It was narrated that Jabir bin ‘Abdullah said: “A thief was brought to the Messenger of Allah and he said: ‘Kill him.’ They said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, he only stole.’ He said: ‘Cut off (his hand).’ So his hand was cut off. Then he was brought a second time and he said: ‘Kill him.’ They said; ‘O Messenger of Allah, he only stole.’ He said: ‘Cut off (his foot).’ So his foot was cut off. He was brought to him a third time and he said: ‘Kill him.’ They said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, he only stole. He said: ‘Cut off (his other hand).’ Then he was brought to him a fourth time and he said: Kill him.’ They said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, he only stole.’ He said: ‘Cut off (his other foot).’ He was brought to him a fifth time and he said: “So we took him to an animal pen and attacked him. He lay down on his back then waved his arms and legs (in the air), and the camels ran away. Then they attacked him a second time and he did the same thing, then they attacked him a third time, and we threw stones at him and killed him, then we threw him into a well and threw stones on top of him.” (Hasan)Abu ‘Abdur-Rahman (An-Nasai) said: This Hadith is Munkar, Musab bin Thabit is not strong in Hadith.
Hadith In Arabic Text :
أخبرنا محمد بن عبد الله بن عبيد بن عقيل، قال حدثنا جدي، قال حدثنا مصعب بن ثابت، عن محمد بن المنكدر، عن جابر بن عبد الله، قال جيء بسارق إلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال ” اقتلوه ” . فقالوا يا رسول الله إنما سرق . قال ” اقطعوه ” . فقطع ثم جيء به الثانية فقال ” اقتلوه ” . فقالوا يا رسول الله إنما سرق . قال ” اقطعوه ” . فقطع فأتي به الثالثة فقال ” اقتلوه ” . قالوا يا رسول الله إنما سرق . فقال ” اقطعوه ” . ثم أتي به الرابعة فقال ” اقتلوه ” . قالوا يا رسول الله إنما سرق . قال ” اقطعوه ” . فأتي به الخامسة قال ” اقتلوه ” . قال جابر فانطلقنا به إلى مربد النعم وحملناه فاستلقى على ظهره ثم كشر بيديه ورجليه فانصدعت الإبل ثم حملوا عليه الثانية ففعل مثل ذلك ثم حملوا عليه الثالثة فرميناه بالحجارة فقتلناه ثم ألقيناه في بئر ثم رمينا عليه بالحجارة . قال أبو عبد الرحمن وهذا حديث منكر ومصعب بن ثابت ليس بالقوي في الحديث والله تعالى أعلم .
Chapter : The Book of Cutting off the Hand of the Thief – كتاب قطع السارق