Muwatta Malik #1642
Hudud
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
حَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، أَنَّ عَبْدًا، لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ سَرَقَ وَهُوَ آبِقٌ فَأَرْسَلَ بِهِ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ إِلَى سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْعَاصِ - وَهُوَ أَمِيرُ الْمَدِينَةِ - لِيَقْطَعَ يَدَهُ فَأَبَى سَعِيدٌ أَنْ يَقْطَعَ يَدَهُ وَقَالَ لاَ تُقْطَعُ يَدُ الآبِقِ السَّارِقِ إِذَا سَرَقَ . فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ فِي أَىِّ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ وَجَدْتَ هَذَا ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِهِ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ فَقُطِعَتْ يَدُهُ .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that a slave of Abdullah
ibn Umar stole while he was a runaway. Abdullah ibn Umar sent him to
Said ibn al-As, who was the amir of Madina, to cut off his hand. Said
refused to cut off his hand. He said, "The hand of a runaway slave is
not cut off when he steals." Abdullah ibn Umar said to him, "In what
Book of Allah did you find this?" Then Abdullah ibn Umar gave the
order, and his hand was cut off.
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This hadith is #1642 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Hudud.