The knowledge of this is well-established. As for the first hadith of Abu Hanifa, it is narrated (24) by al-Hajjaj [ibn Artah, and he is weak, and the one who narrates it from al-Hajjaj] (25) is also weak. The second hadith contains no evidence that there is no cutting for less than that; for one who makes cutting mandatory for three dirhams has made it mandatory for ten. This hadith indicates that items (of value) are appraised in dirhams, because the shield was appraised by them, and because whatever has gold as its foundation also has silver as its foundation, such as the thresholds for Zakat (27), blood money (diya), and the values of destroyed property. It has been narrated that Anas said: A thief stole a shield—which I would not be pleased to possess (28)—for three dirhams, or which was equal to three dirhams, and Abu Bakr ordered his hand to be cut (29). Uthman was brought a man who had stolen a citron (utrujja); Uthman ordered its value to be assessed, and it reached a quarter of a dinar, so Uthman ordered him to be cut (30).
Section: If he steals a quarter of a dinar of pure minted (currency), the punishment of cutting applies. If it contains
al-Bukhari 8/200; and Muslim, in: The Chapter on the penalty for theft and its threshold, from the Book of Penalties. Sahih Muslim 1313, 1314. It was also recorded by Abu Dawud, in: The Chapter on that for which the thief is cut, from the Book of Penalties. Sunan Abi Dawud 2/448; and al-Tirmidhi, in: The Chapter on what has been narrated regarding how much a thief's hand is cut for, from the Chapters on Theft. Aridat al-Ahwadhi 6/225; and al-Nasa'i, in: The Chapter on the amount for which, if the thief steals..., from the Book of Cutting for the Thief. Al-Mujtaba 8/69, 70; and Ibn Majah, in: The Chapter on the penalty for a thief, from the Book of Penalties 2/862; and al-Darimi, in: The Chapter on what the hand is cut for, from the Book of Penalties. Sunan al-Darimi 2/173; and Imam Malik, in: The Chapter on what requires cutting, from the Book of Penalties. Al-Muwatta 2/831; and Imam Ahmad in: Al-Musnad 2/6, 54, 64, 80, 82, 143. (24) In (B): "Narrated from". (25) Omitted from: (B). [An observation for consideration]. (26) The "wa" (and) is omitted from (M). (27) In (M): "Zakat". (28) Omitted from: (B). (29) Recorded by al-Bayhaqi, in: The Chapter on what has been narrated from the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) regarding that for which cutting is mandatory, from the Book of Theft. Al-Sunan al-Kubra 8/259; and Abd al-Razzaq, in: The Chapter on how much a thief's hand is cut for, from the Book of Found Property (Luqta). Al-Musannaf 10/236; and Ibn Abi Shaybah, in: The Chapter on the thief, from those who said: He is cut for less..., from the Book of Penalties. Al-Musannaf 9/470. (30) Recorded by Imam Malik, in: The Chapter on what requires cutting, from the Book of Penalties. Al-Muwatta 2/832; and al-Bayhaqi, in: The Chapter on what has been narrated from the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) regarding that for which cutting is mandatory, and the chapter on cutting for wet food, from the Book of Theft. Al-Sunan al-Kubra 8/260, 262; and Ibn Abi Shaybah, in: The Chapter on the thief, from those who said: He is cut for less than ten dirhams. Al-Musannaf 9/472, 473.
