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bayhaqi:17274Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh al-Khusrawjirdī > Abū Bakr al-Ismāʿīlī > Ibn Zaydān > Abū Kurayb > Ḥafṣ > al-Aʿmash > al-Qāsim b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman from his father > Raʾayt

[Machine] I saw Ali. He caught a thief twice, so he cut off his hand and hung it around his neck. It is as if I am seeing his hand hitting his chest.  

البيهقي:١٧٢٧٤وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْخُسْرَوْجِرْدِيُّ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيُّ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ زَيْدَانَ ثنا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ ثنا حَفْصٌ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا ؓ أَقَرَّ عِنْدَهُ سَارِقٌ مَرَّتَيْنِ فَقَطَعَ يَدَهُ وَعَلَّقَهَا فِي عُنُقِهِ فَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى يَدِهِ تَضْرِبُ صَدْرَهُ