Reports on a grave robber who is caught: what is his hadd punishment?

Al-Zuhri said that some people who used to steal shrouds from graves were brought to Marwan bin al-Hakam. Marwan beat them and exiled them, at a time when the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) were present in great number.

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.

Ma'mar said: It has reached me that Umar bin Abd al-Aziz cut off the hand of a shroud thief.

Al-Hakam said that al-Sha'bi and Ibrahim said: "The hand of one who steals from our dead is to be cut off, just as the hand of one who steals from our living is cut off."

Hajjaj said: I asked Ata about the shroud thief. He said: "His hand is to be cut off."

Abd al-Malik reported from Ata regarding the shroud thief that he said: "He has the status of a thief; his hand is to be cut off."

Ash'ath said: I asked al-Hasan al-Basri about the shroud thief, and he said: "His hand is to be cut off." And I asked al-Sha'bi, and he too said: "His hand is to be cut off."

And I asked al-Sha'bi, and he said: "His hand is to be cut off."

Al-Hakam and Hammad reported from Ibrahim regarding the shroud thief that he said: "His hand is to be cut off."

Mughirah said that Hammad and his companions said: "The hand of the shroud thief is to be cut off, because he has entered the house of the deceased."

Ibn Yaman reported from a certain shaykh that Makhul said: "The hand is not to be cut off unless the grave has a door."

Abdullah bin al-Mukhtar said that Mu'awiyah bin Qurrah said: "The shroud thief is a thief, so cut off his hand."

Hajjaj said that Masruq, Ibrahim al-Nakha'i, al-Sha'bi, Zadhan and Abu Zur'ah bin Amr bin Jarir all used to say regarding the shroud thief that his hand is to be cut off.

Ikrimah said that Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "The punishment of amputation does not apply to the shroud thief; upon him is a punishment resembling amputation."