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A'isha, the wife of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ), reported that the Quraish were concerned about the woman who had committed theft during the lifetime of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ), in the expedition of Victory (of Mecca). They said:Who would speak to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about her? They (again) said: Who can dare do this but Usama b. Zaid, the loved one of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)? She was brought to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and Usama b. Zaid spoke about her to him (interceded on her behalf). The color of the face of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) changed, and he said: Do you intercede in one of the prescribed punishments of Allah? He (Usama) said: 'Messenger of Allah, seek forgiveness for me.' When it was dusk. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) stood up and gave an address. He (first) glorified Allah as He deserves, and then said: Now to our topic. This (injustice) destroyed those before you that when any one of (high) rank committed theft among them, they spared him, and when any weak one among them committed theft, they inflicted the prescribed punishment upon him. By Him in Whose Hand is my life, even if Fatima daughter of Muhammad were to commit theft, I would have cut off her hand. He (the Holy Prophet) then commanded about that woman who had committed theft, and her hand was cut off. `A'isha (further) said: Hers was a good repentance, and she later on married and used to come to me after that, and I conveyed her needs (and problems) to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)

وحدثني ابو الطاهر، وحرملة بن يحيى، - واللفظ لحرملة - قالا اخبرنا ابن، وهب قال اخبرني يونس بن يزيد، عن ابن شهاب، قال اخبرني عروة بن الزبير، عن عايشة، زوج النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ان قريشا اهمهم شان المراة التي سرقت في عهد النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم في غزوة الفتح فقالوا من يكلم فيها رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فقالوا ومن يجتري عليه الا اسامة بن زيد حب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم . فاتي بها رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فكلمه فيها اسامة بن زيد فتلون وجه رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال " اتشفع في حد من حدود الله " . فقال له اسامة استغفر لي يا رسول الله . فلما كان العشي قام رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فاختطب فاثنى على الله بما هو اهله ثم قال " اما بعد فانما اهلك الذين من قبلكم انهم كانوا اذا سرق فيهم الشريف تركوه واذا سرق فيهم الضعيف اقاموا عليه الحد واني والذي نفسي بيده لو ان فاطمة بنت محمد سرقت لقطعت يدها " . ثم امر بتلك المراة التي سرقت فقطعت يدها . قال يونس قال ابن شهاب قال عروة قالت عايشة فحسنت توبتها بعد وتزوجت وكانت تاتيني بعد ذلك فارفع حاجتها الى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم