A man who steals fruit or food

Sayyiduna Rafi' bin Khadij (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The hand is not to be cut off for stealing fruit or the spadix of the date palm.

It is narrated from Shu'ayb that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The hand is not to be cut off in any case for an animal until it has reached the place where animals spend the night, nor is the hand to be cut off for any theft of fruit until it has reached the place where dates are dried.

It is narrated from Sa'id that Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The hand is not to be cut off in any case for fruit, except for what has reached the place where dates are dried. And the hand is not to be cut off in any case for animals either, except when they have reached the place where they spend the night.

It is narrated from Yahya bin Abi Kathir that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The hand is not to be cut off for stealing bunches of dates, nor in a year of famine.

Al-Hasan al-Basri said: A man who had stolen food was brought to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he did not cut off his hand.

Al-Hasan al-Basri said: A man who had stolen food was brought to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not cut off his hand.

It is narrated from Shu'bah that he said: I asked al-Hakam about a man who steals food, or steals a donkey from the desert. He said: The punishment of cutting off the hand is not to be applied to him.

It is narrated from Abd al-Rahman bin al-Qasim that he said: Umar bin Abd al-Aziz cut off a hand for one mudd, or for several mudds, of food.

It is narrated from Husayn bin Hudayr that he said: I heard Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) saying: The hand is not to be cut off for stealing a bunch of dates, nor in a year of famine.

It is narrated from Ma'mar that al-Zuhri said: The punishment of cutting off the hand does not apply to the theft of fruit or of grazing animals, but for it there is a severe punishment and payment of double compensation. And when the animals have reached the place where they spend the night, or the fruit has reached the place where dates are dried, his hand is to be cut off if he steals the amount of a quarter of a dinar.