وَعَنْ جَابِرٍ
قَالَ: جِيءَ بِسَارِقٍ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «اقْطَعُوهُ» فَقُطِعَ ثُمَّ جِيءَ بِهِ الثَّانِيَةَ فَقَالَ: «اقْطَعُوهُ» فَقُطِعَ ثُمَّ جِيءَ بِهِ الثَّالِثَةَ فَقَالَ: «اقْطَعُوهُ» فَقُطِعَ ثُمَّ جِيءَ بِهِ الرَّابِعَةَ فَقَالَ: «اقْطَعُوهُ» فَقُطِعَ فَأُتِيَ بِهِ الْخَامِسَةَ فَقَالَ: «اقْتُلُوهُ» فَانْطَلَقْنَا بِهِ فَقَتَلْنَاهُ ثُمَّ اجْتَرَرْنَاهُ فَأَلْقَيْنَاهُ فِي بِئْرٍ وَرَمَيْنَا عَلَيْهِ الحجارةَ
Jabir told that a thief was brought to the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and he said, “Maim him,* so this was done. He was brought a second time and he said, ‘Maim him,’ so this was done.
He was brought a third time and he said, ‘Maim him,’ so this was done. He was brought a fourth time and he said, ‘Maim him,’ so this was done. He was brought a fifth time and he said, ‘Kill him,’ so they took him away and killed him. They then dragged him and cast him into a well and threw stones over him. Abu Dawud and Nasai transmitted it.
In Sharh as-sunna the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) is reported as saying regarding the maiming of a thief, ‘Maim him, then cauterise him.’ * Where there has been one offence I have translated ‘cut off the hand’, but here, where the verb ‘to cut off’ is used without an object, I have found it more convenient to use a general word. In the previous tradition the hands and feet were mentioned in the Arabic.”