Hadith 6984

Chapter 18

باب 18

(18) باب السَّارِقِ يَسْرِقُ فِي الْغَزْوِ أَيُقْطَعُ

(18) Chapter: The thief who steals during a military expedition - should his hand be cut off (TR)
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حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي حَيْوَةُ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ، عَنْ عَيَّاشِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ الْقِتْبَانِيِّ، عَنْ شُيَيْمِ بْنِ بَيْتَانَ، وَيَزِيدَ بْنِ صُبْحٍ الأَصْبَحِيِّ، عَنْ جُنَادَةَ بْنِ أَبِي أُمَيَّةَ، قَالَ كُنَّا مَعَ بُسْرِ بْنِ أَرْطَاةَ فِي الْبَحْرِ فَأُتِيَ بِسَارِقٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ مِصْدَرٌ قَدْ سَرَقَ بُخْتِيَّةً فَقَالَ قَدْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " لاَ تُقْطَعُ الأَيْدِي فِي السَّفَرِ " . وَلَوْلاَ ذَلِكَ لَقَطَعْتُهُ .

Narrated Busr ibn Artat:
Junadah ibn AbuUmayyah said: We were with Busr ibn Artat on the sea (on an expedition). A thief called Misdar who had stolen a bukhti she-camel was brought. He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: Hands are not to be cut off during a warlike expedition. Had it not been so, I would have cut it off. (TR)

Reference (TR): Sunan Abi Dawud 4408 (TR)

In-book reference (TR): Book 40, Hadith 58 (TR)

English translation (TR): Book 39, Hadith 4394 (TR)