Amr bin Shu'aib narrates from his father, from his grandfather: Sayyiduna Safwan bin Umayyah (may Allah be pleased with him) was sleeping in the mosque, and his cloak was under his head. A thief came and took the cloak away. Then the thief was brought to the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and he confessed to the crime. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that his hand be cut off. Sayyiduna Safwan said: "O Messenger of Allah! Will the hand of an Arab be cut off because of my garment?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Why did you not think of this before bringing him to me?" Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Intercede to forgive the offender as long as the matter has not reached the ruler or judge. When it reaches the ruler and the ruler forgives him, then Allah will not forgive that ruler." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that his hand be cut off from the wrist.

Hisham bin Urwah narrates from his father: Sayyiduna Zubair interceded on behalf of a thief, so someone said: "First let this case be presented before the judge, then you may intercede." So Sayyiduna Zubair said: "When it has reached the judge, then may Allah curse the one who intercedes and the one for whom intercession is made (i.e., the one who accepts it), just as the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has said."

Faraafsa Hanafi narrates: Some people were passing by with a thief along with them, near Sayyiduna Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him). Sayyiduna Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) told them to let him go. So those people said: "O Abu Abdullah! Are you interceding for a thief?" He replied: "There is no harm in it, as long as the matter has not been presented before the judge. When it is presented before the judge, then Allah will not forgive him, even if the judge forgives him."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: Sayyiduna Safwan bin Umayyah (may Allah be pleased with him) brought a man to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) who had stolen his cloak. (The Prophet, peace be upon him, gave the verdict of punishment.) So he said: "O Messenger of Allah! Count it (the cloak) as a gift from me to him (and do not give this punishment)." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Why did you not do this before bringing him to us?"

Husayn bin Mundhir narrates: I was present with Sayyiduna Uthman Ghani (may Allah be pleased with him) when Walid bin Uqbah was brought before him. Humran and another person testified against Walid; one of them said: "He saw Walid drinking wine," and the other said: "He saw Walid vomiting (after drinking wine)." So Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "He would only vomit if he had drunk wine." Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him): "You carry out the hadd (punishment) on him." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Sayyiduna Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him): "You carry out the hadd on him." So Sayyiduna Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Let the one who is responsible for this task do it." They said to Abdullah bin Ja'far: "You carry out the hadd on him." Abdullah bin Ja'far took the whip and began to lash him, and Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) kept count; when forty lashes were completed, Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Now stop." Because the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had administered forty lashes (to one who drank wine). The narrator named Abdul Aziz has transmitted these words in his narration: "Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) administered eighty lashes; each of them is a Sunnah (i.e., permissible to act upon), but I prefer (the punishment of) forty lashes."

Nafi' narrates: A slave of Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) ran away. He passed by some slaves of Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), and he stole a bag from those slaves which contained dates. Then he rode on the slaves' donkey and escaped. Later, he was caught and brought to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar. So, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar sent him to Sa'id bin al-As, who was the governor of Madinah at that time. Sa'id said: "I will not cut off the hand of a runaway slave." Then Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) sent a message to (Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both): "My slaves are also your slaves. That slave was hungry (that is why he stole the bag of dates), and he rode the donkey to escape from there, so do not cut off his hand." But Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) had his hand cut off.

Amr bin Shu'aib narrates from his father, from his grandfather: On the occasion of the conquest of Makkah, the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said in his sermon: "The compensation for a wound that exposes the bone (muwaddiha) will be five camels each."

Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“(In social matters) overlook the shortcomings of people of status, except in the case of legal punishments (hudud), for the ruling regarding them is different (the prescribed punishment will be carried out).”

Sayyiduna Abu Burdah bin Niyar (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "More than ten lashes should only be given in the prescribed punishments (hudud)."

Ibn Muhairiz narrates: I asked Fadala bin Ubaid, "What is your opinion about hanging (the severed hand) around the neck of a thief? Is this Sunnah?" He replied, "Yes, a thief was brought to the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), and by his order, his hand was cut off, then by his order, that hand was hung around his neck."