سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ سَرَقَ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي يَقُولُ أُتِيَ عَلِيٌّ ( عليه السلام ) فِي زَمَانِهِ بِرَجُلٍ قَدْ سَرَقَ فَقَطَعَ يَدَهُ ثُمَّ أُتِيَ بِهِ ثَانِيَةً فَقَطَعَ رِجْلَهُ مِنْ خِلَافٍ ثُمَّ أُتِيَ بِهِ ثَالِثَةً فَخَلَّدَهُ فِي السِّجْنِ وَ أَنْفَقَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ بَيْتِ مَالِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَ قَالَ هَكَذَا صَنَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) لَا أُخَالِفُهُ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Al Nazar Bin Suweyd, from Al Qasim, (the narrator) says, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> about a man who stole, so he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘I<sup>asws</sup> heard my<sup>asws</sup> father<sup>asws</sup> saying, ‘They came with a man who had stolen, to Ali<sup>asws</sup> during his<sup>asws</sup> era. So he<sup>asws</sup> cut his hand. They came with him for a second time, so he<sup>asws</sup> cut his opposite leg (left leg). Then they came with him for a third time, so he<sup>asws</sup> imprisoned him for life, and spent upon him from the public treasury of the Muslims and said: ‘This is what Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> used to do. I<sup>asws</sup> will not oppose him<sup>saww</sup>’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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