Theft punishment

217 hadith

• Ayesha reported,

  The Prophet ﷺ said, "The hand is to be cut off for theft of a quarter of a Dinar or more." In another wording, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to cut off the hand of a thief for a quarter of a Dinar or more.

  الأعظمي 6982Sahih

• Ayesha reported,

  The Prophet ﷺ said that the hand of a thief is to be cut off for stealing a quarter of a dinar or more.

  أحمد 24079Sahih

• Ayesha reported,

  The Prophet ﷺ said that the hand of a thief is to be cut off for stealing a quarter of a dinar or more.

  النسائي 4926Sahih

• Ayesha reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would cut off the hand of a thief for a quarter of a dinar or more.

  مسلم 4399Sahih

• Ayesha reported,

  The Prophet ﷺ said, "The thief's hand is to be cut off for a quarter of a Dinar or more." Ahmad bin Salih said, "Amputation applies for a quarter of a Dinar or more."

  أبو داود 4384Sahih

• Ayesha reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ cut off the hand of a thief for a quarter of a Dinar.

  النسائي 4918Sahih

• Ayesha reported,

  The Prophet ﷺ said, "The hand of the thief is to be cut off for a quarter of a Dinar or more."

  أحمد 25304Sahih

• Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

  A thief was brought to the Prophet ﷺ, and he said, "Kill him." The people said, "Messenger of Allah, he only stole." He said, "Then cut off his hand." So his hand was cut off. Then he was brought a second time, and the Prophet ﷺ said, "Kill…

  أبو داود 4410Hasan

• Ayesha reported,

  The Prophet ﷺ said, "The hand is to be cut off for the theft of a quarter of a dinar or more." Abdul-Rahman bin Khalid, Ibn Akhi Zuhri, and Muamar followed him in narrating this from Zuhri.

  البخاري 6789Sahih

• Ayesha reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would cut off the hand for theft of a quarter of a Dinar or more.

  النسائي 4935Sahih

• Ayesha reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The hand of the thief is to be cut off for a quarter of a Dinar or more."

  النسائي 4921Hasan

• Ayesha reported,

  The Prophet ﷺ said, "The hand of the thief is to be cut off for a quarter of a Dinar."

  البخاري 6790Sahih

• Ayesha reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would cut off the hand of a thief for a quarter of a Dinar or more.

  مسلم 4398Sahih

• Ayesha reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The hand of the thief is cut off for a quarter of a dinar."

  النسائي 4920Sahih

• Ayesha reported,

  The Prophet ﷺ said, "The hand of the thief is to be cut off for a quarter of a Dinar or more."

  النسائي 4927Sahih

• Ayesha reported,

  The hand is cut off for theft of a quarter Dinar or more.

  النسائي 4924Sahih

• Ayesha reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The hand of the thief is to be cut off for a quarter of a Dinar or more."

  النسائي 4923Sahih

• Ayesha reported,

  The Prophet ﷺ said, "The thief's hand is to be cut off for a quarter of a Dinar or more."

  النسائي 4922Sahih

• Ayesha reported,

  Cutting off [the hand] is for [theft of] a quarter of a Dinar or more.

  النسائي 4933Sahih

• Abu Hurairah reported,

  The Prophet ﷺ said, "Allah has cursed the thief who steals an egg and has his hand cut off, and who steals a rope and has his hand cut off."

  الأعظمي 6981Sahih

• Abdullah bin Umar reported,

  The Prophet ﷺ cut off the hand of a thief for stealing a shield worth three dirhams.

  أحمد 5310Sahih

• Ayesha reported,

  Cutting off [the hand] is for [theft of] a quarter of a Dinar or more.

  النسائي 4929Sahih

• Abdullah bin Abbas reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ cut off the hand of a man for stealing a shield worth a Dinar or ten dirhams.

  أبو داود 4387Daif

• Ayesha reported,

  The Prophet ﷺ would impose the amputation penalty for theft of a quarter of a Dinar or more.

  الترمذي 1445Sahih

• Ayesha reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The thief's hand is cut off for the value of a shield, and the value of a shield is a quarter of a Dinar."

  النسائي 4934Sahih

• Ayman reported,

  The thief's hand is not to be cut off for stealing anything worth less than the price of a shield.

  النسائي 4952Daif

• Safwan bin Umaya bin Khalaf reported,

  A man stole a cloak belonging to him, so he brought him before the Prophet ﷺ, who ordered that the thief's hand be cut off. He said, "Messenger of Allah, I have pardoned him." The Prophet ﷺ replied, "Abu Wahb, why did you not do so before…

  النسائي 4882Hasan

• Ayman reported,

  The thief's hand is cut off for stealing the value of a shield, and the value of a shield during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was one Dinar or ten dirhams.

  النسائي 4950Daif

• Abu Hurairah reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "May Allah curse the thief. He steals an egg and his hand is cut off, and he steals a rope and his hand is cut off."

  البخاري 6799Sahih

• Ayesha reported,

  The Prophet ﷺ said, "The hand is not to be cut off except for stealing a shield or its equivalent value."

  النسائي 4940Sahih

• Abdullah bin Umar reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ cut off the hand of a thief for stealing a shield worth three dirhams.

