الكافي- ط الاسلامية, volume 7, page 233

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad and Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, altogether from Ibn Mahboub, from Abdullah Bin Sinan, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws regarding the child who steals. He asws said: ‘He would be excused from it once. So if he repeats, his fingertips would be cut, or they would be scratched until they bleed. So he if repeats, his fingers would be cut. So if he repeats, he would be cut lower than that’.

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

Humeyd Bin Ziyad, from Ibn Sama’at, from someone else, from his companion, from Aban Bin Usman, from Zurara who said, ‘I heard Abu Ja’far asws saying: ‘They came to Ali asws with a boy who had stolen. So he asws scratched his fingers, then said: ‘But, if you were to repeat, I would cut these’. Then he asws said: ‘But it has not been done except by Rasool-Allah saww and myself asws ’.

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

Aban, from Abdul Rahman Bin Abu Abdullah, Abu Abdullah asws has said: ‘When the child steals and he has yet to bed-wet, the ends of his fingers would be cut’. And Ali asws said: ‘It has not been done except by Rasool-Allah saww and myself asws ’.

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

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from one of his companions, from Al A’la Bin Razeyn, from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said, ‘I asked Abu Ja’far asws about the child who stole, so he asws said: ‘If he was nine years of age, his hand would be cut, and a Penalty ( Hadd ) from the Penalties of Allah azwj would not be wasted’.

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

Al Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Moala Bin Muhammad, from Al Washa, from Aban, from Razeyn who said, ‘I heard Abu Ja’far asws saying: ‘They came to Ali asws with a boy who had stolen, so he asws scratched his fingers, then said: ‘But, if you were to repeat, I asws would cut these’. Then he asws said: ‘But, it was not done except by Rasool-Allah saww and myself asws ’.

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

Humeyd Bin ziyad, from Ubeydullah Bin Ahmad Al Naheyki, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from a number of companions, from Muhammad Bin Khalid Bin Abdullah Al Qasary who said, ‘I was at Al-Medina, so they came with a boy who had stolen. So I asked Abu Abdullah asws about it, so he asws said: ‘Ask him that when he stole, did he know that with regards to the stealing there would be punishment upon him? So if he says yes, so say to him, ‘Which is that punishment?’ So if he does not know that upon him, with regards to the theft, is the cutting, so free him from it’. He said, ‘So I seized the boy and asked him, and said to him, ‘Did you know that regarding the theft is punishment?’ He said, ‘Yes’. I said, ‘Which thing is it?’ He said, ‘The whipping’. So I freed him from it’.

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