Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 30513 — A man who steals a bird or a falcon

Yazid bin Khusayfah said that a man who had stolen a bird was brought to Umar bin Abd al-Aziz. He sought a fatwa about it from Sayyiduna al-Sa'ib bin Yazid (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: "I have not seen anyone cut off a hand for the theft of a bird, and the punishment of amputation does not apply to the thief in this." So Umar bin Abd al-Aziz let him go and did not cut off his hand.