Sahih Muslim 4401

A'isha reported that she heard Allah's Apostle ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ) as saying: The hand of the thief may not be cut off but for a quarter of a dinar and upwards. ..

A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of Yazid b. 'Abdullah b. al-Had with the same chain of transmitters. ..

A'isha reported that during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ) the hand of the thief was not cut off for less than the price of a shield, iron coat or armour and both of them are valuable. ..

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Hisham through another chain of transmitters, and in the hadith narrated by 'Abd al-Rahim and Abu Usama (the words are): That (the shield) was valuable those days. ..

Ibn 'Umar reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace upon him) cut off the hand of a thief (in case of the theft) of a shield the price of which was three dirhams. ..

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn 'Umar through some other chains of transmitters but with a slight variation of words. ..