Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said that if a laborer or any other person lives among people and comes and goes, then he steals something of theirs, there is no cutting (of the hand) for him, because he is like a betrayer, and there is no cutting for a betrayer.

Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said that if a person takes something as a loan and then denies it, there is no cutting (of the hand) upon him. Its example is like when someone has a debt upon another and he denies it, then there is no cutting (of the hand) upon him.

Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said: In our view, the ruling is agreed upon that if a thief enters a house and gathers belongings but does not take them out, then the punishment of amputation is not applied to him. Its example is like a person who is presented with wine to drink, but he does not drink it, so the prescribed punishment is not applied to him. And another example is that a person sits with a woman for the purpose of intercourse, but then does not have intercourse with her, meaning he does not insert his organ into her private part, so the prescribed punishment is not applied to him.

Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said: In our view, it is agreed upon that there is no cutting (of the hand) for snatching, even if the value of the item is a quarter dinar or more.