English narration
Narrated by جابر بن عبد الله الأنصاري
Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: A thief was brought to the Prophet ﷺ. He said: Kill him. The people said: He has committed theft, Messenger of Allah! Then he said: Cut off his hand. So his (right) hand was cut off. He was brought a second time and he said: Kill him. The people said: He has committed theft, Messenger of Allah! Then he said: Cut off his foot. So his (left) foot was cut off. He was brought a third time and he said: Kill him. The people said: He has committed theft, Messenger of Allah! So he said: Cut off his hand. (So his (left) hand was cut off. ) He was brought a fourth time and he said: Kill him. The people said: He has committed theft, Messenger of Allah! So he said: Cut off his foot. So his (right) foot was cut off. He was brought a fifth time and he said: Kill him. So we took him away and killed him. We then dragged him and cast him into a well and threw stones over him.
النص العربي
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ الْهِلَالِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا جَدِّي ، عَنْ مُصْعَبِ بْنِ ثَابِتِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ ،عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ : جِيءَ بِسَارِقٍ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ : "
اقْتُلُوهُ ، فَقَالُوا : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّمَا سَرَقَ ، فَقَالَ : اقْطَعُوهُ ، قَالَ : فَقُطِعَ ثُمَّ جِيءَ بِهِ الثَّانِيَةَ ، فَقَالَ : اقْتُلُوهُ ، فَقَالُوا : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّمَا سَرَقَ ، فَقَالَ : اقْطَعُوهُ ، قَالَ : فَقُطِعَ ثُمَّ جِيءَ بِهِ الثَّالِثَةَ ، فَقَالَ : اقْتُلُوهُ ، فَقَالُوا : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّمَا سَرَقَ فَقَالَ : اقْطَعُوهُ ثُمَّ أُتِيَ بِهِ الرَّابِعَةَ ، فَقَالَ : اقْتُلُوهُ ، فَقَالُوا : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّمَا سَرَقَ ، قَالَ : اقْطَعُوهُ فَأُتِيَ بِهِ الْخَامِسَةَ ، فَقَالَ : اقْتُلُوهُ ، قَالَ جَابِرٌ : فَانْطَلَقْنَا بِهِ فَقَتَلْنَاهُ ثُمَّ اجْتَرَرْنَاهُ فَأَلْقَيْنَاهُ فِي بِئْرٍ وَرَمَيْنَا عَلَيْهِ الْحِجَارَةَ
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