Sunan Ibn Majah, Chapter: The Chapters on Legal Punishments

that Quraish became concerned about the case of the Makhzumi woman who had stolen, and they said: "Who will speak to the Messenger of Allah (saw) concerning her?" They said: "Who would dare to do that other than Usamah bin Zaid, the beloved of the Messenger of Allah (saw)?" So Usamah spoke to him, and the Messenger of Allah (saw) said, "Are you interceding concerning one of the legal punishments of Allah (SWT)?" Then he stood up and addressed (the people) and said: "O people! Those who came before you were only destroyed because when one of their nobles stole, they let him off, but when one of the weak people among them stole, they would carry out the punishment on him. By Allah, if Fatimah the daughter of Muhammad were to steal, I would cut off her hand." (Sahih) (One of the narrators) Muhammad bin Rumh said: "I heard Laith bin Sad say: 'Allah (SWT) protected her (Fatimah) from stealing, and every Muslim should say this.'"