Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Abu Dharr!" I said: Here I am, at your service. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "How will you be when death strikes the people (so widely) that a house, meaning the grave, will be (exchanged) for a slave?" I said: Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) know best, or (I said:) whatever Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) choose (for me). He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Hold fast to patience."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب السرقة / 17238
Something similar is narrated from Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him), and al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) also narrates something similar, that the hand of the grave robber is to be cut.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب السرقة / 17240
Harmalah bin Imran al-Tujibi (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Ayyub bin Shurahbil (may Allah have mercy on him) wrote [a letter] to Umar bin Abd al-Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him), asking him about those who rob graves. Umar (may Allah have mercy on him) wrote to him: By my life! The one who steals from the dead is deemed to deserve the same punishment as the one who steals from the living.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب السرقة / 17242
Ata' (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The hand of the grave robber is to be cut. We have also narrated this from Sa'id bin al-Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him).
Imam al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) said in al-Tarikh: Hushaym said: Suhayl narrated to us; he said: I was present with Ibn al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both) when he cut the hand of a grave robber.
Imam al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Abbad bin al-Awwam said: We used to accuse Suhayl bin Dhakwan Abu al-Sindi al-Makki of lying.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب السرقة / 17243
Amrah bint Abd al-Rahman (may Allah have mercy on her) said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the male and the female grave robber. This narration is mursal.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب السرقة / 17244
Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The male and the female grave robber are cursed." Abu Qutaybah narrated it likewise from Malik.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب السرقة / 17245