Quraysh became deeply concerned about the case of the woman who had stolen during the time of the Prophet ﷺ at the Conquest of Mecca. They wondered, "Who will speak to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about her?"They said, "Who would dare to do so except Usama bin Zayd, the beloved of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?"So she was brought before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and Usama bin Zayd spoke to him on her behalf. The face of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ changed color, and he said, "Are you interceding regarding one of the prescribed punishments of Allah?"Usama said to him, "Ask forgiveness for me, Messenger of Allah."In the evening, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up and delivered a sermon. He praised Allah as He deserves, then said, "To proceed, what destroyed those who came before you was that whenever a noble person among them stole, they let him go, but whenever a weak person among them stole, they carried out the punishment on him. By the One in whose hand is my soul, if Fatimah, daughter of Muhammad, were to steal, I would cut off her hand."Then he ordered that the woman who had stolen have her hand cut off, and it was done.Yunus said, Ibn Shihab said, Urwa said, Ayesha said, "Her repentance was sincere afterward, and she married. She used to come to me later, and I would convey her needs to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ."
أن قريشا أهمهم شأن المرأة التي سرقت في عهد النبي ﷺ في غزوة الفتح فقالوا: من يكلم فيها رسول الله ﷺ فقالوا: ومن يجترئ عليه إلا أسامة بن زيد حب رسول الله ﷺ فأتي بها رسول الله ﷺ فكلمه فيها أسامة بن زيد، فتلون وجه رسول الله ﷺ فقال: أتشفع في حد من حدود الله؟ فقال له أسامة: استغفر لي يا رسول الله! فلما كان العشي قام رسول الله ﷺ فاختطب فأثنى على الله بما هو أهله، ثم قال: أما بعد فإنما أهلك الذين من قبلكم أنهم كانوا إذا سرق فيهم الشريف تركوه وإذا سرق فيهم الضعيف أقاموا عليه الحد وإني والذي نفسي بيده لو أن فاطمة بنت محمد سرقت لقطعت يدها ثم أمر بتلك المرأة التي سرقت فقطعت يدها قال يونس: قال ابن شهاب: قال عروة: قالت عائشة: فحسنت توبتها بعد وتزوجت وكانت تأتيني بعد ذلك فأرفع حاجتها إلى رسول الله ﷺ.
Bukhari narrated it in the Book of Military Expeditions (4304), and Muslim in the Book of Legal Punishments (8:1688), both through the route of Abdullah bin Wahb, who said, Yunus bin Yazid informed us, from Ibn Shihab Zuhri, who said, Urwa bin Zubayr informed me, from Ayesha, who said, and then she mentioned it.