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Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Amra bint
Abd ar-Rahman that A'isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, said, "It has not been a long time for me and
I have not forgotten. A thief's hand is cut off for a quarter of a
dinar and upwards."
Muwatta Malik Book 41, Hadith 26
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Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr from
his father from Amra bint Abd ar-Rahman that a thief stole a citron in
the time of Uthman Uthman ibn Affan ordered its value to be estimated
and it was estimated at three dirhams at the rate of exchange of
twelve dirhams for the dinar, so Uthman cut off his hand. Muwatta Malik Book 41, Hadith 25
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Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr ibn
Hazim that Amra bint Abd ar-Rahman said, "A'isha, the wife of the
Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, went out to Makka
and she had two girl mawlas of hers and a slave belonging to the sons
of Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr as-Siddiq . She sent a figured cloak with the
two mawlas which was sewn up in a piece of green cloth."
Amra
continued, "The slave took it and unstitched it and took out the
cloak. In its place, he put some felt or skin and sewed it up again.
When the mawla girls came to Madina, they gave it to his people. When
they opened it, they found felt in it and did not find the cloak. They
spoke to the two women and they spoke to A'isha, the wife of the
Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, or they wrote to her
and suspected the slave. The slave was asked about it and confessed.
A'isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, gave the order and his hand was cut off. A'isha said, 'A
thief's hand is cut off for a quarter of a dinar and upwards.' "
Malik said, "The limit I prefer above which cutting off the hand
is obliged is three dirhams, whether the exchange is high or low. That
is because the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, cut off the hand of a thief for a shield whose value was three
dirhams, and Uthman ibn Affan cut off the hand of a thief for a citron
which was estimated at three dirhams. This is what I prefer of what I
have heard on the matter." Muwatta Malik Book 41, Hadith 27