Jabir ibn ‘Abdullah reported: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “There is no amputation for the one who seizes plunder openly, and whoever seizes plunder in a conspicuous manner is not of us.”(1)

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(1) A sound hadith, and this chain consists of trustworthy narrators. Ibn Jurayj—namely ‘Abd al-Malik ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz al-Makki—explicitly stated that he heard it directly in the narration of Ibn al-Mubarak, as recorded by al-Nasa’i in al-Kubra (7421), and by Abu ‘Asim al-Dahhak as recorded by al-Darimi (2310), and by ‘Abd al-Razzaq in his Musannaf (18844), all three narrating from Ibn Jurayj. Accordingly, the criticism leveled against this hadith—that Ibn Jurayj did not hear this report from Abu al-Zubayr—is not accepted, especially since Sufyan al-Thawri, who is an imam, followed him in narrating it.

Abu al-Zubayr—namely Muhammad ibn Muslim ibn Tadrus al-Makki—was followed by ‘Amr ibn Dinar, as recorded by Ibn Hibban (4456) and (4457). Al-Hafiz said in al-Fath 12/92: “Thus the hadith is strengthened.”

It was also recorded by Ibn Majah (2591), al-Tirmidhi (1514), and al-Nasa’i in al-Kubra (7422–7424) through multiple chains from Ibn Jurayj, from him. Al-Tirmidhi said: “This is a hasan sahih hadith, and the scholars act upon it.” We say: Their wording collectively negates amputation for the traitor, the one who seizes plunder openly, and the embezzler, and none of them mentioned his statement: “Whoever seizes plunder in a conspicuous manner is not of us.”

Al-Nasa’i also recorded it in al-Kubra (7426) via the route of al-Mughirah ibn Muslim al-Khurasani, from Abu al-Zubayr, from him, with the wording: “There is no amputation for an embezzler, nor for one who seizes plunder openly, nor for a traitor.” Al-Mughirah is truthful, but al-Nasa’i said: “He is not strong in [narrating from] Abu al-Zubayr, and he has other rejected hadiths.”

Likewise, Ibn Ma‘in rejected his hadiths from Abu al-Zubayr, as reported from him. We say: That applies in the absence of a supporting narrator, but when there is a supporting narrator, the proof stands through him.

It is also in Musnad Ahmad (15070) via the route of Ibn Jurayj, in full.

His statement: “Whoever seizes plunder in a conspicuous manner is not of us” was recorded by Ibn Majah (3935) via the route of Ibn Jurayj, from him.

It is also in Musnad Ahmad (14351) and Sahih Ibn Hibban (4456), and Ibn Hibban paired ‘Amr ibn Dinar with Abu al-Zubayr in his narration as a strong supporting transmission.

This portion concerning the prohibition of seizing plunder openly is corroborated by several hadiths which we have mentioned in al-Musnad, under the hadith of Abu Hurayrah (8317) and under the hadith of Jabir (14351). See also what follows them. =