasai : 4887
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 4887
أَخْبَرَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، رضى الله عنهما أَنَّ امْرَأَةً، مَخْزُومِيَّةً كَانَتْ تَسْتَعِيرُ الْمَتَاعَ فَتَجْحَدُهُ فَأَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِقَطْعِ يَدِهَا .
Ibn 'Umar Narrated from:
A Makhzumi woman used to borrow things then deny that she had borrowed them, so the Prophet (ﷺ) ordered that her hand be cut off.
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4887In-book reference : Book 46, Hadith 18English translation : Vol. 1, Book 10, Hadith 4891
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 4887
This hadith about the Makhzumi woman focuses on borrowing and denial. Ibn Umar narrated that she used to borrow things and then deny that she had borrowed them. The Prophet ordered that her hand be cut off. The text is short, but its message is strong. Borrowing is built on trust. When a person takes people's belongings and then rejects the claim, the matter becomes more than poor manners. It becomes a serious violation in this narration. The hadith does not give extra details here about the item, the value, or the wider case. So the safe lesson is to stay with what it says: returning borrowed property and being truthful about what one took are serious duties.
What we learn from this hadith
- Borrowed items must be returned to their owners.
- Denying what one borrowed is treated as a serious wrong in the narration.
- Trust in daily dealings matters in Islam.
- The text warns against using borrowing as a way to take people's property.
