Hadiths · 7 hadiths

Prescribed Punishment for Theft

  1. The Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) cut off (a thief's hand) for a shield that was worth three dirhams.Sahih (authentic)Al-Bukhari and Muslim (agreed upon) · متفق عليه
  2. May Allah curse the thief who steals an egg and his hand is cut off for that, and he steals a rope and his hand is cut off for thatSahih (authentic)Al-Bukhari and Muslim (agreed upon) · متفق عليه
  3. I was sleeping in the mosque while covered by a Khamīsah cloak of mine whose price was thirty dirhams. A man came and snatched it away from me. The man was…Sahih (authentic)Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah, an-Nasa'i and Ahmad
  4. The Quraysh were greatly concerned about the case of the Makhzūmi woman who had committed theft.Sahih (authentic)Al-Bukhari and Muslim (agreed upon) · متفق عليه
  5. The hand is not to be cut off for taking fruit or Kathar (the pith of the palm-tree)Sahih (authentic)Abu Dawud, at-Tirmidhi, an-Nasa'i, Ibn Majah, Malik, ad-Darimi and Ahmad
  6. Whatever a needy person eats without putting any in his pocket (and taking it away), there is no penalty on him. But whoever takes something away, he must pay…Hasan (good)Abu Dawud, an-Nasa'i, at-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah
  7. The hand is to be cut off for a quarter of a dinar or moreSahih (authentic)Al-Bukhari and Muslim (agreed upon) · متفق عليه

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