قَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) فِي رَجُلٍ جَاءَ بِهِ رَجُلَانِ وَ قَالَا إِنَّ هَذَا سَرَقَ دِرْعاً فَجَعَلَ الرَّجُلُ يُنَاشِدُهُ لَمَّا نَظَرَ فِي الْبَيِّنَةِ وَ جَعَلَ يَقُولُ وَ اللَّهِ لَوْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) مَا قَطَعَ يَدِي أَبَداً قَالَ وَ لِمَ قَالَ يُخْبِرُهُ رَبُّهُ أَنِّي بَرِيءٌ فَيُبَرِّئُنِي بِبَرَاءَتِي فَلَمَّا رَأَى مُنَاشَدَتَهُ إِيَّاهُ دَعَا الشَّاهِدَيْنِ وَ قَالَ اتَّقِيَا اللَّهَ وَ لَا تَقْطَعَا يَدَ الرَّجُلِ ظُلْماً وَ نَاشَدَهُمَا ثُمَّ قَالَ لِيَقْطَعْ أَحَدُكُمَا يَدَهُ وَ يُمْسِكَ الْآخَرُ يَدَهُ فَلَمَّا تَقَدَّمَا إِلَى الْمِصْطَبَّةِ لِيَقْطَعَ يَدَهُ ضَرَبَ النَّاسَ حَتَّى اخْتَلَطُوا فَلَمَّا اخْتَلَطُوا أَرْسَلَا الرَّجُلَ فِي غُمَارِ النَّاسِ حَتَّى اخْتَلَطَا بِالنَّاسِ فَجَاءَ الَّذِي شَهِدَا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ شَهِدَ عَلَيَّ الرَّجُلَانِ ظُلْماً فَلَمَّا ضَرَبَ النَّاسَ وَ اخْتَلَطُوا أَرْسَلَانِي وَ فَرَّا وَ لَوْ كَانَا صَادِقَيْنِ لَمْ يُرْسِلَانِي فَقَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) مَنْ يَدُلُّنِي عَلَى هَذَيْنِ أُنَكِّلْهُمَا .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Najran, from Aasim Bin Humeyd, from Muhammad Bin Qays, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup> judged regarding a man who was brought by two men who both said, ‘This one stole an armour’. When the man saw the proof he started adjuring and went on saying, ‘By Allah<sup>azwj</sup>! If Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> was around, my hand would not be cut, ever!’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘And why not?’ He said, ‘His<sup>saww</sup> Lord<sup>azwj</sup> would have Informed him<sup>saww</sup> that I was innocent, so he<sup>saww</sup> would have freed me due to my innocence’. So when he<sup>asws</sup> saw his adjuring, he<sup>asws</sup> called the two witnesses and said: ‘Both of you fear Allah<sup>azwj</sup> and do not cut the hand of the man unjustly’, and he<sup>asws</sup> adjured both of them. Then he<sup>asws</sup> said, ‘Let one of you cut his hand, while the other one holds his hand’. So when they both went to the outdoor place to cut his hand, the people crowded until they got mixed. So when they were mixed with the people, they sent the man away in the crowd of the people until he was mixed with the people. So the one against who they had testified came over, so he said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup>! Two men testified against me unjustly. So when the people crowded and mixed, they sent me and fled, and had they both been truthful they would never have sent me away’. So Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The one who can point me to these two, I<sup>asws</sup> will treat them harshly’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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