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ahmad:15149Ḥasan > Ibn Lahīʿah > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

[Machine] That a woman from the tribe of Makhzum stole, and she sought refuge with Usama bin Zaid, the beloved of the Messenger of Allah. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ brought her and said, "If it were Fatimah, I would cut off her hand," and so he cut it off.  

أحمد:١٥١٤٩حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ أَخْبَرَنِي جَابِرٌ

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً مِنْ بَنِي مَخْزُومٍ سَرَقَتْ فَعَاذَتْ بِأُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ حِبِّ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأُتِيَ بِهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَوْ كَانَتْ فَاطِمَةَ لَقَطَعْتُ يَدَهَا فَقَطَعَهَا  


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muslim:1689Salamah b. Shabīb > al-Ḥasan b. Aʿyan > Maʿqil > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

By Allah, even if she were Fatima, I would have her hand cut off. And thus her hand was cut off.  

مسلم:١٦٨٩وَحَدَّثَنِي سَلَمَةُ بْنُ شَبِيبٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ أَعْيَنَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْقِلٌ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً مِنْ بَنِي مَخْزُومٍ سَرَقَتْ فَأُتِيَ بِهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَعَاذَتْ بِأُمِّ سَلَمَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَاللَّهِ لَوْ كَانَتْ فَاطِمَةُ لَقَطَعْتُ يَدَهَا فَقُطِعَتْ  

nasai:4891Muḥammad b. Maʿdān b. ʿĪsá > al-Ḥasan b. Aʿyan > Maʿqil > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

a woman from Banu Makhzum stole (something), and she was brought to the Prophet. She sought the protection of Umm Salamah, but the Prophet said: "If Fatimah bint Muhammad were to steal, I would cut off her hand." And he ordered that her hand be cut off.  

النسائي:٤٨٩١أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَعْدَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ أَعْيَنَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْقِلٌ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً مِنْ بَنِي مَخْزُومٍ سَرَقَتْ فَأُتِيَ بِهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَعَاذَتْ بِأُمِّ سَلَمَةَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَوْ كَانَتْ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتَ مُحَمَّدٍ لَقَطَعْتُ يَدَهَا فَقُطِعَتْ يَدُهَا  

hakim:8145ʿAlī b. Ḥamshādh al-ʿAdl > Ismāʿīl b. Isḥāq al-Qāḍī > Sulaymān b. Dāwud al-Hāshimī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū al-Zinād > Mūsá b. ʿUqbah > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ brought a woman who had stolen, and she sought refuge with the foster brother of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . The Prophet ﷺ said, "If she were Fatimah, I would have cut off her hand." So he cut her hand off.  

الحاكم:٨١٤٥حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَمْشَاذَ الْعَدْلُ ثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْقَاضِي ثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ الْهَاشِمِيُّ ثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

أُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِامْرَأَةٍ قَدْ سَرَقَتْ فَعَاذَتْ بِرَبِيبِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «لَوْ كَانَتْ فَاطِمَةَ لَقَطَعْتُ يَدَهَا» فَقَطَعَهَا  

nasai-kubra:7337Muḥammad b. Maʿdān b. ʿĪsá > al-Ḥasan / Ibn Muḥammad b. Aʿyan > Maʿqil b. ʿUbaydullāh > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

a woman from Banu Makhzum stole (something), and she was brought to the Prophet. She sought the protection of Umm Salamah, but the Prophet said: "If Fatimah bint Muhammad were to steal, I would cut off her hand." And he ordered that her hand be cut off. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4891)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٣٣٧أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَعْدَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَعْيَنَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْقِلُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً مِنْ بَنِي مَخْزُومٍ سَرَقَتْ فَأُتِيَ بِهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَعَاذَتْ بِأُمِّ سَلَمَةَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «وَاللهِ لَوْ كَانَتْ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتَ مُحَمَّدٍ لَقَطَعْتُ يَدَهَا» فَقُطِعَتْ