[Machine] From the people of Yemen, a man who had his hand and foot cut off came to Abu Bakr as-Siddiq and complained to him that the governor of Yemen had treated him unjustly. He used to pray at night and Abu Bakr would say to him, "And your father, does he not have a night like yours, you thief?" Then they noticed that some jewelry belonging to Asma bint Umays, the wife of Abu Bakr, was missing. The man started accompanying them and saying, "O Allah, curse the person who has hidden this righteous family's jewelry." They found the jewelry with a goldsmith, and it was discovered that the man with the cut-off hand was the thief. The man admitted to his crime, or witnesses testified against him, so Abu Bakr ordered that his left hand be cut off. Abu Bakr said, "I swear by Allah, his invocation against himself is more severe to me than his theft."
مِنْ أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ أَقْطَعَ الْيَدِ وَالرِّجْلِ قَدِمَ عَلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ ؓ فَشَكَا إِلَيْهِ أَنَّ عَامَلَ الْيَمَنِ ظَلَمَهُ وَكَانَ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَيَقُولُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ وَأَبِيكَ مَا لَيْلُكَ بِلَيْلِ سَارِقٍ ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمُ افْتَقَدُوا حُلِيًّا لِأَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ عُمَيْسٍ ؓ امْرَأَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ فَجَعَلَ الرَّجُلُ يَطُوفُ مَعَهُمْ وَيَقُولُ اللهُمَّ عَلَيْكَ بِمَنْ بَيَّتَ أَهْلَ هَذَا الْبَيْتِ الصَّالِحِ فَوَجَدُوا الْحُلِيَّ عِنْدَ صَائِغً وَإِنَّ الْأَقْطَعَ جَاءَ بِهِ فَاعْتَرَفَ الْأَقْطَعُ أَوْ شُهِدَ عَلَيْهِ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ فَقُطِعَتْ يَدُهُ الْيُسْرَى وَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ وَاللهِ لَدُعَاؤُهُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ أَشَدُّ عِنْدِي مِنْ سَرِقَتِهِ