أَخْبَرَنِي حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ حَبِيبٍ عَنْ الْعَرْزَمِيِّ وَهُوَ عَبْدُ الْمَلِکِ بْنُ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عَطَائٍ قَالَ أَدْنَی مَا يُقْطَعُ فِيهِ ثَمَنُ الْمِجَنِّ قَالَ وَثَمَنُ الْمِجَنِّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَشْرَةُ دَرَاهِمَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْد الرَّحْمَنِ وَأَيْمَنُ الَّذِي تَقَدَّمَ ذِکْرُنَا لِحَدِيثِهِ مَا أَحْسَبُ أَنَّ لَهُ صُحْبَةً وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنْهُ حَدِيثٌ آخَرُ يَدُلُّ عَلَی مَا قُلْنَاهُ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 4968
It was narrated that ‘Ata’ said: “The least for which the hand of a thief is to be cut off is the price of a shield. And the price of a shield in those days was ten Dirhams.” (Hasan) Abu ‘Abdur-Rahman (An-Nasa’i) said: Ayman, the one whose narrations preceded, I do not think he was a Companion, and another Hadith has been related from him which proves what we have said:
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020