Sunan Ibn Majah
The Chapters on Legal Punishments
كتاب الحدود
Chapter 17
مَنْ شَرِبَ الْخَمْرَ مِرَارًا
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Hisham ibn 'Ammar narrated to us; Shu'ayb ibn Ishaq narrated to us; Sa'id ibn Abi 'Arubah narrated to us, from 'Asim ibn Bahdalah, from Dhakwan Abu Salih, from Mu'awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If they drink wine, flog them; then if they drink, flog them; then if they drink, flog them; then if they drink, kill them.
Chapter 18
الْكَبِيرِ وَالْمَرِيضِ يَجِبُ عَلَيْهِ الْحَدُّ
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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; 'Abdullah ibn Numayr narrated to us; Muhammad ibn Ishaq narrated to us, from Ya'qub ibn 'Abdullah ibn al-Ashajj, from Abu Umamah ibn Sahl ibn Hunayf, from Sa'id ibn Sa'd ibn 'Ubadah, who said: Among our houses there was a physically impaired, weak man. Before anyone expected it, he was found with a household slave woman, acting indecently with her. Sa'd ibn 'Ubadah brought his case to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: Give him one hundred lashes. They said: Prophet of Allah, he is too weak for that; if we strike him one hundred lashes, he will die. He said: Take a palm stalk bearing one hundred offshoots and strike him with it once.
Sufyan ibn Waki' narrated to us; al-Muharibi narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Ishaq, from Ya'qub ibn 'Abdullah, from Abu Umamah ibn Sahl, from Sa'd ibn 'Ubadah, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), with similar wording.
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The Arabic says the man was “impaired/weak” and describes his conduct euphemistically as acting indecently; the witness specifies a physical defect and illegal sex. Both chains are present in Arabic and translated.
Chapter 19
مَنْ شَهَرَ السِّلاَحَ
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Ya'qub ibn Humayd ibn Kasib narrated to us; 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Abi Hazim narrated to us, from Suhayl ibn Abi Salih, from his father, from Abu Hurayrah, who said. Al-Mughirah ibn 'Abd al-Rahman narrated to us, from Ibn 'Ajlan, from his father, from Abu Hurayrah, who said. Anas ibn 'Iyad narrated to us, from Abu Ma'shar, from Muhammad ibn Ka'b and Musa ibn Yasar, from Abu Hurayrah, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever bears arms against us is not one of us.
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'Abdullah ibn 'Amir ibn al-Barrad ibn Yusuf ibn Burayd ibn Abi Burdah ibn Abi Musa al-Ash'ari narrated to us; he said: Abu Usamah narrated to us, from 'Ubaydullah, from Nafi', from Ibn 'Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever bears arms against us is not one of us.
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Mahmud ibn Ghaylan, Abu Kurayb, Yusuf ibn Musa, and 'Abdullah ibn al-Barrad narrated to us; they said: Abu Usamah narrated to us, from Burayd, from Abu Burdah, from Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever brandishes a weapon against us is not one of us.
Chapter 20
مَنْ حَارَبَ وَسَعَى فِي الأَرْضِ فَسَادًا
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Nasr ibn 'Ali al-Jahdami narrated to us; 'Abd al-Wahhab narrated to us; Humayd narrated to us, from Anas ibn Malik, that some people from 'Uraynah came in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and found Medina disagreeable. He said: If you go out to a herd of ours and drink from its milk and urine. They did so, then apostatized from Islam, killed the Messenger of Allah's shepherd, and drove off his herd. The Messenger of Allah sent men after them, and they were brought back. He cut off their hands and feet, branded their eyes, and left them in al-Harrah until they died.
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Explicit correction, version 2: the first version used an ellipsis that could imply source omission. The Arabic instruction is now fully rendered as a conditional sentence. The witness adds that the group recovered from illness, which is not stated in Arabic.
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Muhammad ibn Bashshar and Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us; they said: Ibrahim ibn Abi al-Wazir narrated to us; al-Darawardi narrated to us, from Hisham ibn 'Urwah, from his father, from 'Aishah, that some people raided the Messenger of Allah's she-camels. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cut off their hands and feet and blinded their eyes.
