Ali Bin Ibraahim, from his father and Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Al Fazl Bin Shazaan, altogether from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hafs Bin Al Bakhtary who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah asws saying: ‘Penalty ( Hadd ) of the grave robber is the Penalty (Hadd) of the thief’.

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Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Adam Bin Is’haq, from Abdullah Bin Muhammad Al Ju’fy who said, ‘I was in the presence of Abu Ja’far asws and there came to him asws a letter of Hisham Bin Abdul Malik (the Caliph) regarding, (saying), ‘A man robbed the grave of a woman, so he took her clothes, then copulated with her. So the people have differed against us over here. So there is a group which are saying, ‘Kill him’, and a group is saying, ‘Burn him’’. So Abu Ja’far asws wrote to him: ‘The sanctity of the deceased is like the sanctity of the living. His Penalty ( Hadd ) is that his hand would be cut due to his robbing the grave and stealing the clothes, and the Penalty ( Hadd ) with regards to adultery would be established upon him – if he was married, stoning, and if he was not married, one hundred lashes’.

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Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from someone else from our companions who said, ‘They came to Amir Al-Momineen asws with a grave robber man. So Amir Al-Momineen asws grabbed him by his hair, and struck him down on the ground. Then he asws ordered the people that they should trample upon him with their feet. So he was trampled until he died’.

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Habeen Bin Al Hassan, from Muhammad Bin Al Waleed, from Amro Bin Sabit, from Abu Al Jaroud, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen asws said: ‘The thief of the dead would be cut just as the thief of the living is cut’.

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From him, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Hameed Al Attar, from Sayyar, from Zayd Al Shahaam, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘A grave robber was seized in the era of Muawiya, so he said to his companions, ‘What are your views?’ So they said, ‘Punish him and free his way’. So a man from the people said, ‘This is not what Ali asws Bin Abu Talib asws did’. He (Muawiya) said, ‘So what did he asws do?’ So he said, ‘He cut (the hand) of the grave robber and said, ‘He is a thief, and a desecrator of the dead’.

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Muhammad Bin Ja’far Al Kufy, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Hameed, from Sayf Bin Umeyra, from Mansour Bin Hazim who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah asws saying: ‘The grave robber, and the pick-pocket would be cut, and the embezzler would not be cut’.

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