Muwatta Malik #1650
Hudud
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَنَّ مَرْوَانَ بْنَ الْحَكَمِ، أُتِيَ بِإِنْسَانٍ قَدِ اخْتَلَسَ مَتَاعًا فَأَرَادَ قَطْعَ يَدِهِ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ يَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ لَيْسَ فِي الْخُلْسَةِ قَطْعٌ .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that Marwan ibn
al-Hakam was brought a man who had snatched some goods and he wanted
to cut off his hand. He sent to Zayd ibn Thabit to ask him about it.
Zayd ibn Thabit said to him, "The hand is not cut off for what is
stolen by chance, openly, in haste."
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This hadith is #1650 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Hudud.