The Quraysh were troubled by the case of the Makhzumi woman who had stolen, and they said, "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?"So Usama spoke to him, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do you intercede concerning one of the prescribed punishments of Allah?"Then he stood and delivered a sermon, saying, "People, those who came before you were destroyed because 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 Allah, if Fatimah the daughter of Muhammad were to steal, I would cut off her hand."Muhammad bin Rumh said, I heard Layth bin Saad say, "Allah has protected her from stealing, and every Muslim ought to say this."
حدثنا محمد بن رمح المصري أنبأنا الليث بن سعد عن ابن شهاب عن عروة
أن قريشا أهمهم شأن المرأة المخزومية التي سرقت فقالوا من يكلم فيها رسول الله ﷺ قالوا ومن يجترئ عليه إلا أسامة بن زيد حب رسول الله فكلمه أسامة فقال رسول الله ﷺ أتشفع في حد من حدود الله ثم قام فاختطب فقال يا أيها الناس إنما هلك الذين من قبلكم أنهم كانوا إذا سرق فيهم الشريف تركوه وإذا سرق فيهم الضعيف أقاموا عليه الحد وايم الله لو أن فاطمة بنت محمد سرقت لقطعت يدها قال محمد بن رمح سمعت الليث بن سعد يقول قد أعاذها الله عز وجل أن تسرق وكل مسلم ينبغي له أن يقول هذا
Bukhari transmitted it in the Book of the Prophets, chapter (54), no. 6787, 6788, 3732, 3475, from the hadith of Layth, through him. And Muslim transmitted it in the Book of Punishments, chapter on cutting off the hand of the noble thief and others and the prohibition of interceding in matters of prescribed punishments, no. 1688, from Muhammad bin Rumh, through him.