5119 - وَ رُوِيَ: "أَنَّ عَلِيّاً عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَطَعَ نَبَّاشَ اَلْقَبْرِ فَقِيلَ لَهُ أَ تَقْطَعُ فِي اَلْمَوْتَى فَقَالَ "إِنَّا لَنَقْطَعُ لِأَمْوَاتِنَا كَمَا نَقْطَعُ لِأَحْيَائِنَا" ".
Hadith.5119 - It has been narrated that Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib ordered the hand of a grave robber to be cut off.
Imam
was asked: "Do you cut off (the hand) for stealing from the dead?"
Imam
replied: "We cut for our dead just as we cut for our living."