Sayyiduna Safwan bin Umayyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I was sleeping in the mosque, and I had a shirt worth thirty dirhams. A man came and snatched that shirt from me. The man was caught, and when he was brought to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that his hand be cut. Sayyiduna Safwan bin Umayyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I came to him (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: Will you cut his hand for thirty dirhams? I will sell it to him and defer its price for him. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Why did you not settle the matter before you brought him to me?"
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب السرقة / 17218