سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) يَقُولُ أُتِيَ عَلِيٌّ ( عليه السلام ) بِغُلَامٍ قَدْ سَرَقَ فَطَرَّفَ أَصَابِعَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَمَا لَئِنْ عُدْتَ لَأَقْطَعَنَّهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ أَمَا إِنَّهُ مَا عَمِلَهُ إِلَّا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) وَ أَنَا .
Translation
Humeyd Bin Ziyad, from Ibn Sama’at, from someone else, from his companion, from Aban Bin Usman, from Zurara who said, ‘I heard Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> saying: ‘They came to Ali<sup>asws</sup> with a boy who had stolen. So he<sup>asws</sup> scratched his fingers, then said: ‘But, if you were to repeat, I would cut these’. Then he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘But it has not been done except by Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> and myself<sup>asws</sup>’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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