  الأعظمي 6985Sahih

• Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The hand is not to be cut off for the embezzler, the plunderer, or the snatcher."

  ابن ماجه 2591Sahih

• Abu Hurairah reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "May Allah curse the thief. He steals an egg and his hand is cut off, and he steals a rope and his hand is cut off."

  ابن ماجه 2583Sahih

• Abdullah bin Umar reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ cut off the hand of a thief for stealing a shield worth three dirhams.

  مسلم 4406Sahih

• Abdullah bin Umar reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ cut off the hand of a thief for stealing a shield worth three dirhams.

  أحمد 5543Hasan

• Abu Hurairah reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "May Allah curse the thief. He steals an egg and his hand is cut off, and he steals a rope and his hand is cut off."

  مسلم 4408Sahih

• Abdullah bin Umar reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ cut off the hand of a thief for stealing a shield worth five dirhams, as he stated.

  النسائي 4910Daif

• Abdullah bin Umar reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ cut off the hand of a thief for stealing a shield worth three dirhams.

  أحمد 5517Sahih

• Ayesha reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The hand is to be cut off for stealing a shield."

  النسائي 4937Sahih

• Abdullah bin Umar reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had a thief's hand cut off for stealing a shield worth three dirhams.

  مالك 1607Sahih

• Abdullah bin Umar reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ cut off the hand of a thief for stealing a shield worth three dirhams.

  الترمذي 1446Sahih

• Abdullah bin Umar reported,

  The Prophet ﷺ cut off the hand of a thief for stealing a shield worth three dirhams.

  ابن ماجه 2584Sahih

• Qasim bin Muhammad and Salim bin Abdullah and Urwa bin Zubayr reported,

  If a runaway slave steals an amount for which amputation is required, his hand is to be cut off.

  مالك 1614Daif

• Abdullah bin Umar reported,

  The Prophet ﷺ cut off the hand of a thief for stealing a shield worth three dirhams.

  النسائي 4914Sahih

• Abu Hurairah reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "May Allah curse the thief. He steals an egg and his hand is cut off, and he steals a rope and his hand is cut off."

  أحمد 7436Sahih

• Ayesha reported,

  I heard the Prophet ﷺ say, "The hand of the thief is not to be cut off except for a quarter of a Dinar or more."

  مسلم 4402Sahih

• Abdul-Rahman bin Muhayriz reported,

  I asked Fadala bin Ubayd, "Tell me, is hanging the thief's hand around his neck part of the Sunnah?" He replied, "Yes. I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when a thief was brought to him. He ordered that his hand be cut off, and then he ordered…

  أحمد 23946Daif

• Ayesha reported,

  The Prophet ﷺ would impose the amputation penalty for theft of a quarter of a Dinar or more.

  أبو داود 4383Sahih

• Abdullah bin Umar reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ cut off the hand of a thief for stealing a shield worth three dirhams.

  أبو داود 4385Sahih

• Ayesha reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would carry out the punishment of amputation for theft of a quarter of a Dinar or more.

  أحمد 24078Sahih

• Ayesha reported,

  Cutting off [the hand] is for [theft of] a quarter of a Dinar or more.

  النسائي 4930Sahih

• Safwan bin Umaya bin Khalaf reported,

  A man stole his cloak, and he brought him before the Prophet ﷺ, who ordered that his hand be cut off. The man said, "Messenger of Allah, I have forgiven him." The Prophet ﷺ replied, "If only this had been before you brought him to me, Abu…

  أحمد 15305Sahih

• Abdullah bin Umar reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ cut off the hand of a thief for stealing a shield worth three dirhams.

  أحمد 6293Sahih

• Abu Umaya reported,

  A thief was brought to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ who confessed openly, though no stolen goods were found with him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "I do not think you stole." The man replied, "Yes, I did." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Take him…

  النسائي 4881Daif

• Jabir bin Abdullah reported,

  The Prophet ﷺ said, "There is no amputation of the hand for one who snatches property openly, and whoever seizes plunder openly for all to see is not one of us."

  أبو داود 4393Sahih

• Yahya bin Yahya Ghassani reported,

  I came to Medina and met Abu Bakr bin Muhammad bin Amr bin Hazm, who was the governor of Medina. He said, "A thief was brought to me, so my maternal aunt Amra bint Abdul-Rahman sent word to me, 'Do not be hasty in this man's case until I…

  أحمد 24515Sahih

• Abu Hurairah reported,

  The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "May Allah curse the thief. He steals an egg and his hand is cut off, and he steals a rope and his hand is cut off."

  النسائي 4877Sahih

• Abdullah bin Umar reported,

  The Prophet ﷺ cut off the hand of a man who stole a shield worth three dirhams from the women's section of the mosque.

  الأعظمي 6986Sahih

• Ayesha reported,

  She heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "The hand of a thief is not to be cut off except for a quarter of a Dinar or more."

  النسائي 4939Sahih

• Zuraiq bin Hakeem reported,

  He said that he had seized a runaway slave who had committed a theft, and the matter puzzled him. So he wrote about it to Umar bin Abdul-Aziz, who was the governor at that time, asking him about it. He told him, "I used to hear that when a…

  مالك 1613Sahih