أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي خِيَرَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْعَلَائِ الْکُوفِيَّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَشْعَثُ عَنْ عِکْرِمَةَ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ کَانَ صَفْوَانُ نَائِمًا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَرِدَاؤُهُ تَحْتَهُ فَسُرِقَ فَقَامَ وَقَدْ ذَهَبَ الرَّجُلُ فَأَدْرَکَهُ فَأَخَذَهُ فَجَائَ بِهِ إِلَی النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَمَرَ بِقَطْعِهِ قَالَ صَفْوَانُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا بَلَغَ رِدَائِي أَنْ يُقْطَعَ فِيهِ رَجُلٌ قَالَ هَلَّا کَانَ هَذَا قَبْلَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَنَا بِهِ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْد الرَّحْمَنِ أَشْعَثُ ضَعِيفٌ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 4897
It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbas said: “Safwan was sleeping in the Masjid with his Rida’ beneath him, and it was stolen. He got up, and the man had gone, but he caught up with him, seized him and took him to the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم who ordered that his hand be cut off. Safwan said: ‘Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم, my Rida’ is not worth cutting off a man’s hand for.’ He said: ‘Why did you not say that before you brought him to me?” (Sa Abu ‘Abdur-Rahman (An-Nasa’i) said: Ash’ath is weak.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020