Hadith 7

Sunan an-Nasa'i

Book 46: The Book of Cutting off the Hand of the Thief

Chapter 2

Making A Suspected thief Admit to His Crime By Beating and Detaining Him.

باب امْتِحَانِ السَّارِقِ بِالضَّرْبِ وَالْحَبْسِ ‏‏

Sunan an-Nasa'i 4876
أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ مَسْرُوقٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ، عَنْ بَهْزِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم حَبَسَ رَجُلاً فِي تُهْمَةٍ ثُمَّ خَلَّى سَبِيلَهُ ‏.‏
It was narrated from Bahz bin Hakim, from his father, from his grandfather, that:

the Messenger of Allah detained a man who was under suspicion, and then he let him go. (Hssan)