A man who steals a child or a slave

Ma'ruf bin Suwayd said: Some people used to steal people's slaves from Africa. Ali bin Rabah said: The punishment of cutting off the hand does not apply to them. This is something from the time of Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), and he too did not hold the view that the punishment of cutting off the hand applied to them, and he said: These people are cunning tricksters.

Amr said that al-Hasan al-Basri said: Whoever steals a small child, his hand is to be cut off.

Ibn Abi Dhi'b said that it is reported from al-Zuhri concerning one who used to steal children and non-Arabs. He said: His hand is to be cut off.

Ma'n or Ma'mar said: I asked Ibn Shihab about a man who had stolen a non-Arab slave: what is the ruling on him? He said: His hand is to be cut off.

Ibn Jurayj said: I was informed that Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) cut off the hand of a man in the matter of a boy whom he had stolen.