Chapter 21
مَنْ قُتِلَ دُونَ مَالِهِ فَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ
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Hisham ibn 'Ammar narrated to us; Sufyan narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from Talhah ibn 'Abdullah ibn 'Awf, from Sa'id ibn Zayd ibn 'Amr ibn Nufayl, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: Whoever is killed defending his property is a martyr.
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Al-Khalil ibn 'Amr narrated to us; Marwan ibn Mu'awiyah narrated to us; Yazid ibn Sinan al-Jazari narrated to us, from Maymun ibn Mihran, from Ibn 'Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever is attacked at his property, fights, and is killed is a martyr.
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Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us; Abu 'Amir narrated to us; 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn al-Muttalib narrated to us, from 'Abdullah ibn al-Hasan, from 'Abd al-Rahman al-A'raj, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever is unjustly targeted for his property and is killed is a martyr.
Chapter 22
حَدِّ السَّارِقِ
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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; Abu Mu'awiyah narrated to us, from al-A'mash, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah curses the thief: he steals an egg and his hand is cut off, and he steals a rope and his hand is cut off.
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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; 'Ali ibn Mushir narrated to us, from 'Ubaydullah, from Nafi', from Ibn 'Umar, who said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cut off a thief's hand for a shield valued at three dirhams.
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Abu Marwan al-'Uthmani narrated to us; Ibrahim ibn Sa'd narrated to us, from Ibn Shihab, that 'Amrah informed him, from 'Aishah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: A hand is not cut off except for a quarter of a dinar or more.
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Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us; Abu Hisham al-Makhzumi narrated to us; Wuhayb narrated to us; Abu Waqid narrated to us, from 'Amir ibn Sa'd, from his father, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: The thief's hand is to be cut off for the price of a shield.
Chapter 23
تَعْلِيقِ الْيَدِ فِي الْعُنُقِ
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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah, Abu Bishr Bakr ibn Khalaf, Muhammad ibn Bashshar, and Abu Salamah al-Jubari Yahya ibn Khalaf narrated to us; they said: 'Umar ibn 'Ali ibn 'Ata ibn Muqaddam narrated to us, from Hajjaj, from Makhul, from Ibn Muhayriz, who said: I asked Fadalah ibn 'Ubayd about hanging a hand around the neck. He said: It is Sunnah. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) cut off a man's hand, then hung it around his neck.
Chapter 24
السَّارِقِ يَعْتَرِفُ
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Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us; Ibn Abi Maryam narrated to us; Ibn Lahi'ah informed us, from Yazid ibn Abi Habib, from 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Tha'labah al-Ansari, from his father, that 'Amr ibn Samurah ibn Habib ibn 'Abd Shams came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: Messenger of Allah, I stole a camel belonging to Banu so-and-so; purify me. The Prophet sent to them, and they said: We are missing a camel of ours. The Prophet ordered that his hand be cut off. Tha'labah said: I was looking at him when his hand fell, and he said: Praise be to Allah, who purified me of you. You wanted to bring my body into the Fire.
Chapter 25
الْعَبْدِ يَسْرِقُ
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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; Abu Usamah narrated to us, from Abu 'Awanah, from 'Umar ibn Abi Salamah, from his father, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If a slave steals, sell him, even for a nash.
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The witness renders nash as half price; the Arabic source uses the term nash without further explanation.
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Jubarah ibn al-Mughallis narrated to us; Hajjaj ibn Tamim narrated to us, from Maymun ibn Mihran, from Ibn 'Abbas, that a slave from the fifth-share property stole from that same share. The matter was brought to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), but he did not cut off his hand. He said: Allah's property—one part of it stole from another part.
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The Arabic states that a slave from the khumus (one-fifth share) stole from the khumus; the English witness does not clearly express the repeated source term.
Chapter 26
الْخَائِنِ وَالْمُنْتَهِبِ وَالْمُخْتَلِسِ
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Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us; Abu 'Asim narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj, from Abu al-Zubayr, from Jabir ibn 'Abdullah, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The hand of the traitor, the plunderer, and the snatcher is not to be cut off.
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Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us; Muhammad ibn 'Asim ibn Ja'far al-Misri narrated to us; al-Mufaddal ibn Fadalah narrated to us, from Yunus ibn Yazid, from Ibn Shihab, from Ibrahim ibn 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf, from his father, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: There is no cutting of the hand for a snatcher.