Hadith 34

Mishkat al-Masabih

Book 17: Prescribed Punishments

Chapter 1

Maiming for Theft - Section 1

باب قطع السرقة - الفصل الأول

Mishkat al-Masabih 3590
عَنْ عَائِشَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «لَا تُقطعُ يدُ السَّارِقِ إِلاَّ بربُعِ دِينَار فَصَاعِدا»
‘A’isha reported the Prophet as saying, “A thief’s hand should be cut off only for a quarter of a dinar and upwards.” (Bukhari and Muslim).