It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a man from the tribe of Muzaynah came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah, what is your ruling on livestock grazing on the mountain that are not secured? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Its penalty is the animal itself and, with it, the same value again as a fine, and an exemplary punishment. There is no cutting of the hand for anything of the livestock except what has been sheltered in the pen; if it reaches the minimum threshold (the value of a shield), the hand is cut for it, and whatever does not reach the threshold, for it there is a double fine and exemplary lashes." He said: O Messenger of Allah, what is your view of fruit hanging (on the trees)? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Its penalty is the fruit itself and the same again as a fine, and an exemplary punishment. There is no cutting of the hand for hanging fruit except what has been placed in the threshing floor (a secured place); so whatever is stolen from the threshing floor and reaches the threshold, the hand is cut for it, and whatever does not reach the threshold, for it there is a double fine and an exemplary punishment." This is a sunnah which Amr bin Shu'ayb bin Muhammad alone narrated from his grandfather Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As, and I have narrated in this book from our Imam Ishaq bin Ibrahim al-Hanzali that he said: When the one narrating from Amr bin Shu'ayb is trustworthy (thiqah), that narration is like Ayyub from Nafi' from Ibn Umar.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Burdah bin Niyar (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "No one is to be given more than ten lashes in any matter other than the prescribed punishments (hudud) laid down by Allah, the Mighty and Majestic." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.