Hazrat Khalid bin Ma'bad narrates that Hazrat Sa'id bin al-Musayyib and Hazrat 'Ubaydullah bin 'Abdullah bin 'Utbah were both asked about a thief who, after stealing, throws the stolen goods outside the house, and he is found in the house where he committed the theft. Is the punishment of cutting the hand applicable to him? Both of them replied: The punishment of cutting the hand will be applied to him.