Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 165
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.
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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?