If a thief enters a man's house and gathers clothes but is caught inside the house while still holding the goods, then if he hands them over to the owner of the house, there is no cutting (of his hand). However, if he takes the goods out of the door of the house, then his hand is to be cut off, unless he can prove that he did not take them out. And if the Imam orders the cutting of the thief's right hand, but by mistake his left hand is cut instead, then his right hand is not to be cut after his left has already been severed.