قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) فِي رَجُلٍ اخْتَلَسَ ثَوْباً مِنَ السُّوقِ فَقَالُوا قَدْ سَرَقَ هَذَا الرَّجُلُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي لَا أَقْطَعُ فِي الدَّغَارَةِ الْمُعْلَنَةِ وَ لَكِنْ أَقْطَعُ يَدَ مَنْ يَأْخُذُ ثُمَّ يُخْفِي .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, and a number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad altogether, from Ibn Abu Najran, from Aasim Bin Humeyd, from Muhammad Bin Qasy, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup> judged regarding a man who pilferred clothes from the market. So they said, ‘This man has stolen’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said, ‘I<sup>asws</sup> do not cut with regardsin the <span class="iTxt">Al-Dagara</span> (picking up somebody else’s belongings) openly, but I<sup>asws</sup> cut a hand of the one who takes, then hides’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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