A suspect found with the goods

Ibn Jurayj said: Ata said: If stolen goods are found with a bad man who is under suspicion, and he says: I bought them, but does not specify the person from whom he bought them, or he says: I found them, then his hand is not to be cut off, and he is not to be punished.

Ibn Jurayj said: Umar bin Abd al-Aziz wrote a letter, which I read: When goods are found with a suspected man and he says: I bought them, but he does not establish that, then bind him tightly in prison, and do not leave him alone to speak with anyone, until the command of Allah comes concerning him.

He said: I mentioned that to Ata, and he rejected it.