سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) عَنْ قَاطِعِ الطَّرِيقِ وَ قُلْتُ إِنَّ النَّاسَ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّ الْإِمَامَ فِيهِ مُخَيَّرٌ أَيَّ شَيْءٍ شَاءَ صَنَعَ قَالَ لَيْسَ أَيَّ شَيْءٍ شَاءَ صَنَعَ وَ لَكِنَّهُ يَصْنَعُ بِهِمْ عَلَى قَدْرِ جِنَايَاتِهِمْ مَنْ قَطَعَ الطَّرِيقَ فَقَتَلَ وَ أَخَذَ الْمَالَ قُطِعَتْ يَدُهُ وَ رِجْلُهُ وَ صُلِبَ وَ مَنْ قَطَعَ الطَّرِيقَ فَقَتَلَ وَ لَمْ يَأْخُذِ الْمَالَ قُتِلَ وَ مَنْ قَطَعَ الطَّرِيقَ وَ أَخَذَ الْمَالَ وَ لَمْ يَقْتُلْ قُطِعَتْ يَدُهُ وَ رِجْلُهُ [مِنْ خِلَافِهِ] وَ مَنْ قَطَعَ الطَّرِيقَ وَ لَمْ يَأْخُذْ مَالًا وَ لَمْ يَقْتُلْ نُفِيَ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ .
Translation
Ali Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hassan Al Taymi, from Ali Bin Asbat, from Dawood Bin Abu Yazeed, from Ubeyda Bin Basheer Al Khash’amy who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> about the cutter of the way (bandit), and I said, ‘The people are saying that the Imam<sup>asws</sup> has a choice in it which thing he<sup>asws</sup> so desires to do’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘It is not which thing he<sup>asws</sup> so desires to do, but he<sup>asws</sup> would deal with them in accordance with their crimes. The one who cuts off the way, so he kills and seizes the property, his hand and his leg would be cut, and he would be cruficified. And the one who cuts off the way, so he kills and does not seize the property, he would be killed. And the one who cuts off the way, and seizes the property, and does not kill, his hand and his leg would be cut (from opposite sides). And the one who cuts off the way and does not seize the property, and does not kill, he would be exiled from the land’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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