Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 30519 — Reports on a grave robber

Al-Zuhri said that during the caliphate of Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him), when Marwan was governor of Madinah, a shroud thief was caught. Marwan asked the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) present in Madinah and the jurists about him. They did not find anyone who had cut off the hand of a shroud thief, and they all agreed in opinion that he should be beaten and paraded around.