Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, and Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, altogether from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hammad, from Al Halby, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws , said, ‘I said to him asws , ‘From where is the cutting (of the hand) Obligated?’ So he asws extended his fingers and said: ‘For over here, meaning from the hinge of the palm’.

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Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from Abu baseer, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘The cutting (of the hand) is from the middle of the palm, and the thumb is not cut; and when the foot is cut, the heel is not cut’.

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Humeyd Bin Ziyad, from Al Hassan Bin Muhammad Bin Sama’at, from someone else, from Aban Bin Usman, from Zurara, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws having said: ‘Ali asws did not increased upon cutting of the hand and the leg, and he asws was saying, I asws am embarassed from my asws Lord azwj that I asws should leave him not having for him what he can wash himself with (from toilet), or clean himself with’. He (the narrator) said, ‘And I asked him asws , ‘If he were to steal after cutting of the hand and the leg?’ So he asws said: ‘I asws would leave him in the prison forever, and make the people to be free from his evil’.

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Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, and a number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, altogether 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 the thief: ‘When he steals, cut off his right hand, and when he steals again, cut off his left leg. Then if he were to steal again, imprison him and leave his right leg to walk upon it to the WC, and his left hand, he can eat with it, and wash himself (from the WC) with it’. And he asws said: ‘I asws am embarassed from Allah azwj that I asws would leave him not being able to do anything, but I asws would imprison him until he dies in the prison’. And he asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah saww did not cut (anymore) from a thief after (having cut) his hand and his leg’.

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A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Al Nazar Bin Suweyd, from Al Qasim, (the narrator) says, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about a man who stole, so he asws said: ‘I asws heard my asws father asws saying, ‘They came with a man who had stolen, to Ali asws during his asws era. So he asws cut his hand. They came with him for a second time, so he asws cut his opposite leg (left leg). Then they came with him for a third time, so he asws imprisoned him for life, and spent upon him from the public treasury of the Muslims and said: ‘This is what Rasool-Allah saww used to do. I asws will not oppose him saww ’.

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Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Safwan Bin Yahy, from Shuayb, from Abu Baseer, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘Cut the thieving man after cutting the hand, then do not cut afterwards. So if he repeats, withhold him in the prison, and spend upon him from the public treasury of the Muslims’.

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Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, and a number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, altogether 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 whom he asws ordered for his right hand to be cut. So he placed forward his left hand, so they cut it off, and reckoned it as his right, and they said, ‘But rather, we have cut off his left, shall his right be cut off (as well)?’ So he asws said: ‘His right hand would not be cut off, and his left has already been cut’. And he asws said regarding a man who took a helmet from the war booty, and they said, ‘He has stolen, so cut him’. So he asws said: ‘I asws would not cut any who is a participant in what he has taken’.

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A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from usman Bin Isa, from Sama’at Bin Mahran who said, ‘When the thief is seized, cut his hand from the middle of the palm. So if he were to repeat, cut his left foot from the middle. So if he repeats, leave him in the prison. So if he steals in the prison, kill (him)’.

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Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hisham Bin Salim, from Suleyman Bin Khalid who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about a man who stole something, but he argued from it. So he was whipped. So he came with it (the stolen item) exactly. Would the cutting be Obligated upon him?’ He asws said: ‘Yes. But, had he acknowledged, and did not come with the stolen item, his hand would not be cut, because he would have acknowledged (his theft) upon the punishment’.

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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’.

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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’.

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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’.

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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’.

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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)’.

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Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Mansour Bin Hazim, from Suleyman Bin Khalid who said, ‘Abu Abdullah asws said: ‘When thief steals, his hand it cut, and he has to compensate for whatever he has taken (stolen)’.

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Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ibn Mahboub, from Abdullah Bin Sinan, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws regarding a man with a crippled right hand, or a crippled left hand, steals’. He asws said: ‘His right hand would be cut upon every state’.

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Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Muhammad Bin Abdullah Bin Hilal, from his father, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws , said, ‘I said to him asws , ‘Inform me about the thief, why is his right hand and his left leg cut, and his right hand and his right leg is not cut?’ So he asws said: ‘How good is what you have asked. When his right hand and right leg is cut, he would fall upon his left side, and he would not be able to stand. So when his right hand and his left leg are cut, he would balance and be able to stand straight’. I said to him asws , ‘May I be sacrificed for you asws ! And how can he stand and his leg has been cut?’ He asws said: ‘The cutting is not from where you view as him being cut. But rather, the man would be cut from the lower part of the foot, and there would be left from his foot upon which he can stand to Pray and worship Allah azwj ’. I said to him asws , ‘From where would the hand be cut?’ He asws said: ‘The four fingers would be cut, and the thumb would be left, so he can depend upon it during the Prayer, and he can wash his face with it for the Prayer’. I said, ‘So this is the cutting from the first one who was cut (in such a manner)?’ He asws said: ‘It was Usman Bin Affan who made that good for Muawiya’.

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