Sunan An-Nasa'i

It was narrated from Safwan bin Umayyah that:a man stole his Burdah, so he brought him before the Prophet, who ordered that his hand be cut off. He said: ""O Messenger of Allah, I will let him have it."" He said: ""O Abu Wahb! Why didn't you do that before you brought him to me?"" And the Messenger of Allah had (the man's) hand cut off