Hazrat Abdur Rahman narrates that I was sitting with Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) when a man came and said, "O Commander of the Faithful! Indeed, I have committed theft." So Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) rebuked him severely. The man returned a second time and said, "Indeed, I have committed theft." Upon this, Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him, "Indeed, you have testified against yourself twice." The narrator says: So he gave the order regarding him, and his hand was cut off. I saw his hand hanging from his neck.