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nasai:4883Aḥmad b. ʿUthmān b. Ḥakīm > ʿAmr > Asbāṭ > Simāk > Ḥumayd b. Ukht Ṣafwān > Ṣafwān b. Umayyah

"I was sleeping in the Masjid on a Khmaishah of mine that was worth thirty dirhams, and a man came and stole it from me. The man was caught and taken to the Prophet, who ordered that his hand be cut off. I came to him and said: "Will you cut off his hand for the sake of only thirty Dirhams? I will sell it to him on credit." He said:" Why did you not say this before you brought him to me?"  

النسائي:٤٨٨٣أَخْبَرَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرٌو عَنْ أَسْبَاطٍ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ أُخْتِ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ قَالَ

كُنْتُ نَائِمًا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ عَلَى خَمِيصَةٍ لِي ثَمَنُهَا ثَلاَثُونَ دِرْهَمًا فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَاخْتَلَسَهَا مِنِّي فَأُخِذَ الرَّجُلُ فَأُتِيَ بِهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ لِيُقْطَعَ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ أَتَقْطَعُهُ مِنْ أَجْلِ ثَلاَثِينَ دِرْهَمًا أَنَا أَبِيعُهُ وَأُنْسِئُهُ ثَمَنَهَا قَالَ فَهَلاَّ كَانَ هَذَا قَبْلَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَنِي بِهِ  


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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Ḥākim, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī
abudawud:4394Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. Fāris > ʿAmr b. Ḥammād b. Ṭalḥah > Asbāṭ > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Ḥumayd Ibn Ukht Ṣafwān > Ṣafwān b. Umayyah

I was sleeping in the mosque on a cloak mine whose price was thirty dirhams. A man came and pinched it away from me. The man was seized and brought to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He ordered that his hand should be cut off. I came to him and said: Do you cut off only for thirty dirhams ? I sell it to him and make the payment of its price a loan ? He said: Why did you not do so before bringing him to me ? Abu Dawud said: Za'idah has also transmitted it from Simak from Ju'ayd ibn Hujayr. He said: Safwan slept. Mujahid and Tawus said: While he was sleeping a thief came and stole the cloak from beneath his head. The version of AbuSalamah ibn AbdurRahman has: He snatched it away from beneath his head and he awoke. He cried and he (the thief) was seized. Az-Zuhri narrated from Safwan ibn Abdullah. His version has: He slept in the mosque and used his cloak as pillow. A thief came and took his cloak. The thief was seized and brought to the Prophet ﷺ.  

أبو داود:٤٣٩٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ فَارِسٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ حَمَّادِ بْنِ طَلْحَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَسْبَاطٌ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ ابْنِ أُخْتِ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ قَالَ

كُنْتُ نَائِمًا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ عَلَى خَمِيصَةٍ لِي ثَمَنُ ثَلاَثِينَ دِرْهَمًا فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَاخْتَلَسَهَا مِنِّي فَأُخِذَ الرَّجُلُ فَأُتِيَ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ لِيُقْطَعَ قَالَ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ أَنَقْطَعُهُ مِنْ أَجْلِ ثَلاَثِينَ دِرْهَمًا أَنَا أَبِيعُهُ وَأُنْسِئُهُ ثَمَنَهَا قَالَ فَهَلاَّ كَانَ هَذَا قَبْلَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَنِي بِهِ  

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَرَوَاهُ زَائِدَةُ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ جُعَيْدِ بْنِ جُحَيْرٍ قَالَ نَامَ صَفْوَانُ وَرَوَاهُ مُجَاهِدٌ وَطَاوُسٌ أَنَّهُ كَانَ نَائِمًا فَجَاءَ سَارِقٌ فَسَرَقَ خَمِيصَةً مِنْ تَحْتِ رَأْسِهِ وَرَوَاهُ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ فَاسْتَلَّهُ مِنْ تَحْتِ رَأْسِهِ فَاسْتَيْقَظَ فَصَاحَ بِهِ فَأُخِذَ وَرَوَاهُ الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ فَنَامَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَتَوَسَّدَ رِدَاءَهُ فَجَاءَهُ سَارِقٌ فَأَخَذَ رِدَاءَهُ فَأُخِذَ السَّارِقُ فَجِيءَ بِهِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ
ahmad:15310Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad > Sulaymān / Ibn Qarm > Simāk > Ḥumayd Ibn Ukht Ṣafwān b. Umayyah > Ṣafwān b. Umayyah

[Machine] "I was sleeping in the mosque on my own shirt when it was stolen. So we took the thief and brought him to the Prophet ﷺ , who ordered his hand to be cut off. I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, can I give him my shirt worth thirty dirhams as charity or sell it to him?' He replied, 'Why didn't you do that before bringing him to me?'"  

