Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 165

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ‏:‏ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم‏:‏ إِذَا سَرَقَ الْمَمْلُوكُ بِعْهُ وَلَوْ بِنَشٍّ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ‏:‏ النَّشُّ‏:‏ عِشْرُونَ‏.‏ وَالنَّوَاةُ‏:‏ خَمْسَةٌ‏.‏ وَالأُوقِيَّةُ‏:‏ أَرْبَعُونَ‏.‏

Translation

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Musaddad narrated to us. He said: Abu Awana narrated to us, from Umar ibn Abi Salama, from his father, from Abu Hurayra, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: 'If a slave steals, sell him, even for a nash.' Abu Abd Allah said: 'A nash is twenty; a nawat is five; and an uqiyya is forty.'

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • النَّشُّ‏:‏ عِشْرُونَ‏.‏ وَالنَّوَاةُ‏:‏ خَمْسَةٌ‏.‏ وَالأُوقِيَّةُ‏:‏ أَرْبَعُونَ‏.

    The source provides bare numbers without repeating a monetary or weight unit in this compiler gloss.

    Can the implied unit be determined from the surrounding edition without importing it into the translation?