Snatching: does it incur cutting off the hand or not?

Abu al-Zubayr said that Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The punishment of cutting off the hand does not apply to one who snatches a thing, nor to one who robs, nor to one who betrays a trust."

This statement of Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) is transmitted from Abu al-Zubayr through this chain in marfu' form (attributed to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)).

Al-Zuhri said: "Marwan asked Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) about snatching a thing, and he did not hold that the hand is to be cut off for it."

Al-Hakam said that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The punishment of cutting off the hand does not apply to one who snatches a thing."

Khilas said that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) did not cut off the hand for snatching a thing.

Qatadah said: "A slave boy snatched a collar, and the matter was brought before Adi bin Artah. He asked al-Hasan al-Basri about it, and he said: 'The punishment of cutting off the hand does not apply to him.' He also asked Iyas bin Mu'awiyah about it, and he ordered that his hand be cut off. When the two of them differed, he wrote about it to Umar bin Abd al-Aziz. Umar wrote back to him: 'The Arabs used to call this daytime theft. The punishment of cutting off the hand does not apply to him, but cause pain to his back and keep him in long imprisonment.'"

Hisham said: "A case was brought before Adi: a man had snatched something. Iyas said: 'The punishment of cutting off the hand applies to him.' Al-Hasan al-Basri said: 'The punishment of cutting off the hand does not apply to him.' So Adi wrote about this to Umar bin Abd al-Aziz, and he said: 'The punishment of cutting off the hand does not apply to him, because the Arabs used to call this daytime theft.'"

Al-Hasan al-Basri and Muhammad (Ibn Sirin) both said: "There is no punishment of cutting off the hand for snatching."