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Yahya related to me from Malik that Zurayq Ibn Hakim informed him that he had a runaway slave who had stolen. He said; The situation was obscure for me; so I wrote to Umar Ibn Abd AlAziz to ask him about it. He was the governor at that time. I informed him that I had heard that if a runaway slave stole while he was a fugitive; his hand was not cut off. Umar Ibn Abd AlAziz wrote to contradict my letter; You wrote to me that you have heard that when the runaway slave steals; his hand is not cut off. Allah; the Blessed; the Exalted; says in His Book; The thief; male and female; cut off the hands of both; as a recompense for what they have earned; and an exemplary punishment from Allah. Allah is Mighty; Wise. Surat 5 ayat 41 When his theft reaches a quarter of a dinar; and upwards; his hand is cut off. Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that AlQasim Ibn Muhammad and Salim Ibn Abdullah and Urwa Ibn AlZubair said; When a runaway slave steals something for which cutting off the hand is obliged; his hand is cut off. Malik said; The way of doing things amongst us about which there is no dispute is that when the runaway slave steals that for which cutting off the hand is obliged; his hand is cut off.