It is narrated from the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her), that the affair of the Makhzumi woman who had stolen greatly worried Quraysh. They said: "Who will speak to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about her?" Then they said: "Who would dare to do so except Sayyiduna Usamah bin Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him), the beloved of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)?" So the people spoke to him about it, and he came to him (peace and blessings be upon him). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Those before you were destroyed only because when a noble person among them stole, they let him go, and when a weak person stole, they carried out the prescribed punishment (hadd) on him. By Allah! Even if it were Fatimah, the daughter of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), I would certainly cut off her hand." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) cut off that woman's hand.
No one narrated this hadith from Umar bin Qays al-Masir (may Allah have mercy on him) except Amr bin Abi Qays (may Allah have mercy on him).
Umar bin Qays (may Allah have mercy on him) differed from the other students of Imam al-Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on him) in the chain of this hadith, narrating it as "from Urwah, from Umm Salamah."
Whereas the companions of Imam al-Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on him) narrate it from Imam al-Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on him), from Urwah (may Allah have mercy on him), from the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her).
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الأوسط / باب الميم / 7479
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:رجاله ثقات
Hadith Takhrij«قال الهيثمي: عن عمر بن قيس الماصر إلا عمرو بن أبي قيس الرازي وخالفه أصحاب الزهري فقالوا عن الزهري عن عروة عن عائشة قلت ورجال الطبراني ثقات «مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد، ج 6، ص 259»»