أحمد:١٥٣١٠حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ قَرْمٍ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ ابْنِ أُخْتِ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ قَالَ

كُنْتُ نَائِمًا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ عَلَى خَمِيصَةٍ لِي فَسُرِقَتْ فَأَخَذْنَا السَّارِقَ فَرَفَعْنَاهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَمَرَبِقَطْعِهِ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَفِي خَمِيصَةٍ ثَمَنُ ثَلَاثِينَ دِرْهَمًا أَنَا أَهَبُهَا لَهُ أَوْ أَبِيعُهَا لَهُ قَالَ فَهَلَّا كَانَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَنِي بِهِ  

ahmad:27644Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad > Sulaymān Yaʿniá Ibn Qarm > Simāk > Ḥumayd Ibn Ukht Ṣafwān b. Umayyah > Ṣafwān b. Umayyah

[Machine] "I was sleeping in the mosque on my shirt when it was stolen. We caught the thief and brought him to the Prophet ﷺ. He ordered for his hand to be cut off. I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, is my shirt worth thirty dirhams? I will donate it to him or sell it to him.' He said, 'Why didn't you do that before bringing him to me?'"  

أحمد:٢٧٦٤٤حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ يَعْنِى ابْنَ قَرْمٍ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ ابْنِ أُخْتِ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ قَالَ

كُنْتُ نَائِمًا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ عَلَى خَمِيصَةٍ لِي فَسُرِقَتْ فَأَخَذْنَا السَّارِقَ فَرَفَعْنَاهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَمَرَ بِقَطْعِهِ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَفِي خَمِيصَةٍ ثَمَنُ ثَلَاثِينَ دِرْهَمًا؟ أَنَا أَهَبُهَا لَهُ أَوَ أَبِيعُهَا لَهُ قَالَ فَهَلَّا كَانَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَنِي بِهِ؟  

hakim:8149Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥafīd > Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Naṣr > ʿAmr b. Ṭalḥah al-Qannād > Asbāṭ b. Naṣr al-Hamdānī > Simāk b. Ḥarb > Ḥumayd Ibn Ukht Ṣafwān > Ṣafwān b. Umayyah

"I was sleeping in the Masjid on a Khmaishah of mine that was worth thirty dirhams, and a man came and stole it from me. The man was caught and taken to the Prophet, who ordered that his hand be cut off. I came to him and said: "Will you cut off his hand for the sake of only thirty Dirhams? I will sell it to him on credit." He said:" Why did you not say this before you brought him to me?" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4883)   

الحاكم:٨١٤٩مَا أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْحَفِيدُ ثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نَصْرٍ ثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ طَلْحَةَ الْقَنَّادُ ثَنَا أَسْبَاطُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ ابْنِ أُخْتِ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ قَالَ

كُنْتُ نَائِمًا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَعَلَيَّ خَمِيصَةٌ لِي ثَمَنُ ثَلَاثِينَ دِرْهَمًا فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَاخْتَلَسَهَا مِنِّي فَأُخِذَ الرَّجُلُ فَجِيءَ بِهِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ أَنْ يُقْطَعَ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ أَتَقْطَعُهُ مِنْ أَجْلِ ثَلَاثِينَ دِرْهَمًا؟ أَنَا أَبِيعُهُ وَأَنْسِيهِ ثَمَنَهَا قَالَ «فَهَلَّا كَانَ هَذَا قَبْلَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَنِي بِهِ» سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص  

tabarani:7335al-ʿAbbās b. Ḥamdān

I was sleeping in the mosque on a cloak mine whose price was thirty dirhams. A man came and pinched it away from me. The man was seized and brought to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He ordered that his hand should be cut off. I came to him and said: Do you cut off only for thirty dirhams ? I sell it to him and make the payment of its price a loan ? He said: Why did you not do so before bringing him to me ? Abu Dawud said: Za'idah has also transmitted it from Simak from Ju'ayd ibn Hujayr. He said: Safwan slept. Mujahid and Tawus said: While he was sleeping a thief came and stole the cloak from beneath his head. The version of AbuSalamah ibn AbdurRahman has: He snatched it away from beneath his head and he awoke. He cried and he (the thief) was seized. Az-Zuhri narrated from Safwan ibn Abdullah. His version has: He slept in the mosque and used his cloak as pillow. A thief came and took his cloak. The thief was seized and brought to the Prophet ﷺ. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4394)   

الطبراني:٧٣٣٥حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ حَمْدَانَ الْحَنَفِيُّ ثنا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ حَمَّادِ بْنِ طَلْحَةَ الْقَنَّادُ ثنا أَسْبَاطُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ أُخْتِ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ قَالَ

