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Summary
Yahya said: I heard Malik say: the matter among us regarding one who steals goods of people that are placed in the markets, safely stored, which their owners have secured in their containers and gathered together: if he steals from the protected place an item whose value reaches what requires cutting, he owes the cutting, whether the owner of the goods was at his goods or not, by night or by day. 1
Place in the museum
Belongs to the Muwatta, Book of Prescribed Punishments (hudud). Source: the Muwatta. Mentions Malik ibn Anas. Built on in the chapters on amputation of the hand (qat al-yad).
Connections
- Part of
- Muwatta, Book of the prescribed punishments (hudud)
- Mentions
- Malik ibn Anas
- Basis for
- hand amputation for theft (qat al-yad)
People and things also explored
Muwatta 2374· Muwatta 2375· Muwatta 2376· Muwatta 2377· Muwatta 2378· Muwatta 2379· Muwatta 2380· Muwatta 2381
Sources
- Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf) , p.400
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islam.museum contributors. “Muwatta 2421”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/muwatta-27-2421/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.