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nasai:4911 – ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ṣabbāḥ

the Messenger of Allah cut off (a thief's hand) for a shield. (Sahih) Abu 'Abdur-Rahman (An-Nasai) said: This is a mistake.

النسائي:٤٩١١ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْحَنَفِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَطَعَ فِي مِجَنٍّ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ هَذَا خَطَأٌ

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nasai:4968 – Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. Maymūn > Saʿīd b. Manṣūr > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muḥammad > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. Ḥabbān > Abū Maymūn > Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj

"I heard the Messenger of Allah say: 'The hand is not to be cut off for (stealing) produce or the spadix of palm trees."' (Sahih) Abu 'Abdur-Rahman (An-Nasai) said: This is a mistake, and I do not know who Abu Maimun (one of the narrators) is.

النسائي:٤٩٦٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ حَبَّانَ عَنْ أَبِي مَيْمُونٍ عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ قَطْعَ فِي ثَمَرٍ وَلاَ كَثَرٍ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ هَذَا خَطَأٌ أَبُو مَيْمُونٍ لاَ أَعْرِفُهُ

nasai:4907 – Yūnus b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Ibn Wahb > Ḥanẓalah > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

"The Messenger of Allah cut off (a thief's hand) for a shield which was worth three Dirham." (Sahih) Abu 'Abdur-Rahman (An-Nasai) said: This is correct.

النسائي:٤٩٠٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَنْظَلَةُ أَنَّ نَافِعًا حَدَّثَهُمْ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَطَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي مِجَنٍّ ثَمَنُهُ ثَلاَثَةُ دَرَاهِمَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ هَذَا الصَّوَابُ

malik:41-23 – Mālik > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

Malik related to me from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ cut off the hand of a man who stole a shield whose price was three dirhams.

مالك:٤١-٢٣ – حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَطَعَ فِي مِجَنٍّ ثَمَنُهُ ثَلاَثَةُ دَرَاهِمَ

nasai-kubra:7358 – ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ṣabbāḥ b. ʿAbdullāh

the Messenger of Allah cut off (a thief's hand) for a shield. (Sahih) Abu 'Abdur-Rahman (An-Nasai) said: This is a mistake. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4911)

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٣٥٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْحَنَفِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَطَعَ فِي مِجَنٍّ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ هَذَا خَطَأٌ خَالَفَهُ شُعْبَةُ

nasai-kubra:2605 – Muḥammad b. Abān > Maʿn > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > al-Zuhrī > Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAwf

the Messenger of Allah cut off (a thief's hand) for a shield. (Sahih) Abu 'Abdur-Rahman (An-Nasai) said: This is a mistake. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4911)

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٦٠٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبَانَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْنٌ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ قَالَ يُقَالُ §الصِّيَامُ فِي السَّفَرِ كَالْإِفْطَارِ فِي الْحَضَرِ قَالَ

أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ هَذَا خَطَأٌ