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Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that Marwan ibn
al-Hakam was brought a man who had snatched some goods and he wanted
to cut off his hand. He sent to Zayd ibn Thabit to ask him about it.
Zayd ibn Thabit said to him, "The hand is not cut off for what is
stolen by chance, openly, in haste."
Muwatta Malik Book 41, Hadith 36
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Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from as-Sa'ib ibn
Yazid that Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-Hadrami brought a slave of his to
Umar ibn al-Khattab and said to him, "Cut off the hand of this slave
of mine. He has stolen." Umar said to him, "What did he steal?" He
said, "He stole a mirror belonging to my wife. Its value was sixty
dirhams." Umar said, "Let him go. His hand is not to be cut off. He is
your servant who has stolen your belongings."
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Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said said that Abu
Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Amr ibn Hazm informed him that he had taken a
Nabatean who had stolen some iron rings and jailed him in order to cut
off his hand. Amra bint Abd ar-Rahman sent a girl mawla to him called
Umayya. Abu Bakr said that she had come to him while he was among the
people and said that his aunt Amra sent word to him saying, "Son of my
brother! You have taken a Nabatean for something insignificant which
was mentioned to me. Do you want to cut off his hand?" He had said,
"Yes." She said, ''Amra says to you not to cut off the hand except for
a quarter of a dinar and upwards."