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suyuti:4-2796b – Ibn Labyd > Shahidt ʿAliyyā Uti Birajul Ākhtalas from a man Thawb > al-Mukhtalis
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السيوطي:٤-٢٧٩٦b –

"عَنِ ابْنِ لَبيدٍ قَالَ: شَهِدتُ عَلِيّا أُتِىَ بِرَجُلٍ اخْتَلَسَ مِنْ رَجُلٍ ثَوْبًا، فَقَالَ الْمُخْتَلِسُ: إِنِّى كُنْتُ أَعْرِفُهُ ، فَلَمْ يَقْطَعْهُ عَلِىٌّ".  

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bayhaqi:17294 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū ʿAmr b. Maṭar > Yaḥyá b. Muḥammad > ʿUbaydullāh b. Muʿādh from my father > Shuʿbah > Simāk > Ibn Liʿubayd b. al-Abraṣ > Shahidt ʿAlī Utī Birajul Ākhtalas from a man Thawbah > al-Mukhtalis

[Machine] I witnessed Ali bring a man who had stolen someone's garment. The thief said, "I knew the owner of this garment, but Ali did not cut him off."  

البيهقي:١٧٢٩٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو عَمْرِو بْنُ مَطَرٍ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ ثنا أَبِي ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنِ ابْنٍ لِعُبَيْدِ بْنِ الْأَبْرَصِ قَالَ

شَهِدْتُ عَلِيًّا ؓ أُتِيَ بِرَجُلٍ اخْتَلَسَ مِنْ رَجُلٍ ثَوْبَهُ فَقَالَ الْمُخْتَلِسُ إِنِّي كُنْتُ أُعَرِّفُهُ فَلَمْ يَقْطَعْهُ عَلِيٌّ ؓ