Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #27608

Qutaibah told us, Ibn Lahi’ah told us, on the authority of Ayyash ibn Abbas al-Masri, on the authority of Shayyam ibn Bitan, on the authority of Junada ibn Abi Umayyah, on the authority of Busr bin Artat said: I heard the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, saying, “Hands should not be cut off in battle.” Abu Issa said: This is a strange hadith. Someone other than Ibn Lahi’ah narrated something similar to this with this chain of transmission. It is also said that Busr bin Abi Artat was also mentioned. This is acted upon by some. The people of knowledge, including Al-Awza’i, do not think that the punishment should be carried out during an invasion in the presence of the enemy, for fear that the one against whom the punishment is being meted will be punished. With the enemy, so when the Imam leaves the land of war and returns to the abode of Islam, he imposes the punishment on whoever harms him. This is what Al-Awza’i said.