Sahih Muslim Hadith 4410 – Cutting off the hand

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[44101 8 – (1688) It was narrated from 'Aishah that Quraish were concerned about the case of the MakhzümI woman who had stolen. They said: "Who will speak to the Messenger of Allah concerning her?" Then they said: "Who would dare to do that but Usâmah, the beloved of the Messenger of Allah ?" So Usâmah spoke to him, and the Messenger of Allah said: "Are you interceding about one of the Ijadd punishments of Allah?" Then he stood up and delivered a speech in which he said: "0 people, those who came before you were doomed because if a nobleman among them stole, they let him off, but if a lowly person stole, they carried out the punishment on him. By Allah, if Fâtimah the daughter of Muhammad were to steal, I would cut off her hand."