Hadith of Busar ibn Arta'ah (may Allah be pleased with him)

حَدِيثُ بُسْرِ بْنِ أَرْطَاةَ (١)، ١٧٦٢٦ - حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ مُوسَى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ لَهِيعَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَيَّاشُ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ، عَنْ شِيَيْمِ بْنِ بَيْتَانَ، عَنْ جُنَادَةَ بْنِ أَبِي أُمَيَّةَ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ: بِرُودِسَ حِينَ جَلَدَ الرَّجُلَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ سَرَقَا غَنَائِمَ النَّاسِ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَمْنَعْنِي مِنْ قَطْعِهِمَا إِلَّا أَنَّ بُسْرَ بْنَ أَرْطَاةَ وَجَدَ رَجُلًا سَرَقَ فِي الْغَزْوِ يُقَالُ لَهُ مَصْدَرٌ، فَجَلَدَهُ وَلَمْ يَقْطَعْ يَدَهُ، وَقَالَ: " نَهَانَا رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ الْقَطْعِ فِي الْغَزْوِ " (٢)، ، . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .، ،

Junadah bin Abi Mihyah, may Allah have mercy on him, after flogging two men who had stolen from the spoils of war on the island called Rhodes, said from the pulpit that nothing prevented me from cutting off their hands. However, once Busr bin Arta’ah, may Allah be pleased with him, during a military expedition, found a man named Masdar stealing, so he flogged him but did not cut off his hand, and said that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) forbade us from cutting off hands during jihad.

حَدَّثَنَا عَتَّابُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَيَّاشُ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ، عَنْ شِيَيْمِ بْنِ بَيْتَانَ، عَنْ جُنَادَةَ بْنِ أَبِي أُمَيَّةَ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ عِنْدَ بُسْرِ بْنِ أَرْطَاةَ، فَأُتِيَ بِمَصْدَرٍ قَدْ سَرَقَ بُخْتِيَّةً، فَقَالَ: " لَوْلَا أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَهَانَا عَنِ الْقَطْعِ فِي الْغَزْوِ " لَقَطَعْتُكَ، فَجُلِدَ ثُمَّ خُلِّيَ سَبِيلُهُ (١)،

Junadah bin Abi Mihyah, may Allah have mercy on him, after flogging two men who had stolen from the spoils of war on the island called Rhodes, said from the pulpit that nothing prevented me from cutting off their hands. However, once Busar bin Arta’ah, may Allah be pleased with him, during a military expedition, found a man named Masdar stealing, so he flogged him but did not cut off his hand, and said that the Prophet (ﷺ) forbade us from cutting off hands during jihad. If I had not heard this hadith from the Prophet (ﷺ), I would have cut off your hand. Then he let him go.

حَدَّثَنَا هَيْثَمُ بْنُ خَارِجَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ بْنِ حَلْبَسٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبِي، يُحَدِّثُ،، ، عَنْ بُسْرِ بْنِ أَرْطَاةَ الْقُرَشِيِّ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَدْعُو: " اللهُمَّ أَحْسِنْ عَاقِبَتَنَا فِي الْأُمُورِ كُلِّهَا، وَأَجِرْنَا مِنْ خِزْيِ الدُّنْيَا، وَعَذَابِ الْآخِرَةِ " قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ: وَسَمِعْتُهُ أَنَا مِنْ هَيْثَمٍ (١)، ،

It is narrated from Basar (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) supplicating: O Allah! Grant us a good outcome in all matters and protect us from the disgrace of this world and the punishment of the Hereafter.