الكافي- ط الاسلامية, volume 7, page 224

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hammad, from Al Halby who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about a man who pierced a hole in a house (to steal), but he was seized before he could arrive to anything. He asws said: ‘He would be punished. So if he was seized and he had extracted goods (from the house), so upon him would be the cutting (of the hand)’. He (the narrator) said, ‘And I asked him asws about a man who was seized and he was carrying a bundle of clothes, and said that the owner of the house had given these to him’. He asws said: ‘The cutting would be staved off from him except if the proof is established upon him. So if the proof is established upon him, his (hand) would be cut’. He asws said: ‘The hand and the leg would be cut, then no other (parts) of his be cut afterwards, but if he were to repeat, he would be imprisoned and would be expended upon from the public treasury of the Muslims’.

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

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al Nowfaly, from al Sakuny, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws said regarding the thief: ‘When he is seized and he has taken the goods, and he is in the house and not having come out. So he asws said: ‘There is no cutting upon him until he comes out with it (the goods) from the house’.

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

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad and Ali Bi Ibrahim, from his father, altogether from Ibn Mahboub, from Abdul Rahman Bin Al Hajjaj, from Bukeyr Bin Ayn, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws regarding a man who stole but they were not able over (catching him). Then he stole again but they were not able over (catching) him, and he stole again, so he was seized. So the proof came, and they (witnesses) testified against him with the earlier ones and the last theft. So he asws said: ‘His hand would be cut due to the first theft and his leg would not be cut due to the second theft’. So it was said, ‘So how come that is so?’ So he asws said: ‘Because the witnessed testified together in one place with the first theft and the last one, before he had been cut due to the first theft. And had the witnesses testified against him with the first theft, then waited until he was cut, then testified against him with the last theft, his left leg would be cut’.

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

Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Safwan, from Is’haq Bin Ammar, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ibrahim asws (7 th Imam asws ) having said: ‘The hand of the thief would be cut and his thumb would be left alone along with the centre of the palm; and his leg would be cut and his sole would be left alone so he can walk upon it’.

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

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah, from Usman Bin Isa, from Sama’at who said, ‘Abu Abdullah asws said: ‘They came to Amir Al-Momineen asws with men who had stolen. So he cut their hands, then said: ‘That which has spearated from your bodies has arrived to the fire. So if you were to repent, you would pull it (out from the Fire of Hell), and if you do not repent, it would pull you (into the Fire of Hell)’.

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