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Hadith 132
penalties
5100 - وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ غِيَاثِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَلَيْهِمَا اَلسَّلاَمُ : "أَنَّ عَلِيّاً عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أُتِيَ بِالْكُوفَةِ بِرَجُلٍ سَرَقَ حَمَاماً فَلَمْ يَقْطَعْهُ وَ قَالَ "لاَ أَقْطَعُ فِي اَلطَّيْرِ" ".
Hadith.5100 - In the narration of Ghiyath ibn Ibrahim from Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) from his father, Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as), it is reported: "Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) was presented in Kufa with a man who had stolen a pigeon, but he did not cut off his hand and said: 'I do not cut off (a hand) for stealing birds.'"
Source: Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq