Sayyiduna Abdur Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When the prescribed punishment is carried out on a thief, then he is no longer liable to pay compensation for the stolen goods."

Sayyiduna Abdur Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When the prescribed punishment is carried out on the thief, then he is no longer liable to pay compensation for the stolen goods."

This same narration is also transmitted from Sayyiduna Abdur Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) through some other chains of transmission, in which there is a difference of opinion regarding one narrator, who has been declared unknown, and it has been indicated that there is a possibility that this narration may be mursal.

Sayyiduna Abdur Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: A thief was brought to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so he (peace be upon him) ordered that his hand be cut off and said: "He will not pay compensation." There is doubt in this narration from several aspects.

Sayyiduna Abdur Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When the prescribed punishment is carried out on the thief, then he is no longer liable to pay compensation for the stolen goods."

Nafi’ reports: A man whose one hand and one foot had been cut off (as punishment for theft) became a guest of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him). He used to offer voluntary prayers at night. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him:“You do not spend the night like a thief (you are a pious man).”“Who cut off your hand?”He replied:“Ya’la ibn Munyah cut it off unjustly.”So Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him:“I will write a letter to him about this.”Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) made a promise to him. Meanwhile, (Sayyiduna Abu Bakr’s wife) Sayyida Asma’ bint Umays lost a necklace. So that man began to say:“O Allah! Catch the thief.”The narrator reports: The necklace was found with a goldsmith, and upon investigation, it was discovered that the same man whose hand and foot had been cut off had sold it. The narrator reports: Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said:“By Allah! What is more severe (and disliked) to me than his action is that he was making supplications to Allah (that the thief be caught).”“You people cut off his foot (so that he is not able to do anything with his hand).”So Sayyiduna ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said:“We will cut off his hand, as Allah the Exalted has commanded.”So Sayyiduna Abu Bakr said:“Alright.”

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) had the foot of that person cut off, whose (hand) was cut off by Ya'la bin Umayyah; before this, one of that person's hands had already been cut off.

Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: A black man came to Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) and began to stay with him. Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) started teaching him the Qur'an. Once, Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) was about to send a collector (for zakat or similar duties)—the narrator is unsure, perhaps these are the words—or was about to dispatch someone on an expedition. That man said, "Send me with him as well." Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "Stay with us." But he did not accept this, so Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) sent him along with the collector and instructed him to take care of the black man. After some time, that (black) man returned, and his hand had been cut off. When Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) saw him, tears flowed from his eyes. Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) asked him, "What happened to you?" He replied, "The (government official) assigned me a duty, and I committed a breach of trust in one of the obligations (i.e., an animal or something), so he cut off my hand." Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "The one who cut off his hand has himself committed breach of trust in more than twenty obligations. By Allah! If you are telling the truth, I will imprison him for this reason." Then Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) kept him with himself and continued to treat him as before. That man would stand at night and recite (the Qur'an during voluntary prayers). When Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) heard his voice, he prayed, "O Allah! Punish the one who cut off his hand." Not long after, a necklace or perhaps some other item was stolen from the household of Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him). Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "Last night, something was stolen from our house." The (black) man with the cut hand stood up, faced the qiblah, raised both his sound and cut hands, and prayed, "O Allah! Make the one who committed this theft be caught (or words to that effect)." The narrator named Mu'ammar has reported these words: "O Allah! Make the person who stole from this righteous household be caught." The narrator says: Not even half the next day had passed when the stolen item was found with that man. Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him, "Woe to you! You have very little knowledge about Allah." Then, by the order of Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), that man's foot was cut off.

This narration is also transmitted with another chain, however, in it are these words: When Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) heard his voice, he said: "You do not spend the night of a thief."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: I bear witness that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) had the foot of a man cut off who had stolen for the third time; before this, one of his hands and one of his feet had already been cut off.