سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الصَّبِيِّ يَسْرِقُ قَالَ إِذَا سَرَقَ مَرَّةً وَ هُوَ صَغِيرٌ عُفِيَ عَنْهُ فَإِنْ عَادَ عُفِيَ عَنْهُ فَإِنْ عَادَ قُطِعَ بَنَانُهُ فَإِنْ عَادَ قُطِعَ أَسْفَلُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ .
Translation
Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Safwan, from Al A’ala Bin Razeyn, from Muhammad Bin Muslim, (It has been narrated) from one of the two (5<sup>th</sup> or 6<sup>th</sup> Imam<sup>asws</sup>), said, ‘I asked him<sup>asws</sup> about the child who steals. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘When he steals once and he is small, he would be excused from it. So if he repeats, he would be excused from it. So if he repeats, his fingertip would be cut. So if he repeats, he would be cut lower than that’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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