If one steals a box and finds no money in it, is his hand cut off?

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The questioner : If a person steals an iron box thinking that it contains money, but when he steals it he finds no money in it, and the box is less than the nisab, is his hand cut off for it?

The Shaykh : No, his hand is not cut off. The criterion is the actual reality.

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