قُلْتُ لَهُ مِنْ أَيْنَ يَجِبُ الْقَطْعُ فَبَسَطَ أَصَابِعَهُ وَ قَالَ مِنْ هَاهُنَا يَعْنِي مِنْ مَفْصِلِ الْكَفِّ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, and Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, altogether from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hammad, from Al Halby, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, said, ‘I said to him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘From where is the cutting (of the hand) Obligated?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> extended his fingers and said: ‘For over here, meaning from the hinge of the palm’.
Book (Kitab)كتاب الْحُدُودِ
Chapter (Bab)باب حَدِّ الْقَطْعِ وَ كَيْفَ هُوَ
CollectionAl-Kafi
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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