It is narrated from al-Harith bin Hatib that in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) a man stole. He was brought to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Kill him." The Companions said: O Messenger of Allah, he has only stolen. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Very well, cut off his hand." Then he stole again, and his hand was cut off. Then he stole in the era of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), and (his foot) was cut off; then he stole again, and (the other foot) was cut off, until all four of his hands and feet had been cut off. Then he stole a fifth time, and Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) knew best about him when he ordered him to be killed. Take him away and kill him." So he was handed over to some young men of Quraysh, among whom was Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him). Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Make me your leader. So they made him their leader, and whenever he struck him, all the others struck him too, until they killed him. This hadith is sahih al-isnad (its chain is authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is no cutting of the hand for a runaway slave when he steals, nor for a dhimmi (slave)." The chain of this hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), and Musa bin Dawud is alone in narrating it with this chain, and he is one of the trustworthy narrators; but the two Shaykhs did not record it.