Al-Kafi 13841

Translation

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Muhammad Bin Abdullah Bin Hilal, from his father, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^asws, said, ‘I said to him^asws, ‘Inform me about the thief, why is his right hand and his left leg cut, and his right hand and his right leg is not cut?’ So he^asws said: ‘How good is what you have asked. When his right hand and right leg is cut, he would fall upon his left side, and he would not be able to stand. So when his right hand and his left leg are cut, he would balance and be able to stand straight’. I said to him^asws, ‘May I be sacrificed for you^asws! And how can he stand and his leg has been cut?’ He^asws said: ‘The cutting is not from where you view as him being cut. But rather, the man would be cut from the lower part of the foot, and there would be left from his foot upon which he can stand to Pray and worship Allah^azwj’. I said to him^asws, ‘From where would the hand be cut?’ He^asws said: ‘The four fingers would be cut, and the thumb would be left, so he can depend upon it during the Prayer, and he can wash his face with it for the Prayer’. I said, ‘So this is the cutting from the first one who was cut (in such a manner)?’ He^asws said: ‘It was Usman Bin Affan who made that good for Muawiya’.

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