´It was narrated that Ayman bin Umm Ayman who attributed it to the Prophet said:` "The (hand of) a thief is not to be cut off except for the price of a shield, and in those days the price of a shield was a Dinar."
Hadith ReferenceSunan an-Nasa'i / The Book of Cutting off the Hand of the Thief / Hadith: 4951
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:منكر | زبیر علی زئی:ضعيف، إسناده ضعيف، لإرساله قال ابن حبان فى الثقات (4/ 47): ’’أيمن بن عبيد الحبشي.....ومن زعم أن له صحبة فقد وهم،حديثه فى القطع مرسل‘‘. انوار الصحيفه، صفحه نمبر 359