عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ بَيْنَمَا أَنَا رَاقِدٌ إِذْ جَاءَ السَّارِقُ فَأَخَذَ ثَوْبِي مِنْ تَحْتِ رَأْسِي فَأَدْرَكْتُهُ فَأَتَيْتُ بِهِ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ هَذَا سَرَقَ ثَوْبِي فَأَمَرَ بِهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يُقْطَعَ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَيْسَ هَذَا أَرَدْتُ هُوَ عَلَيْهِ صَدَقَةٌ قَالَ فَهَلَّا قَبْلَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَنِي بِهِ
Narrated by Sayyiduna Safwan bin Umayyah (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: Once I was asleep, a thief came and stole a cloth from under my head. I caught him and brought him to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: He has stolen my cloth. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered his hand to be cut off, I said: O Messenger of Allah! That was not my intention; I give this cloth to him as charity. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Why did you not do so before bringing him to me?