موطا امام مالك رواية يحييٰ
Muwatta Imam Malik (Riwayat Yahya)
كتاب السرقةBook: On the Explanation of Theft
بَابُ مَا لَا قَطْعَ فِيهِCases where there is no amputation
Hadith 1577B3
قَالَ مَالِكٌ : لَيْسَ عَلَى الْأَجِيرِ وَلَا عَلَى الرَّجُلِ يَكُونَانِ مَعَ الْقَوْمِ يَخْدُمَانِهِمْ. إِنْ سَرَقَاهُمْ قَطْعٌ. لِأَنَّ حَالَهُمَا لَيْسَتْ بِحَالِ السَّارِقِ. وَإِنَّمَا حَالُهُمَا حَالُ الْخَائِنِ. وَلَيْسَ عَلَى الْخَائِنِ قَطْعٌ. ¤
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said that if a laborer or any other person lives among people and comes and goes, then he steals something of theirs, there is no cutting (of the hand) for him, because he is like a betrayer, and there is no cutting for a betrayer.
