سنن نسائی · Hadith 4953

‘Uthman bin Abi Al-Walid said: “I heard ‘Urwah bin Az Zubair say: “Aishah used to narrate that the Prophet of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: The hand (of the thief) should not be cut off except for a shield or its equivalent in value. And he said that ‘Urwah said: A shield is (worth) four Dirhams. And he (the narrator) said: I heard Sulaiman bin Yasar say that he heard ‘Amrah say: I heard ‘Aishah narrate that she heard the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم say: The hand (of the thief) should not be cut off except for four Dinars or more.” (Sahih)

Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020