Riyad as-Salihin — Hadith #46610

On the authority of Aisha, may God be pleased with her, that the Quraysh were concerned about the matter of the Makhzoumiya woman who had stolen, so they said: Who will speak to the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, about it? They said: Who would dare against him except Osama bin Zaid, the love of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace? Then Osama spoke to him and he, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: “Do you intercede regarding one of the limits set by God Almighty?” Then he got up and addressed himself. He said: “The people before you were destroyed because they stole Among them is the honorable, they leave him, and if the weak among them steals, they impose punishment on him, and by God, if Fatima, the daughter of Muhammad, had stolen, I would have cut off her hand.” (Agreed upon) In a narration, the face of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, colored, and he said: “Do you intercede in one of God’s punishments?” Osama said: Ask forgiveness for me, O Messenger of God. He said: Then he ordered that woman. She cut off her hand...