Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ يَعْنِي ابْنَ حَبِيبٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ رُكَانَةَ أَنَّ خَالَتَهُ أُخْتَ مَسْعُودِ ابْنِ الْعَجْمَاءِ حَدَّثَتْهُ أَنَّ أَبَاهَا قَالَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الْمَخْزُومِيَّةِ الَّتِي سَرَقَتْ قَطِيفَةً نَفْدِيهَا بِأَرْبَعِينَ أُوقِيَّةً فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَأَنْ تَطَّهَّرَ خَيْرٌ لَهَا فَأَمَرَ بِهَا فَقُطِعَتْ يَدُهَا وَهِيَ مِنْ بَنِي عَبْدِ الْأَشْهَلِ أَوْ مِنْ بَنِي عَبْدِ الْأَسَدِ.
English Translation
Yunus told us: Layth told us, from Yahya bin Sa'id, from Yazid - meaning Ibn Habib - from Muhammad bin Ishaq, from Muhammad bin Talhah bin Yazid bin Rukanah, that his maternal aunt, the sister of Mas'ud ibn al-'Ajma', told him that her father said to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, concerning the Makhzumi woman who stole a velvet cloak: "We will ransom her for forty ounces (of silver)." The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "That she be purified (through punishment) is better for her." So he ordered her hand to be cut off. She was from Banu 'Abd al-Ashhal, or from Banu 'Abd al-Asad.