Book 17: Prescribed Punishments

‘A’isha reported the Prophet (ﷺ) as saying, “A thief’s hand should be cut off only for a quarter of a dinar and upwards.” (Bukhari and Muslim).

Ibn ‘Umar said the Prophet (ﷺ) had a thief’s hand cut off for a shield worth three dirhams. (Bukhari and Muslim.)

Abu Huraira reported the Prophet (ﷺ) as saying, “God curse a thief who steals an egg and has his hand cut off, and steals a rope and has his hand cut off!”* (Bukhari and Muslim.) *It has been suggested that baida (egg or steel helmet) should have the latter meaning and that a ship’s rope should be understood, but the translation above is usually accepted as the meaning.