Hadith record

Ali Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad Al Mahmoudy, from his father, from Yunus, from Al Husayn Bin Khalid, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws , said, ‘I heard him asws saying: ‘It is Obligatory upon the Imam asws when he asws finds a man committing adultery, or drinking the wine, that he asws should established the Penalty ( Hadd ) upon him, and he asws is not needy of any proof along with his asws vision, because he asws is a Trustee of Allah azwj among His azwj creatures. And when he asws looks at a man who steals, so it is Obligatory upon him asws that he asws reprimands him, and forbids him, and goes and leaves him’. I said, ‘How can that be so?’ He asws said: ‘Because the truth, if it was for the Sake of Allah azwj , so it is Obligatory upon the Imam asws to stand by it, and when it was for the people, so it is for the people (to stand by it)’.

Translation: HubeAli — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.