A thief was brought to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He confessed openly, though no stolen goods were found in his possession.The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I do not think you stole."The man replied, "Yes, I did."He said again, "I do not think you stole."The man replied, "Yes, I did."So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered that his hand be cut off, and it was done. Then the Prophet ﷺ said to him, "Say, 'I seek Allah's forgiveness and turn to Him in repentance.'"The man said, "I seek Allah's forgiveness and turn to Him in repentance."The Prophet ﷺ then said, "O Allah, accept his repentance," twice.
حدثنا هشام بن عمار حدثنا سعيد بن يحيى حدثنا حماد بن سلمة عن إسحق بن أبي طلحة قال سمعت أبا المنذر مولى أبي ذر يذكر أن
أن رسول الله ﷺ أتي بلص فاعترف اعترافا ولم يوجد معه المتاع فقال رسول الله ﷺ ما إخالك سرقت قال بلى ثم قال ما إخالك سرقت قال بلى فأمر به فقطع فقال النبي ﷺ قل أستغفر الله وأتوب إليه قال أستغفر الله وأتوب إليه قال اللهم تب عليه مرتين
Its isnad is daif. Abu Dawud narrated it in the chapters on legal punishments, in the chapter on prompting during the enforcement of the prescribed punishment, hadith no. 4380, from the hadith of Hammad, with the same chain.Abul-Mundhir is unknown, as Dhahabi said, and Khattabi alluded to this as well.