Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Qatadah says that a slave snatched a collar. This matter was presented before Hazrat Adi bin Arta’ah, so he asked Hasan Basri about it. He replied: The punishment of cutting the hand will not be carried out on him. And he asked Hazrat Iyas bin Mu’awiyah about it; he differed, so Hazrat Adi wrote a letter to Hazrat Umar bin Abdul Aziz. Hazrat Umar wrote back: Indeed, the Arabs used to call this daytime theft; the punishment of cutting the hand will not be carried out on it, but you should cause pain to his back and keep him in long imprisonment.