[Machine] That two men went to Ali and testified against a man that he stole. So Ali cut off his hand. Then they came to him with another man and said, "This is the one who stole, and we made a mistake with the first one." So their testimony was not accepted regarding the second man, and he fined them the blood money of the first one and said, "If I knew that you intentionally made a mistake, I would have cut off both of your hands."

أَنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ أَتَيَا عَلِيًّا ؓ فَشَهِدَا عَلَى رَجُلٍ أَنَّهُ سَرَقَ فَقَطَعَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ يَدَهُ ثُمَّ أَتَيَاهُ بِآخَرَ فَقَالَا هَذَا الَّذِي سَرَقَ وَأَخْطَأْنَا عَلَى الْأَوَّلِ فَلَمْ يُجِزْ شَهَادَتَهُمَا عَلَى الْآخَرِ وَغَرَّمَهُمَا دِيَةَ يَدِ الْأَوَّلِ وَقَالَ لَوْ أَعْلَمُكُمَا تَعَمَّدْتُمَا لَقَطَعْتُكُمَا

[Machine] Two men testified before Ali that a man had committed theft, so Ali cut off the hand of the first man. Then they brought another man and said, "This is the thief, not the first one." Ali then expressed his satisfaction with the testimony of both witnesses and decided to pay the blood money for the severed hand of the first man. He said, "If I had known that you two were lying, I would have cut off both of your hands." This saying is also recorded by Hushaym, and in the narration of Sufyan from Muttarif, they said, "We made a mistake regarding the first man."

أَنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ شَهِدَا عِنْدَ عَلِيٍّ ؓ عَلَى رَجُلٍ بِالسَّرِقَةِ فَقَطَعَ عَلِيٌّ يَدَهُ ثُمَّ جَاءَا بِآخَرَ فَقَالَا هَذَا هُوَ السَّارِقُ لَا الْأَوَّلُ فَأْغَرَمَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ الشَّاهِدَيْنِ دِيَةَ يَدِ الْمَقْطُوعِ الْأَوَّلِ وَقَالَ لَوْ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكُمَا تَعَمَّدْتُمَا لَقَطَعْتُ أَيْدِيَكُمَا وَلَمْ يَقْطَعِ الثَّانِيَ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ هُشَيْمٍ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ فَقَالَا وَأَخْطَأْنَا عَلَى الْأَوَّلِ