رَوَى السَّكُونِيُّ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ آبَائِهِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ع أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ أَبْصَرَ طَيْراً فَتَبِعَهُ حَتَّى وَقَعَ عَلَى شَجَرَةٍ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ فَأَخَذَهُ فَقَالَ
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لِلْعَيْنِ مَا رَأَتْ وَ لِلْيَدِ مَا أَخَذَتْ.
English translationBab Ul Qaim Publications
Hadith.3431 - Al-Sakuni narrated from Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) from his father, Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as), from his forefathers, from Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as): He (as) was asked about a man who saw a bird and followed it until it landed on a tree. Then another man came and took it. Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) said: "What the eye sees belongs to it, and what the hand takes belongs to it."
Translation: Bab Ul Qaim Publications·Thaqalayn link·The Arabic above is the original.