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tabarani:10978 – Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣāʾigh al-Makkī > Yaʿqūb b. Ḥumayd > Sufyān > ʿAmr b. Salamah And ʾIbrāhīm b. Maysarah > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] That Sufyan ibn Umayyah came to Medina and slept in the mosque and placed his garment under his head. A thief came and stole it. He went to the Prophet ﷺ and he ordered for him to be punished. Sufyan said, "O Messenger of Allah, it is mine." He said, "Why didn't you accept it before bringing it to me?"  

الطبراني:١٠٩٧٨ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الصَّائِغُ الْمَكِّيُّ ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَلَمَةَ وَإِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ صَفْوَانَ بْنَ أُمَيَّةَ قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ فَنَامَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَوَضَعَ خَمِيصَةً لَهُ تَحْتَ رَأْسِهِ فَأَتَى سَارِقٌ فَسَرَقَها فَجَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ أَنْ يُقْطَعَ فَقَالَ صَفْوَانُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هِي لَهُ قَالَ «فَهَلَّا قَبْلَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَنِي بِهِ»  

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Collected by Nasāʾī, Ibn Mājah, Ṭabarānī
nasai:4884 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Raḥīm > Asad b. Mūsá > And Dhakar Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ṭāwus > Ṣafwān b. Umayyah

a Khamisah was stolen from beneath his head while he slept in the Masjid of the Prophet. He caught there thief and brought him to the Prophet, who ordered that his hand be cut off. Safwan said: "Are you going to cut off his hand?" He said "Why didn't you let him go before you b brought him to me?" (Daif)  

النسائي:٤٨٨٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَسَدُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَذَكَرَ حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ

أَنَّهُ سُرِقَتْ خَمِيصَتُهُ مِنْ تَحْتِ رَأْسِهِ وَهُوَ نَائِمٌ فِي مَسْجِدِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَخَذَ اللِّصَّ فَجَاءَ بِهِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَمَرَ بِقَطْعِهِ فَقَالَ صَفْوَانُ أَتَقْطَعُهُ قَالَ فَهَلاَّ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَنِي بِهِ تَرَكْتَهُ  

ibnmajah:2595 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Shabābah > Mālik b. Anas > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣafwān from his father

his father slept in the mosque, using his upper wrap as a pillow, and it was taken from beneath his head. He brought the thief to the Prophet ﷺ and the Prophet ﷺ ordered that his hand be cut off. Safwan said: “O Messenger of Allah , ﷺ I did not want this! I give my upper wrap to him in charity.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Why did you not give it to him before you brought him to me?”  

ابن ماجة:٢٥٩٥ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا شَبَابَةُ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّهُ نَامَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَتَوَسَّدَ رِدَاءَهُ فَأُخِذَ مِنْ تَحْتِ رَأْسِهِ فَجَاءَ بِسَارِقِهِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يُقْطَعَ فَقَالَ صَفْوَانُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَمْ أُرِدْ هَذَا رِدَائِي عَلَيْهِ صَدَقَةٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَهَلاَّ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَنِي بِهِ  

tabarani:7326 – Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣāʾigh al-Makkī > Yaʿqūb b. Ḥumayd > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > Ibrāhīm b. Maysarah > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās > Ṣafwān b. Umayyah

[Machine] That Sufyan ibn Umayyah came to the city and slept in the mosque, and he placed his garment under his head. Then a thief came and stole it. So he was brought to the Prophet ﷺ, and he ordered that his hand be cut off. He said, "O Messenger of Allah, it belongs to him." He said, "Why didn't you bring it to me before?"  

الطبراني:٧٣٢٦ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الصَّائِغُ الْمَكِّيُّ ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ ثنا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ صَفْوَانَ بْنَ أُمَيَّةَ قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ فَنَامَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَوَضَعَ خَمِيصَةً لَهُ تَحْتَ رَأْسِهِ فَأَتَاهُ سَارِقٌ فَسَرَقَهَا فَجِيءَ بِهِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ أَنْ يُقْطَعَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ هِيَ لَهُ قَالَ «فَهَلَّا قَبْلَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَنِي بِهِ؟»