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Bayhaqi 17258 — s on cutting off the hand and foot for theft

: قَالَ الشَّيْخُ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو، قَالَا: ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، ثنا أَبُو الْجَوَّابِ، ثنا عَمَّارٌ، عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الزَّعْرَاءِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ إِذَا أَخَذَ اللِّصَّ قَطَعَهُ، ثُمَّ حَسَمَهُ، ثُمَّ أَلْقَاهُ فِي السِّجْنِ، فَإِذَا بَرِئُوا وَأَرَادَ أَنْ يُخْرِجَهُمْ، فَقَالَ: ارْفَعُوا أَيْدِيَكُمْ إِلَى اللهِ، كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهَا كَأَنَّهَا أُيُورُ الْحُمُرِ، فَيَقُولُ: مَنْ قَطَعَكُمْ؟ فَيَقُولُونَ: عَلِيٌّ، فَيَقُولُ: اللهُمَّ صَدَقُوا، فِيكَ قَطَعْتُهُمْ، وَفِيكَ أَرْسَلْتُهُمْ قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمَدِينِيِّ: فِي الْإِسْنَادِ الْأَوَّلِ، وَالْحَدِيثُ عِنْدِي حَدِيثُ ابْنِ أَبْجَرَ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ: وَكَأَنَّهُ كَانَ يَأْمُرُ بِتَعَهُّدِهِمْ حَتَّى يَبْرَءُوا، لَا أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَحْبِسُهُمْ تَعْزِيرَا، فَقَدْ رَوَى سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: حَبْسُ الْإِمَامِ بَعْدَ إِقَامَةِ الْحَدِّ ظُلْمٌ.
Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that when he caught a thief, he would cut off his hand, then cauterize it, then put him in prison. When they had recovered and he wanted to release them, he said: Raise your hands to Allah. (The narrator said:) It is as if I am looking at them, as though they were donkeys' members. He would say: Who cut off your hands? They would say: Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). He would say: O Allah, they have spoken the truth; for Your sake I cut them, and for Your sake I released them.
The Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) said: It seems he used to order that they be looked after until they healed, not that he imprisoned them as a ta'zir (discretionary) punishment.
Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: For the ruler to imprison [a person] after the hadd has been carried out is injustice.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب السرقة / 17258