Muwatta Malik: Book 41, Hadith 35
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from as-Sa’ib ibn Yazid that Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-Hadrami brought a slave of his to Umar ibn al-Khattab and said to him, “Cut off the hand of this slave of mine. He has stolen.” Umar said to him, “What did he steal?” He said, “He stole a mirror belonging to my wife. Its value was sixty dirhams.” Umar said, “Let him go. His hand is not to be cut off. He is your servant who has stolen your belongings.”
حَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنِ السَّائِبِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ، جَاءَ بِغُلاَمٍ لَهُ إِلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ فَقَالَ لَهُ اقْطَعْ يَدَ غُلاَمِي هَذَا فَإِنَّهُ سَرَقَ . فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ مَاذَا سَرَقَ فَقَالَ سَرَقَ مِرْآةً لاِمْرَأَتِي ثَمَنُهَا سِتُّونَ دِرْهَمًا . فَقَالَ عُمَرُ أَرْسِلْهُ فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ قَطْعٌ خَادِمُكُمْ سَرَقَ مَتَاعَكُمْ .
Muwatta Malik: Book 41, Hadith 35
The above hadith is from the Muwatta Malik collection of hadiths. The Muwatta Malik is a seminal collection of hadith, authored by Imam Malik ibn Anas. Its composition was a 40-year endeavor, resulting in a work of under 2,000 narrations that are meticulously categorized across 61 different thematic sections or books.
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