Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The thief's hand will be cut off for (stealing) a quarter dinar.

Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the hand to be cut off for a shield whose price was three dirhams.

Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Allah has cursed the thief who steals an egg and his hand is cut off, or steals a rope and his hand is cut off.

Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated that the case of the Makhzumi woman (Fatimah bint Aswad), who had committed theft (at the time of the Conquest), worried the Quraysh. They consulted among themselves as to who should speak to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about this matter. Finally, it was decided that Usama bin Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him) was very dear to the Prophet, and no one else would dare to do it except him. So Usama (may Allah be pleased with him) spoke to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about it. The Prophet said: "O Usama! Are you interceding with me regarding one of the limits set by Allah?" Then he stood up and delivered a sermon in which he said: "Many nations before you were destroyed because when a noble person among them committed theft, they would let him go, but if a weak person committed theft, they would impose the punishment on him. By Allah! If Fatimah, the daughter of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), were to steal, I would cut off her hand as well."

Hazrat Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that indeed Allah Almighty sent Muhammad (peace be upon him) with the truth and revealed the Book to him. Among what was revealed to him in the Book of Allah was the verse of stoning (rajm). We read it, understood it, and memorized it. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) himself carried out stoning (rajm) during his time. After him, we also carried out stoning. But I fear that if time continues to pass, someone may claim that they do not find the verse of stoning in the Book of Allah, and thus they may go astray by abandoning an obligation which Allah Almighty has revealed. Surely, the command of stoning is established from the Book of Allah for the person who commits adultery after marriage, whether men or women, provided that the testimony is complete, or pregnancy becomes evident, or the person confesses himself.

Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that a man, Ma'iz bin Malik Aslami, came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) while the Prophet (peace be upon him) was in the mosque. He called out to him and said: O Messenger of Allah! I have committed adultery. The Prophet (peace be upon him) turned his face away from him. He repeated this statement four times. When he had testified against himself four times regarding this sin, the Prophet (peace be upon him) called him and asked: Are you insane? He replied: No. The Prophet (peace be upon him) asked: Are you married? He replied: Yes. Upon this, the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Take him away and stone him. Hazrat Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I was among those who stoned him. We stoned him outside the settlement near the Eid ground. When stones struck him, he ran away, but we caught him near Harrah and stoned him to death.

Hazrat Abu Hurairah and Zaid bin Khalid Al-Juhani (may Allah be pleased with them) narrated that a man came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, "I ask you by Allah to judge between us according to the Book of Allah." At this, the opposing party stood up—he was more intelligent—and said, "He has spoken the truth, judge between us according to the Book of Allah, and O Messenger of Allah! Allow me to speak." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Speak." He said, "My son was working for these people, then he committed adultery with their wife. I gave one hundred sheep and a servant as compensation. Then I asked the people of knowledge, and they told me that my son should be given one hundred lashes and exiled for one year, and their wife should be stoned." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "By Him in Whose hand is my soul! I will judge between you according to the Book of Allah. The one hundred sheep and the servant will be returned to you, and your son will be given one hundred lashes and exiled for one year. And O Anas! Go to this man's wife in the morning and if she confesses to adultery, then stone her." The woman confessed and she was stoned.

Narrated Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him): The Jews came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and informed him that a man and a woman among them had committed adultery. He asked them, "What is the ruling in the Torah regarding stoning?" They replied, "We disgrace them and flog them." At this, Abdullah bin Salam (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "You are lying. The command of stoning is present in the Torah. Bring the Torah." Then the Jews brought the Torah and opened it, but a Jew covered the verse about stoning with his hand and began to read what was before and after it. Abdullah bin Salam (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "Lift your hand." When he lifted his hand, the verse of stoning was there. Then they all said, "O Muhammad! Abdullah bin Salam has spoken the truth. Indeed, the verse of stoning is present in the Torah." So, by the order of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), both of them were stoned. Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that at the time of stoning, he saw the Jewish man leaning over the woman, shielding her from the stones.

Shaibani says that I asked Abdullah bin Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him), "Did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ever stone anyone?" He said, "Yes." I asked, "Was it before or after Surah An-Nur?" He said, "I do not know."

Narrated Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When any man's slave-girl commits fornication and her fornication is proven (legally), then he should have her flogged, but he should not reproach her. Then if she commits fornication again, he should have her flogged again, but he should not reproach her. Then if she commits fornication a third time, he should sell her, even if it is for a rope of hair.