أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَکْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْجَوَّابِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَمَّارُ بْنُ رُزَيْقٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَی عَنْ إِسْمَعِيلَ بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ سَرَقَتْ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ مِنْ بَنِي مَخْزُومٍ فَأُتِيَ بِهَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالُوا مَنْ يُکَلِّمُهُ فِيهَا قَالُوا أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ فَأَتَاهُ فَکَلَّمَهُ فَزَبَرَهُ وَقَالَ إِنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ کَانُوا إِذَا سَرَقَ فِيهِمْ الشَّرِيفُ تَرَکُوهُ وَإِذَا سَرَقَ الْوَضِيعُ قَطَعُوهُ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَوْ أَنَّ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتَ مُحَمَّدٍ سَرَقَتْ لَقَطَعْتُهَا
سنن نسائی · Hadith 4915
It was narrated that ‘Aishah said: “A woman of Quraish, from Banu Makhzum, stole, and she was brought to the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم. They said: ‘Who will speak to him concerning her?’ They said: ‘Usamah bin Zaid.’ So he came to the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم, and spoke to him. But he rebuked him, and he said: ‘Among the Children of Israel, if a noble person stole, they would let him go. But if a low-class person stole, they would cut off his hand. By the One in Whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, if Fatimah bint Muhammad were to steal, I would cut off her hand.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020