Hadith record

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 asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws 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 azwj ! If Rasool-Allah saww was around, my hand would not be cut, ever!’ He asws said: ‘And why not?’ He said, ‘His saww Lord azwj would have Informed him saww that I was innocent, so he saww would have freed me due to my innocence’. So when he asws saw his adjuring, he asws called the two witnesses and said: ‘Both of you fear Allah azwj and do not cut the hand of the man unjustly’, and he asws adjured both of them. Then he asws 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 asws ! 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 asws said: ‘The one who can point me to these two, I asws will treat them harshly’.

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