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Malik related to me from Hisham ibn Urwa from his father from Yahya ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Hatib that some slaves of Hatib stole a she-camel belonging to a man from the Muzayna tribe and they slaughtered it. The case was brought before Umar ibn al-Khattab, and Umar ordered Kathir ibn as-Salt to cut off their hands. Then Umar said to Habib, "I think you must be starving them," and he added, "By Allah! I will make you pay such a fine that it will be heavy for you." He enquired of the man from the Muzayna tribe, "What was the price of your camel?" The Muzayni said, "By Allah, I refused to sell her for 400 dirhams.'' Umar said, ''Give him 800 dirhams." Yahya said that he heard Malik say, "Doubling the price is not the behaviour of our community. What people have settled on among us is that the man is obliged to pay the value of the camel or animal on the day he took it

وحدثني مالك، عن هشام بن عروة، عن ابيه، عن يحيى بن عبد الرحمن بن حاطب، ان رقيقا، لحاطب سرقوا ناقة لرجل من مزينة فانتحروها فرفع ذلك الى عمر بن الخطاب فامر عمر كثير بن الصلت ان يقطع ايديهم ثم قال عمر اراك تجيعهم . ثم قال عمر والله لاغرمنك غرما يشق عليك ثم قال للمزني كم ثمن ناقتك فقال المزني قد كنت والله امنعها من اربعماية درهم . فقال عمر اعطه ثمانماية درهم . قال يحيى سمعت مالكا يقول وليس على هذا العمل عندنا في تضعيف القيمة ولكن مضى امر الناس عندنا على انه انما يغرم الرجل قيمة البعير او الدابة يوم ياخذها