Chapter on the Legal Punishment for Theft
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 12
وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ اَلسَّكُونِيِّ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: "لاَ يُقْطَعُ اَلسَّارِقُ فِي عَامِ سَنَةٍ مُجْدِبَةٍ".
In the narration of Al-Sakuni from Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام from his father, Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir عليه السلام, that he said: "The hand of a thief is not to be cut off during a year of drought."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh