سنن أبي داود

Hadith 4400

Book 40: Prescribed Punishments (Kitab Al-Hudud)

كِتَاب الْحُدُودِ

Chapter 16

Chapter: If an insane person steals or commits a crime that is subject to a had.

باب فِي الْمَجْنُونِ يَسْرِقُ أَوْ يُصِيبُ حَدًّا

English narration

Narrated by سليمان بن مهران الأعمش

A similar tradition has also been transmitted by al-Amash through a different chain of narrators. He also said: “. . . . Till he reaches puberty, and a lunatic till he is restored to consciousness. ” Umar then began to utter: Allah is most great.

النص العربي

حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ مُوسَى ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ نَحْوَهُ ، وَقَالَ أَيْضًا : حَتَّى يَعْقِلَ ، وَقَالَ : وَعَنِ الْمَجْنُونِ حَتَّى يَفِيقَ ، قَالَ : فَجَعَلَ عُمَرُ يُكَبِّرُ .

Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 4400In-book: Book 40, Hadith 4400

The isnād

The chain, from source to collection