Hazrat Abu al-Duha and Hazrat Sha'bi state that Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say: When a thief commits theft multiple times, I will cut off his hand and foot, and then if he steals again, I will hand him over to the protection of the prison.

30135 - (W) (1) From Mughira, from al-Sha'bi, they said: Ali used to say: If the thief steals repeatedly, his hand and (his foot) (2) are cut off, then if he returns (to theft), I would place him in (prison) (3) (4).

The father of Hazrat Ja'far narrates that Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) would not exceed in this matter, that he would cut off one hand and one foot of the thief. Then, if he was brought again after that, he would say: Indeed, I feel ashamed that he would not even be able to purify himself for his prayer, but you should keep the Muslims safe from his evil and spend on him from the public treasury.

Hazrat Zuhri states that Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq set the limit for cutting in the case of a thief to one hand and one foot.

Hazrat Mak'hool narrates that Hazrat Umar bin Khattab said: When a thief commits theft, cut off one of his hands. Then if he steals again, cut off one of his legs. But do not cut off his other hand; leave it so that he may eat with it and clean himself after relieving himself. However, imprison him among the Muslims.

Hazrat Mansur says that Ibrahim said: Do not leave the son of Adam like an animal. Leave one of his hands free so that he may eat with it.

Hazrat Qasim narrates that Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq intended to cut off the other leg after cutting off one hand and foot. Upon this, Hazrat Umar said to him: The Sunnah is to cut off the hand.

Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) narrates that I saw Hazrat Umar bin Khattab cut off a man's hand after having already cut off one of his hands and feet.

Hazrat Abdul Malik states that Hazrat Ata was asked whether more than one hand and one foot of a thief would be cut off. He replied: No, but he will be imprisoned.

Hazrat Yahya bin Abu Kathir narrates that Najdah wrote a letter to Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) and asked, "Did the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cut off the foot after the hand?" So he wrote in reply, "Indeed, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did cut off the foot after the hand."