Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 6788
حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها أَنَّ قُرَيْشًا، أَهَمَّتْهُمُ الْمَرْأَةُ الْمَخْزُومِيَّةُ الَّتِي سَرَقَتْ فَقَالُوا مَنْ يُكَلِّمُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَمَنْ يَجْتَرِئُ عَلَيْهِ إِلاَّ أُسَامَةُ حِبُّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم. فَكَلَّمَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ " أَتَشْفَعُ فِي حَدٍّ مِنْ حُدُودِ اللَّهِ ". ثُمَّ قَامَ فَخَطَبَ قَالَ " يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّمَا ضَلَّ مَنْ قَبْلَكُمْ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا إِذَا سَرَقَ الشَّرِيفُ تَرَكُوهُ، وَإِذَا سَرَقَ الضَّعِيفُ فِيهِمْ أَقَامُوا عَلَيْهِ الْحَدَّ، وَايْمُ اللَّهِ لَوْ أَنَّ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتَ مُحَمَّدٍ سَرَقَتْ لَقَطَعَ مُحَمَّدٌ يَدَهَا ".
Said ibn Sulayman narrated to us; al-Layth narrated to us, from Ibn Shihab, from Urwah, from Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), that Quraysh were concerned about a Makhzumi woman who had stolen. They said: Who will speak to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and who would dare to do so except Usamah, the beloved of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ? Usamah spoke to him, and he said: Are you interceding regarding one of Allah’s prescribed punishments? Then he stood and delivered a sermon, saying: People, those before you went astray because when a prominent person among them stole, they let him go, but when a weak person stole, they applied the prescribed punishment to him. By Allah, if Fatimah daughter of Muhammad stole, Muhammad would cut off her hand.