Chapter on the Legal Punishment for Theft
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 12
وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ طَرِيفِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ اَلثَّوْرِيِّ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ جَعْفَرَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ سَرَقَ حُرَّةً فَبَاعَهَا فَقَالَ "فِيهَا أَرْبَعَةُ حُدُودٍ أَمَّا أَوَّلُهَا فَسَارِقٌ تُقْطَعُ يَدُهُ وَ اَلثَّانِيَةُ إِنْ كَانَ وَطِئَهَا جُلِدَ اَلْحَدَّ وَ عَلَى اَلَّذِي اِشْتَرَى إِنْ كَانَ وَطِئَهَا وَ قَدْ عَلِمَ إِنْ كَانَ مُحْصَناً رُجِمَ وَ إِنْ كَانَ غَيْرَ مُحْصَنٍ جُلِدَ اَلْحَدَّ وَ إِنْ كَانَ لَمْ يَعْلَمْ فَلاَ شَيْءَ عَلَيْهِ وَ لاَ عَلَيْهَا هِيَ وَ إِنْ كَانَ اِسْتَكْرَهَهَا فَلاَ شَيْءَ عَلَيْهَا وَ إِنْ كَانَتْ طَاوَعَتْهُ جُلِدَتِ اَلْحَدَّ".
It was narrated from Tarif ibn Sinan Al-Thawri who said: I asked Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام about a man who stole a free woman and sold her. Imam عليه السلام said: "There are four legal punishments in this case. The first is that since he stole, his hand is to be cut off. The second is that if he had intercourse with her, he is to be flogged with the legal punishment. The third is upon the one who bought her: if he had intercourse with her and knew her status, then if he was married (muhsan), he is to be stoned, and if he was unmarried (non-muhsan), he is to be flogged with the legal punishment. However, if he did not know (her status), then there is nothing upon him or upon her. The fourth is that if she was forced into it, there is no punishment upon her, but if she consented, she is to be flogged with the legal punishment."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh