[Machine] I brought a thief and my aunt, Ummrah bint Abdulrahman, sent to me saying, "Do not rush in the matter of this man until I come to you and inform you what I heard from Aisha about the matter of the thief." She came to me and informed me that she heard Aisha saying, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Cut off the hand for a quarter of a dinar, and do not cut off for less than that.' And a quarter of a dinar at that time was three dirhams, and a dinar was twelve dirhams." She said, "His theft was less than a quarter of a dinar, so I did not cut his hand off."
أُتِيتُ بِسَارِقٍ فَأَرْسَلَتْ إِلَيَّ خَالَتِي عَمْرَةُ بِنْتُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنْ لَا تَعْجَلَ فِي أَمْرِ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ حَتَّىآتِيَكَ فَأُخْبِرَكَ مَا سَمِعْتُ مَنْ عَائِشَةَ فِي أَمْرِ السَّارِقِ قَالَ فَأَتَتْنِي وَأَخْبَرَتْنِي أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتْ عَائِشَةَ تَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اقْطَعُوا فِي رُبُعِ الدِّينَارِ وَلَا تَقْطَعُوا فِيمَا هُوَ أَدْنَى مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَكَانَ رُبُعُ الدِّينَارِ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَلَاثَةَ دَرَاهِمَ وَالدِّينَارُ اثْني عَشَرَ دِرْهَمًا قَالَ وَكَانَتْ سَرِقَتُهُ دُونَ رُبُعِ الدِّينَارِ فَلَمْ أَقْطَعْهُ