Hadith 28-35

حَدَّثَنا أَبي رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَحْمَدِ بْنِ إِدْرِيس قالَ: حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ عِمْران الأَشْعَرِيِّ، عَن مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى بْنِ عُبِيْد رفعه إِلى أَبي الحَسَن الرِّضا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ أَنَّهُ قالَ لا يَزالُ العَبْدِ يسرق حَتّى‏ إِذا اسْتَوْفى‏ ثَمَن دية يَدِهِ أَظْهَرَه اللَّه عَلَيْهِ.

(The author of the book narrated) my father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ahmad ibn Idris quoted on the authority of Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn Imran al-Ash’ari, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Isa ibn Obayd who linked it up to Abil Hassan Al-Ridha’ (a.s.), “God will not divulge the theft of a servant (a.s.omeone) for as long as his penalty is less than (the expiation for) his hand. However, if the expiation for the theft is as much as (the expiation for) the thief’s hand, then God will make it known.”