كُنْتُ نَائِمًا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ عَلَى خَمِيصَةٍ لِي ثَمَنُ ثَلَاثِينَ دِرْهَمًا فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَيَّ فَاخْتَلَسَهَا مِنِّي فَأُخِذَ الرَّجُلُ فَأُتِيَ بِهِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ لِيُقْطَعَ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَتَقْطَعُهُ مِنْ أَجْلِ ثَلَاثِينَ دِرْهَمًا؟ هِي لَهُ قَالَ «فَهَلَّا كَانَ هَذَا قَبْلَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَنِي بِهِ؟»  

nasai-kubra:7328Aḥmad b. ʿUthmān b. Ḥakīm > ʿAmr > Asbāṭ > Simāk > Ḥumayd Ibn Ukht Ṣafwān > Ṣafwān b. Umayyah

I was sleeping in the mosque on a cloak mine whose price was thirty dirhams. A man came and pinched it away from me. The man was seized and brought to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He ordered that his hand should be cut off. I came to him and said: Do you cut off only for thirty dirhams ? I sell it to him and make the payment of its price a loan ? He said: Why did you not do so before bringing him to me ? Abu Dawud said: Za'idah has also transmitted it from Simak from Ju'ayd ibn Hujayr. He said: Safwan slept. Mujahid and Tawus said: While he was sleeping a thief came and stole the cloak from beneath his head. The version of AbuSalamah ibn AbdurRahman has: He snatched it away from beneath his head and he awoke. He cried and he (the thief) was seized. Az-Zuhri narrated from Safwan ibn Abdullah. His version has: He slept in the mosque and used his cloak as pillow. A thief came and took his cloak. The thief was seized and brought to the Prophet ﷺ. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4394)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٣٢٨أَخْبَرَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرٌو عَنْ أَسْبَاطٍ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ ابْنِ أُخْتِ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ قَالَ

كُنْتُ نَائِمًا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ عَلَى خَمِيصَةٍ لِي ثَمَنُهَا ثَلَاثُونَ دِرْهَمًا فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَاخْتَلَسَهَا مِنِّي فَأَخَذَ الرَّجُلَ فَأُتِيَ بِهِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ لِيُقْطَعَ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ تَقْطَعُهُ مِنْ أَجْلِ ثَلَاثِينَ دِرْهَمًا؟ أَنَا أَبِيعُهُ وَأُنْسِئُهُ ثَمَنَهَا قَالَ «فَهَلَّا كَانَ هَذَا قَبْلَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَنِي بِهِ؟»  

bayhaqi:17218Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh b. Ibrāhīm al-Hāshimī > ʿUthmān b. Aḥmad b. al-Sammāk > Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn al-Ḥunaynī > ʿAmr b. Ḥammād b. Ṭalḥah > Asbāṭ > Simāk > Ḥumayd Ibn Ukht Ṣafwān > Ṣafwān b. Umayyah

I was sleeping in the mosque on a cloak mine whose price was thirty dirhams. A man came and pinched it away from me. The man was seized and brought to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He ordered that his hand should be cut off. I came to him and said: Do you cut off only for thirty dirhams ? I sell it to him and make the payment of its price a loan ? He said: Why did you not do so before bringing him to me ? Abu Dawud said: Za'idah has also transmitted it from Simak from Ju'ayd ibn Hujayr. He said: Safwan slept. Mujahid and Tawus said: While he was sleeping a thief came and stole the cloak from beneath his head. The version of AbuSalamah ibn AbdurRahman has: He snatched it away from beneath his head and he awoke. He cried and he (the thief) was seized. Az-Zuhri narrated from Safwan ibn Abdullah. His version has: He slept in the mosque and used his cloak as pillow. A thief came and took his cloak. The thief was seized and brought to the Prophet ﷺ. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4394)   

البيهقي:١٧٢١٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْهَاشِمِيُّ بِبَغْدَادَ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ السَّمَّاكِ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ الْحُنَيْنِيُّ ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ حَمَّادِ بْنِ طَلْحَةَ ثنا أَسْبَاطٌ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ ابْنِ أُخْتِ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ قَالَ

كُنْتُ نَائِمًا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ عَلَى خَمِيصَةٍ لِي ثَمَنُ ثَلَاثِينَ دِرْهَمًا فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَاخْتَلَسَهَا مِنِّي فَأَخَذَ الرَّجُلَ فَأَتَى بِهِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ لِيُقْطَعَ قَالَ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ أَتَقْطَعُهُ مِنْ أَجْلِ ثَلَاثِينَ دِرْهَمًا أَنَا أَبِيعُهُ وَأُنْسِئُهُ ثَمَنَهَا قَالَ أَلَا كَانَ هَذَا قَبْلَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَنِي بِهِ هَكَذَا  

رَوَاهُ جَمَاعَةٌ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَمَّادٍ