He would have a reward like that of Laylat al-Qadr (the Night of Decree).(1)

4956 — Khal lad ibn Aslam informed us, from Abdullah — namely Ibn Idris — from Muhammad ibn Ishaq, from Amr ibn Shu'ayb, from his father, from his grandfather, who said: The price of a shield (mijann) at the time of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was ten dirhams.(2)

11 — Chapter: Stolen hanging fruit

4957 — Qutaybah ibn Sa'id informed us, saying: Abu 'Awanah narrated to us, from Ubayd(3) Allah ibn al-Akhnas, from Amr ibn Shu'ayb, from his father, from his grandfather, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was asked: "At what amount is the hand cut off?" He said: "The hand is not cut off(4) for fruit hanging [on trees]. But when it is gathered in the threshing floor, then [the hand] is cut off for [the theft of] the value of a shield. And [the hand] is not cut off for an animal taken from the mountain pasture. But when it has taken refuge(5) in the enclosure, then [the hand] is cut off for [the theft of] the value of a shield."(6)

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(1) This is a repetition of the preceding one. Makhlad: he is Ibn Yazid al-Harrani, and Ibn Jurayj: he is Abd al-Malik ibn Abd al-Aziz, and his narration from Ata ibn Abi Rabah is treated as connected. It is in "al-Kubra" (7401).
(2) Its chain is weak, and the discussion of it has already preceded at narration (4950). It is in "al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (7402).
Ahmad also transmitted it (6687) from Abdullah ibn Idris, with this chain.
He also transmitted it (6900) from Nasr ibn Bab from Hajjaj ibn Artah, from Amr ibn Shu'ayb, with the wording: "No cutting for [theft of] less than ten dirhams." Its chain is weak due to the weakness of Nasr and Hajjaj ibn Artah.
(3) In copy (K), it is corrupted to: Abd.
(4) The word "hand" is not in copy (R).
(5) In copy (M): took refuge.
(6) Its chain is good (hasan) on account of Shu'ayb: he is Ibn Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As. Abu 'Awanah: he is al-Waddah ibn Abdullah al-Yashkuri. It is in "al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (7403).
It will follow in a more complete form in the two subsequent narrations. =