Numan bin Bashir reported,
A group of men from the Kalaiyyin tribe brought a complaint to him, claiming that some weavers had stolen goods belonging to them. He held the weavers in custody for several days and then released them.The men came back to him and said, "You released them without interrogation or beating?"Numan replied, "As you wish. If you want, I will beat them. If Allah brings out your goods through that, well and good. Otherwise, I will take the equivalent from your own backs."They said, "Is this your ruling?"He said, "This is the ruling of Allah 
and His Messenger ﷺ."
Azami 6923
Hasanعن النعمان بن بشير
أنه رفع إليه نفر من الكلاعيين أن حاكة سرقوا متاعا لهم، فحبسهم أياما، ثم خلى سبيلهم. فأتوه فقالوا: خليت سبيل هؤلاء بلا امتحان ولا ضرب. فقال النعمان: ما شئتم، إن شئتم أضربهم فإن أخرج الله متاعكم فذاك. وإلا أخذت من ظهوركم مثله. قالوا: هذا حكمك؟ قال: هذا حكم الله عز وجل ورسوله ﷺ.
Nasai (4874) and Abu Dawud (4382) both narrated it from the hadith of Baqiya bin Walid, who said, "Safwan bin Amr told me," who said, "Azhar bin Abdullah Harazi told me," from Numan bin Bashir, who said, then he narrated it as before.Abu Dawud said, "He only frightened them with this statement, meaning that flogging is not obligatory except after confession."Its isnad is hasan because of Azhar bin Abdullah Harazi Himsi.Bukhari said, "Azhar bin Abdullah, Azhar bin Saeed, and Azhar bin Yazid are one and the same person. They traced his lineage once as Muradi, once as Hawzani, and once as Harazi."Ibn Hajar said, "A group agreed with him on that."As for a fuller account of Azhar's standing, Mizzi did not mention anything about it in either of the two biographical entries. Ibn Jarud said in Kitab Duafa, "He used to curse Ali." Then he said, "They only criticized him regarding his doctrine," and Ajli deemed him trustworthy. In Taqrib, it is said of him, "Truthful," and the same is said of Azhar bin Saeed Harazi.As for Baqiya bin Walid, he was known for concealment in his transmissions, doing so often from weak narrators, and there is disagreement over whether he should be deemed reliable or unreliable, though his hadith is hasan when he states his sources explicitly, as is the case here.There are other hadiths on this subject, but they are not sound.