Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 30472 — A man who steals from the public

It is narrated from Ibn Ubayd bin al-Abras that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was distributing weapons in an open ground when a man took a chain-mail helmet and put it on his head. Another man found him in that state and brought him to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). He did not cut off his hand, and he said: He too has a share in the property.