Sunan an-Nasa'i•Hadith 4957•The Book of Cutting off the Hand of the Thief
Chapter
The Book of Cutting off the Hand of the Thief
كتاب قطع السارق
Arabic Text
أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا شَرِيكٌ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، وَمُجَاهِدٍ، عَنْ أَيْمَنَ بْنِ أُمِّ أَيْمَنَ، يَرْفَعُهُ قَالَ " لاَ تُقْطَعُ الْيَدُ إِلاَّ فِي ثَمَنِ الْمِجَنِّ " . وَثَمَنُهُ يَوْمَئِذٍ دِينَارٌ .
English Translation
It was narrated that Ayman bin Umm Ayman who attributed it to the Prophet said:
"The (hand of) a thief is not to be cut off except for the price of a shield, and in those days the price of a shield was a Dinar."
Book
Sunan an-Nasa'i
Hadith No.
4957
Author
Imam Ahmad ibn Shu'ayb al-Nasa'i