(1) باب تَعْظِيمِ السَّرِقَةِ
It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said:
"No one who commits Zina is a believer at the moment when he is committing Zina; no one who steals is a believer at the moment when he is stealing; no one who drinks wine is a believer at the moment when he is drinking it." - And he mentioned a fourth but I (the narrator) have forgotten it - "When he does that the yoke of Islam is shed from his neck, but if he repents, Allah accepts his repentance." (DE)
Reference (DE): Sunan an-Nasa'i 4872 (DE)
In-book reference (DE): Book 46, Hadith 3 (DE)
English translation (DE): Vol. 1, Book 10, Hadith 4876 (DE)