That Rafi' ibn Khadij said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: "There is no cutting [of the hand] for [the theft of] fruit or palm pith." And al-kathar is the palm pith (al-jummar).(1)

4968 - Muhammad ibn 'Ali ibn Maymun informed us, saying: Sa'id ibn Mansur narrated to us, saying: 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Muhammad narrated to us, from Yahya ibn Sa'id, from Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Habban, from Abu Maymun, from Rafi' ibn Khadij, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "There is no cutting [of the hand] for [the theft of] fruit or palm pith."(2) Abu 'Abd al-Rahman said: This is an error; I do not know Abu Maymun.

4969 - Al-Husayn ibn Mansur informed us, saying: Abu Usamah narrated to us, saying: Yahya ibn Sa'id narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Habban, from a man of his people, from Rafi' ibn Khadij, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: "There is no cutting [of the hand] for [the theft of] fruit or palm pith."(3)

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(1) Its chain of transmission is sound, and the discussion of it has already preceded in the previous narration. Al-Layth: he is Ibn Sa'd. It is in "Al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (7415).
Al-Tirmidhi also narrated it (1449) from Qutaybah, with this chain. He said: Thus some narrated it from Yahya ibn Sa'id, from Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Habban, from his uncle Wasi' ibn Habban, from Rafi' ibn Khadij, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, similar to the narration of al-Layth ibn Sa'd. And Malik ibn Anas and others narrated this hadith from Yahya ibn Sa'id, from Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Habban, from Rafi' ibn Khadij, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and they did not mention in it: from Wasi' ibn Habban.

(2) A sound hadith, but in this chain 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Muhammad — namely al-Darawardi — differed, saying in it: from Abu Maymun, and he erred in that, as the compiler mentioned after it. And this Abu Maymun is unknown and not recognized.
Abu Usamah Hammad ibn Usamah narrated it — as in the following narration — saying in it: from a man of his people. Al-Darimi said in "Al-Sunan" after the hadith (2309): The correct statement is what Abu Usamah said. The hadith is in "Al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (7416).
And see what has preceded in the earlier narrations.

(3) A sound hadith, and this is a chain whose narrators are trustworthy, except for the unnamed man in the chain, and perhaps he is the one whose name is specified in the two narrations (4966) and (4967): Wasi' ibn Habban, who is a trustworthy follower (tabi'i), and he is =