Hazrat Ma'ruf bin Suwaid narrates that some people used to steal slaves belonging to others from Africa. Hazrat Ali ibn Rabah said: The punishment of cutting the hand will not be enforced for this. Indeed, this incident is from the time of Hazrat Umar ibn Khattab. So he also did not hold the opinion of enforcing the punishment of cutting the hand upon them and said: These people are cunning and deceitful.