أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ لَمْ تُقْطَعْ يَدُ سَارِقٍ فِي أَدْنَی مِنْ حَجَفَةٍ أَوْ تُرْسٍ وَکُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا ذُو ثَمَنٍ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 4956
It was narrated that ‘Aishah said: “The hand of the thief should not be cut off for anything less than a Hajafah or a Turs (two kinds of shields),” each of which was worth a (decent) price. (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020