Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa Bin Ubeyd, from Yunus, from Abdullah Bin Sinan who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah asws about the child who steals. He asws said: ‘He would be excused from it once, and twice, and he would be rebuked during the third. So if he repeats, a bit of his finger would be cut. So if he repeats, lower than that would be cut’.

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Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Safwan, from Al A’ala Bin Razeyn, from Muhammad Bin Muslim, (It has been narrated) from one of the two (5 th or 6 th Imam asws ), said, ‘I asked him asws about the child who steals. He asws said: ‘When he steals once and he is small, he would be excused from it. So if he repeats, he would be excused from it. So if he repeats, his fingertip would be cut. So if he repeats, he would be cut lower than that’.

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From him, from Safwan, from Is’haq Bin Ammar, said, ‘I said to Abu Ibrahim asws (7 th Imam asws ), ‘The children, when they came with them, Ali asws cut their fingertips from where did he asws cut?’ So he asws said: ‘From the joints, the joints of the fingertips’.

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Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hammad Bin Usman, from Al Halby, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah asws having said: ‘When the child steals, he would be excused from it. So if he repeats, he is rebuked. So if he repeats, the ends of the fingers are cut. So if he repeats, he would be cut lower than that’. And he asws said: ‘They came to Ali asws with a boy, there was doubt with regards to him having bed-wetted yet. So he asws cut the ends of the fingers’.

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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: ‘They came to Ali asws with an unmarried girl who had stolen. So he asws lashed her with a whip and did not cut her’.

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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’.

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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 ’.

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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 ’.

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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’.

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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 ’.

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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’.

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