Chapter on the Legal Punishment for Theft
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 12
وَ رَوَى عَلِيُّ بْنُ رِئَابٍ عَنْ ضُرَيْسٍ اَلْكُنَاسِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: "اَلْعَبْدُ إِذَا أَقَرَّ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ عِنْدَ اَلْإِمَامِ مَرَّةً أَنَّهُ سَرَقَ قَطَعَهُ وَ اَلْأَمَةُ إِذَا أَقَرَّتْ عَلَى نَفْسِهَا عِنْدَ اَلْإِمَامِ بِالسَّرِقَةِ قَطَعَهَا".
Ali ibn Ri'ab narrated from Ḍurays Al-Kunasi from Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir عليه السلام who said: "If a male slave confesses to theft once before the Imam, his hand is to be cut off. Likewise, if a female slave confesses to theft before the Imam, her hand is to be cut off."
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