\nNarrated `Aisha:\n \n\nThe people of Quraish worried about the lady from Bani Makhzum who had committed theft. They \nasked, "Who will intercede for her with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)?" Some said, "No one dare to do so except \nUsama bin Zaid the beloved one to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ." When Usama spoke about that to Allah's \nApostle Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, (to him), "Do you try to intercede for somebody in a case connected \nwith Allah's Prescribed Punishments?" Then he got up and delivered a sermon saying, "What \ndestroyed the nations preceding you, was that if a noble amongst them stole, they would forgive him, \nand if a poor person amongst them stole, they would inflict Allah's Legal punishment on him. By \nAllah, if Fatima, the daughter of Muhammad stole, I would cut off her hand."\n

\nNarrated `Aisha:\n \n\nThe people of Quraish worried about the lady from Bani Makhzum who had committed theft. They \nasked, "Who will intercede for her with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)?" Some said, "No one dare to do so except \nUsama bin Zaid the beloved one to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ." When Usama spoke about that to Allah's \nApostle Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, (to him), "Do you try to intercede for somebody in a case connected \nwith Allah's Prescribed Punishments?" Then he got up and delivered a sermon saying, "What \ndestroyed the nations preceding you, was that if a noble amongst them stole, they would forgive him, \nand if a poor person amongst them stole, they would inflict Allah's Legal punishment on him. By \nAllah, if Fatima, the daughter of Muhammad stole, I would cut off her hand."\n

\nحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها أَنَّ قُرَيْشًا، أَهَمَّهُمْ شَأْنُ الْمَرْأَةِ الْمَخْزُومِيَّةِ الَّتِي سَرَقَتْ، فَقَالَ وَمَنْ يُكَلِّمُ فِيهَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالُوا وَمَنْ يَجْتَرِئُ عَلَيْهِ إِلاَّ أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، حِبُّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم، فَكَلَّمَهُ أُسَامَةُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ أَتَشْفَعُ فِي حَدٍّ مِنْ حُدُودِ اللَّهِ ‏"‏‏.‏ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَاخْتَطَبَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏"‏ إِنَّمَا أَهْلَكَ الَّذِينَ قَبْلَكُمْ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا إِذَا سَرَقَ فِيهِمُ الشَّرِيفُ تَرَكُوهُ، وَإِذَا سَرَقَ فِيهِمُ الضَّعِيفُ أَقَامُوا عَلَيْهِ الْحَدَّ، وَايْمُ اللَّهِ، لَوْ أَنَّ فَاطِمَةَ ابْنَةَ مُحَمَّدٍ سَرَقَتْ لَقَطَعْتُ يَدَهَا ‏"‏‏.‏