رَجُلٍ سَرَقَ فَلَمْ يُقْدَرْ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ سَرَقَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى فَلَمْ يُقْدَرْ عَلَيْهِ وَ سَرَقَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى فَأُخِذَ فَجَاءَتِ الْبَيِّنَةُ فَشَهِدُوا عَلَيْهِ بِالسَّرِقَةِ الْأُولَى وَ السَّرِقَةِ الْأَخِيرَةِ فَقَالَ تُقْطَعُ يَدُهُ بِالسَّرِقَةِ الْأُولَى وَ لَا تُقْطَعُ رِجْلُهُ بِالسَّرِقَةِ الْأَخِيرَةِ فَقِيلَ كَيْفَ ذَاكَ فَقَالَ لِأَنَّ الشُّهُودَ شَهِدُوا جَمِيعاً فِي مَقَامٍ وَاحِدٍ بِالسَّرِقَةِ الْأُولَى وَ الْأَخِيرَةِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُقْطَعَ بِالسَّرِقَةِ الْأُولَى وَ لَوْ أَنَّ الشُّهُودَ شَهِدُوا عَلَيْهِ بِالسَّرِقَةِ الْأُولَى ثُمَّ أَمْسَكُوا حَتَّى يُقْطَعَ ثُمَّ شَهِدُوا عَلَيْهِ بِالسَّرِقَةِ الْأَخِيرَةِ قُطِعَتْ رِجْلُهُ الْيُسْرَى .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad and Ali Bi Ibrahim, from his father, altogether from Ibn Mahboub, from Abdul Rahman Bin Al Hajjaj, from Bukeyr Bin Ayn, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> regarding a man who stole but they were not able over (catching him). Then he stole again but they were not able over (catching) him, and he stole again, so he was seized. So the proof came, and they (witnesses) testified against him with the earlier ones and the last theft. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘His hand would be cut due to the first theft and his leg would not be cut due to the second theft’. So it was said, ‘So how come that is so?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Because the witnessed testified together in one place with the first theft and the last one, before he had been cut due to the first theft. And had the witnesses testified against him with the first theft, then waited until he was cut, then testified against him with the last theft, his left leg would be cut’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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