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Nafi‘ narrated: A slave of Ibn Umar fled and stole during his flight. He was brought to Ibn Umar, who said: Your flight will not save you from Allah’s limits. He cut him. [Narrated by al-Bayhaqi in his Sunan]
Malik narrated similarly.
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Commentary and footnotes (2)
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(3) The statement: He cut him: In Al-Bahr al-Raiq, Al-Mirqat, and Al-Hidaya: If a slave steals from someone other than his master or his master’s wife, he is cut, whether fugitive or not, per this report and the verse: “As for the thief, male or female, cut off their hands” [Al-Ma’ida: 38], which does not distinguish between free and slave. Halving the punishment between free and slave is infeasible, so it is fulfilled to protect people’s property. This is the view of Abu Hanifa, Malik, and al-Shafi‘i (may Allah have mercy on them).
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(٣) قوله: فقطعه: وقال في (البحر الرائق) و(المرقاة) و(الهداية): العبد إذا سرق من غير سيده أو زوج سيدته قطعآبقًا كان أو غير آبق لهذا الأثر، ولأن النص أي قوله تعالى: ﴿وَالسَّارِقُ وَالسَّارِقَةُ فَأَقْطَعُوَاْ أَيْدِيَهُمَا﴾ (المائدة: ٣٨) الآيةلم يفصل بين الحُرّ والعبد، ولأن التنصيف بين حد الحُرّ وحد العبد متعذر، فيتكامل صيانة لأموال الناس، وهو قول أبي حنيفة ومالك والشافعي رحمهم الله تعالى.