“When the woman stole the Qatifah from the house of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, we regarded that as a serious matter. She was a woman from Quraish. So we came to the Prophet ﷺ and spoke to him, and said: 'We will ransom her for forty Uqiyyah.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Purification is better for her.” When we heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ speak so kindly, we went to Usamah and said: 'Speak to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ .' When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw that, he stood up to speak and said: 'How much do you intercede with me concerning one of the legal punishments of Allah (SWT) that has befallen one of the female slaves of Allah (SWT)! By the One in Whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad, if Fatimah the daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ were to do what she has done, Muhammad would cut off her hand.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2548)   

لَمَّا سَرَقَتْ تِلْكَ الْمَرْأَةُ الْقَطِيفَةَ مِنْ بَيْتِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَعْظَمْنَا ذَلِكَ وَكَانَتِ امْرَأَةً مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ فَجِئْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَكَلَّمْنَاهُ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ نَحْنُ نَفْدِيهَا بِأَرْبَعِينَ أُوقِيَّةً قَالَ «تَطَّهَّرُ خَيْرٌ لَهَا» فَلَمَّا سَمِعْنَا مِنْ قَوْلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَتَيْنَا أُسَامَةَ بْنَ زَيْدٍ فَقُلْنَا اشْفَعْ لَنَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي شَأْنِ هَذِهِ الْمَرْأَةِ نَحْنُ نَفْدِيهَا بِأَرْبَعِينَ أُوقِيَّةً فَلَمَّا رَأَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ جِدَّ النَّاسِ فِي ذَلِكَ قَامَ خَطِيبًا فَقَالَ «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ مَا إِكْثَارُكُمْ فِي حَدٍّ مِنْ حُدُودِ اللَّهِ وَقَعَ عَلَى أَمَةٍ مِنْ إِمَاءِ اللَّهِ وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ لَوْ كَانَتْ فَاطِمَةُ بِنْتُ مُحَمَّدٍ نَزَلَتْ بِالَّذِي بِهِ هَذِهِ الْمَرْأَةُ لَقَطَعَ مُحَمَّدٌ يَدَهَا» قَالَ فَأَيِسَ النَّاسُ وَقَطَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَدَهَا قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ فَحَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ «أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ كَانَ يَرْحَمُهَا وَيَصِلَهَا»  

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "The greatest of you in taking care of women is the best among you." She was from the Quraysh tribe, so we went to the Prophet ﷺ and spoke to him. We said, "O Messenger of Allah, we want to compensate her with forty uqiyyahs." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Purifying herself is better for her." When we heard this gentle word from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , we went to Usamah ibn Zaid and spoke to him. We said, "Intercede for us with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ regarding this woman, and we will compensate her with forty uqiyyahs." When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw that, he stood before us as a speaker and said, "O people, what is your hurry in going beyond the limits set by Allah and messing with one of His female servants? By the One in whose hand is my soul, if Fatimah bint Muhammad were to commit such an act, I would cut off her hand." The people were astonished, and he did indeed cut off her hand.  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَعْظَمْنَا ذَلِكَ وَكَانَتْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ فَجِئْنَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَكَلَّمْنَاهُ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ نَفْدِيهَا بِأَرْبَعِينَ أُوقِيَّةً فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «تُطَهَّرُ خَيْرٌ لَهَا» فَلَمَّا سَمِعْنَاها لِينَ قَوْلِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ انْطَلَقْنَا إِلَى أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ وَكَلَّمْنَاهُ فَقُلْنَا اشْفَعْ لَنَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي شَأْنِ هَذِهِ الْمَرْأَةِ وَنَفْدِيهَا بِأَرْبَعِينَ أُوقِيَّةً فَلَمَّا رَأَى ذَلِكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَامَ فِينَا خَطِيبًا فَقَالَ «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ» مَا إِكْثَارُكُمْ فِي حَدٍّ مِنْ حُدُودِ اللهِ وَقَعَ عَلَى أَمَةٍ مِنْ إِمَاءِ اللهِ؟ فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَوْ أَنَّ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتَ مُحَمَّدٍ قَرِفَتْ بِمَا نَزَلَتْ بِهِ هَذِهِ لَقَطَعْتُ يَدَهَا فَيَئِسَ النَّاسُ فَقَطَعَ يَدَهَا  

[Machine] When the woman stole that piece of cloth from the house of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he ordered for it to be cut, it troubled us greatly. She was a woman from the Quraysh tribe. So we went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and spoke to him, saying that we were willing to pay forty ounces of gold in ransom for her. He replied, "Purification is better for her." After hearing the gentle words of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , we came to Usamah bin Zaid and asked him how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would speak about this woman when we were willing to pay forty ounces of gold in ransom for her. Upon seeing this, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up to address the people and said, "O people, why do you burden me with a punishment that exceeds the limits set by Allah? It has befallen a slave girl of Allah's maidens. By the One in whose hand is my soul, if Fatimah, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , were to commit the same offense, I would punish her accordingly."  

لَمَّا سَرَقَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ تِلْكَ الْقَطِيفَةَ مِنْ بَيْتِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَمَرَ بِقَطْعِهَا أَعْظَمَنَا ذَلِكَ وَكَانَتِ امْرَأَةً مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ فَجِئْنَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَكَلَّمْنَاهُ فَقُلْنَا نَحْنُ نَفْدِيهَا بِأَرْبَعِينَ أُوقِيَّةً فَقَالَ «تُطَهَّرُ خَيْرٌ لَهَا» فَلَمَّا سَمِعْنَا لِينَ قَوْلِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَتَيْنَا أُسَامَةَ بْنَ زَيْدٍ فَقُلْنَا لَهُ كَمْ نَتَكَلَّمُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي شَأْنِ هَذِهِ الْمَرْأَةِ وَنَحْنُ نَفْدِيهَا بِأَرْبَعِينَ أُوقِيَّةً فَلَمَّا رَأَى ذَلِكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَامَ خَطِيبًا فَقَالَ «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ» مَا إِكْثَارُكُمْ عَلَيَّ فِي حَدٍّ مِنْ حُدُودِ اللهِ وَقَعَ عَلَى أَمَةٍ مِنْ إِمَاءِ اللهِ؟ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَوْ كَانَتْ فَاطِمَةُ بِنْتُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ نَزَلَتْ بِالَّذِي نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْمَرْأَةُ لَأَقَمْتُ عَلَيْهَا الْحَدَّ