A man who steals a bird or a falcon: what is due from him?

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.

Abdullah bin Yasar said that a man who had stolen a chicken was brought to Umar bin Abd al-Aziz, and he intended to cut off his hand. Abu Salamah bin Abd al-Rahman said to him that Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "There is no punishment of amputation for the theft of a bird."

Abu Khalid reported from a man that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) did not cut off the hand for the theft of a bird.

Ibn Jurayj said: I heard a trustworthy elder say: "The punishment of amputation does not apply for a falcon that has been stolen, even if its price is one dinar or more than that."

Ibn Jurayj said that Amr bin Shu'ayb also used to say the same.