A pick-pocket was once brought to Hazrat Ali (A) with the accusation that he had picked the pocket of another person. Ali (A) said to the people present before him, :
“If he has picked the inner pocket of this man his hand should be cut off but in case he has picked the complainant’s outer pocket his hand should not be cut off. (Wafi, vol. 9, p. 64).
Note :-Hazrat Ali (A) would order only beating them and sending them to prison.