Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 29680 — The qasamah, and those who did not

Abu Qilabah said that Umar bin Abd al-Aziz one day brought out his throne before the people, then gave them all permission, and they came in to him. He asked: "What do you say about qasamah?" The people reflected and said: "Taking retaliation through qasamah is a right, and the caliphs have taken retaliation through it." At this he said: "What do you say, O Abu Qilabah?" And he set me up before the people. I said: "O Commander of the Believers, with you are the nobles of the Arabs and the commanders of the armies. What is your opinion: if fifty of them testified against a man in Hims that he had stolen, although they had not seen him, would you cut off his hand?" He said: "No."