Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 30136 — A thief whose hand and foot are cut

Ja'far's father reports that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) would not go beyond cutting off one hand and one foot of the thief. When he was brought to him after that, he would say: "I feel ashamed that he should be unable even to purify himself for his prayer. Rather, keep his evil away from the Muslims, and spend on him from the public treasury."