Volume 8, Book 81, Number 783:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
The hand of a thief was not cut off during the lifetime of the Prophet except for stealing something
equal to a shield in value.
Volume 8, Book 81, Number 784:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
as above (783).
Volume 8, Book 81, Number 770:
Narrated As-Sa’ib bin Yazid:
We used to strike the drunks with our hands, shoes, clothes (by twisting it into the shape of lashes)
during the lifetime of the Prophet, Abu Bakr and the early part of ‘Umar’s caliphate. But during the
last period of ‘Umar’s caliphate, he used to give the drunk forty lashes; and when drunks became
mischievous and disobedient, he used to scourge them eighty lashes.
Volume 8, Book 81, Number 771:
Narrated ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab:
During the lifetime of the Prophet there was a man called ‘Abdullah whose nickname was Donkey,
and he used to make Allah’s Apostle laugh. The Prophet lashed him because of drinking (alcohol).
And one-day he was brought to the Prophet on the same charge and was lashed. On that, a man
among the people said, “O Allah, curse him ! How frequently he has been brought (to the Prophet on
such a charge)!” The Prophet said, “Do not curse him, for by Allah, I know for he loves Allah and His
Apostle.”
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Volume 8, Book 81, Number 772:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
A drunk was brought to the Prophet and he ordered him to be beaten (lashed). Some of us beat
him with our hands, and some with their shoes, and some with their garments (twisted in the form
of a lash). When that drunk had left, a man said, “What is wrong with him? May Allah disgrace
him!” Allah’s Apostle said, “Do not help Satan against your (Muslim) brother.”
Volume 8, Book 81, Number 773:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
The Prophet said, “When (a person) an adulterer commits illegal sexual intercourse then he is not
a believer at the time he is doing it; and when somebody steals, then he is not a believer at the time
he is stealing.”
Volume 8, Book 81, Number 774:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “Allah curses a man who steals an egg and gets his hand cut off, or steals a rope
and gets his hands cut off.” Al-A’mash said, “People used to interpret the Baida as an iron helmet, and
they used to think that the rope may cost a few dirhams.”
Volume 8, Book 81, Number 765:
Narrated ‘Uqba bin Al-Harith:
An-Nu’man or the son of An-Nu’man was brought to the Prophet on a charge of drunkenness. So
the Prophet ordered all the men present in the house, to beat him. So all of them beat him, and I was
also one of them who beat him with shoes.