Chapter on the Legal Punishment for Theft
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 12
وَ رُوِيَ: "أَنَّ عَلِيّاً عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَطَعَ نَبَّاشَ اَلْقَبْرِ فَقِيلَ لَهُ أَ تَقْطَعُ فِي اَلْمَوْتَى فَقَالَ "إِنَّا لَنَقْطَعُ لِأَمْوَاتِنَا كَمَا نَقْطَعُ لِأَحْيَائِنَا" ".
It has been narrated that Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib عليه السلام ordered the hand of a grave robber to be cut off. Imam عليه السلام was asked: "Do you cut off (the hand) for stealing from the dead?" Imam عليه السلام replied: "We cut for our dead just as we cut for our living."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh