Once Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) entered upon me and he was in a very happy mood and said, "O `Aisha: Don't
you know that Mujazziz Al-Mudliji entered and saw Usama and Zaid with a velvet covering on them
and their heads were covered while their feet were uncovered. He said, 'These feet belong to each
other.'
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "When an adulterer commits illegal sexual intercourse, then he is not a believer
at the time he is doing it; and when somebody drinks an alcoholic drink, then he is not believer at the
time of drinking, and when a thief steals, he is not a believer at the time when he is stealing; and when
a robber robs and the people look at him, then he is not a believer at the time of doing it." Abu Huraira
in another narration, narrated the same from the Prophet (ﷺ) with the exclusion of robbery.
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Hadith 6773
Chapter 2: What is said regarding the beating of a drunk - كتاب الحدود
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ح حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ضَرَبَ فِي الْخَمْرِ بِالْجَرِيدِ وَالنِّعَالِ، وَجَلَدَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَرْبَعِينَ.
The Prophet (ﷺ) beat a drunk with palm-leaf stalks and shoes. And Abu Bakr gave (such a sinner) forty
lashes.
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Hadith 6774
Chapter 3: Whoever ordered that the legal punishment was to be carried out at home - كتاب الحدود
Narrated `Uqba bin Al-Harith:
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ، قَالَ جِيءَ بِالنُّعَيْمَانِ أَوْ بِابْنِ النُّعَيْمَانِ شَارِبًا، فَأَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَنْ كَانَ بِالْبَيْتِ أَنْ يَضْرِبُوهُ. قَالَ فَضَرَبُوهُ، فَكُنْتُ أَنَا فِيمَنْ ضَرَبَهُ بِالنِّعَالِ.
An-Nu`man or the son of An-Nu`man was brought to the Prophet (ﷺ) on a charge of drunkenness. So the
Prophet ordered all the men present in the house, to beat him. So all of them beat him, and I was also
one of them who beat him with shoes.
An-Nu`man or the son of An-Nu`man was brought to the Prophet (ﷺ) in a state of intoxication. The
Prophet felt it hard (was angry) and ordered all those who were present in the house, to beat him. And
they beat him, using palm-leaf stalks and shoes, and I was among those who beat him.
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Hadith 6777
Chapter 4: Beating with stalks of date-palm leaves and shoes. - كتاب الحدود
Narrated Abu Salama:
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو ضَمْرَةَ، أَنَسٌ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْهَادِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِرَجُلٍ قَدْ شَرِبَ قَالَ " اضْرِبُوهُ ". قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ فَمِنَّا الضَّارِبُ بِيَدِهِ، وَالضَّارِبُ بِنَعْلِهِ، وَالضَّارِبُ بِثَوْبِهِ، فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قَالَ بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ أَخْزَاكَ اللَّهُ. قَالَ " لاَ تَقُولُوا هَكَذَا لاَ تُعِينُوا عَلَيْهِ الشَّيْطَانَ ".
Abu Huraira said, "A man who drank wine was brought to the Prophet. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'Beat him!"
Abu Huraira added, "So some of us beat him with our hands, and some with their shoes, and some
with their garments (by twisting it) like a lash, and then when we finished, someone said to him, 'May
Allah disgrace you!' On that the Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'Do not say so, for you are helping Satan to overpower
him.' "
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Hadith 6778
Chapter 4: Beating with stalks of date-palm leaves and shoes. - كتاب الحدود
Narrated `Ali bin Abi Talib:
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَصِينٍ، سَمِعْتُ عُمَيْرَ بْنَ سَعِيدٍ النَّخَعِيَّ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ مَا كُنْتُ لأُقِيمَ حَدًّا عَلَى أَحَدٍ فَيَمُوتَ، فَأَجِدَ فِي نَفْسِي، إِلاَّ صَاحِبَ الْخَمْرِ، فَإِنَّهُ لَوْ مَاتَ وَدَيْتُهُ، وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَمْ يَسُنَّهُ.
I would not feel sorry for one who dies because of receiving a legal punishment, except the drunk, for
if he should die (when being punished), I would give blood money to his family because no fixed
punishment has been ordered by Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) for the drunk.
We used to strike the drunks with our hands, shoes, clothes (by twisting it into the shape of lashes)
during the lifetime of the Prophet, Abu Bakr and the early part of `Umar's caliphate. But during the
last period of `Umar's caliphate, he used to give the drunk forty lashes; and when drunks became
mischievous and disobedient, he used to scourge them eighty lashes.
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Hadith 6780
Chapter 5: Cursing is disliked against the drunkard and he is not regarded as a non-Muslim - كتاب الحدود
Narrated `Umar bin Al-Khattab:
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي خَالِدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي هِلاَلٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً، عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ اسْمُهُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ، وَكَانَ يُلَقَّبُ حِمَارًا، وَكَانَ يُضْحِكُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم، وَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَدْ جَلَدَهُ فِي الشَّرَابِ، فَأُتِيَ بِهِ يَوْمًا فَأَمَرَ بِهِ فَجُلِدَ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْهُ مَا أَكْثَرَ مَا يُؤْتَى بِهِ. فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" لاَ تَلْعَنُوهُ، فَوَاللَّهِ مَا عَلِمْتُ أَنَّهُ يُحِبُّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ ".
During the lifetime of the Prophet (ﷺ) there was a man called `Abdullah whose nickname was Donkey,
and he used to make Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) laugh. The Prophet (ﷺ) lashed him because of drinking (alcohol).
And one-day he was brought to the Prophet (ﷺ) on the same charge and was lashed. On that, a man among
the people said, "O Allah, curse him ! How frequently he has been brought (to the Prophet (ﷺ) on such a
charge)!" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Do not curse him, for by Allah, I know for he loves Allah and His
Apostle."
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Hadith 6781
Chapter 5: Cursing is disliked against the drunkard and he is not regarded as a non-Muslim - كتاب الحدود
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْهَادِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ أُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِسَكْرَانَ، فَأَمَرَ بِضَرْبِهِ، فَمِنَّا مَنْ يَضْرِبُهُ بِيَدِهِ، وَمِنَّا مَنْ يَضْرِبُهُ بِنَعْلِهِ، وَمِنَّا مَنْ يَضْرِبُهُ بِثَوْبِهِ، فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قَالَ رَجُلٌ مَالَهُ أَخْزَاهُ اللَّهُ. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" لاَ تَكُونُوا عَوْنَ الشَّيْطَانِ عَلَى أَخِيكُمْ ".
A drunk was brought to the Prophet (ﷺ) and he ordered him to be beaten (lashed). Some of us beat him
with our hands, and some with their shoes, and some with their garments (twisted in the form of a
lash). When that drunk had left, a man said, "What is wrong with him? May Allah disgrace him!"
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Do not help Satan against your (Muslim) brother."
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Hadith 6782
Chapter 6: The thief while stealing - كتاب الحدود
Narrated Ibn `Abbas:
حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ دَاوُدَ، حَدَّثَنَا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ غَزْوَانَ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" لاَ يَزْنِي الزَّانِي حِينَ يَزْنِي وَهْوَ مُؤْمِنٌ، وَلاَ يَسْرِقُ حِينَ يَسْرِقُ وَهْوَ مُؤْمِنٌ ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "When (a person) an adulterer commits illegal sexual intercourse then he is not a
believer at the time he is doing it; and when somebody steals, then he is not a believer at the time he is
stealing."
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah curses a man who steals an egg and gets his hand cut off, or steals a rope and
gets his hands cut off." Al-A`mash said, "People used to interpret the Baida as an iron helmet, and
they used to think that the rope may cost a few dirhams."
We were with the Prophet (ﷺ) in a gathering and he said, 'Swear allegiance to me that you will not
worship anything besides Allah, Will not steal, and will not commit illegal sexual intercourse." And
then (the Prophet) recited the whole Verse (i.e. 60:12). The Prophet (ﷺ) added, 'And whoever among you
fulfills his pledge, his reward is with Allah; and whoever commits something of such sins and receives
the legal punishment for it, that will be considered as the expiation for that sin, and whoever commits
something of such sins and Allah screens him, it is up to Allah whether to excuse or punish him."
Allah Apostle said in Hajjat-al-Wada`, "Which month (of the year) do you think is most sacred?" The
people said, "This current month of ours (the month of Dhull-Hijja)." He said, "Which town (country)
do you think is the most sacred?" They said, "This city of ours (Mecca)." He said, "Which day do you
think is the most sacred?" The people said, "This day of ours." He then said, "Allah, the Blessed, the
Supreme, has made your blood, your property and your honor as sacred as this day of yours in this
town of yours, in this month of yours (and such protection cannot be slighted) except rightfully." He
then said thrice, "Have I conveyed Allah's Message (to you)?" The people answered him each time
saying, 'Yes." The Prophet (ﷺ) added, 'May Allah be merciful to you (or, woe on you)! Do not revert to
disbelief after me by cutting the necks of each other.'
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Hadith 6786
Chapter 10: To carry out the legal punishment; and to take revenge on those who transgress Allah’s limits and boundaries - كتاب الحدود
Narrated Aisha:
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ مَا خُيِّرَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بَيْنَ أَمْرَيْنِ إِلاَّ اخْتَارَ أَيْسَرَهُمَا، مَا لَمْ يَأْثَمْ، فَإِذَا كَانَ الإِثْمُ كَانَ أَبْعَدَهُمَا مِنْهُ، وَاللَّهِ مَا انْتَقَمَ لِنَفْسِهِ فِي شَىْءٍ يُؤْتَى إِلَيْهِ قَطُّ، حَتَّى تُنْتَهَكَ حُرُمَاتُ اللَّهِ، فَيَنْتَقِمُ لِلَّهِ.
Whenever the Prophet (ﷺ) was given an option between two things, he used to select the easier of the tow
as long as it was not sinful; but if it was sinful, he would remain far from it. By Allah, he never took
revenge for himself concerning any matter that was presented to him, but when Allah's Limits were
transgressed, he would take revenge for Allah's Sake.
Usama approached the Prophet (ﷺ) on behalf of a woman (who had committed theft). The Prophet (ﷺ) said,
"The people before you were destroyed because they used to inflict the legal punishments on the poor
and forgive the rich. By Him in Whose Hand my soul is! If Fatima (the daughter of the Prophet (ﷺ) ) did
that (i.e. stole), I would cut off her hand."
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Hadith 6788
Chapter 12: Intercession is not recommended in the matter of legal punishment - كتاب الحدود
Narrated `Aisha:
حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها أَنَّ قُرَيْشًا، أَهَمَّتْهُمُ الْمَرْأَةُ الْمَخْزُومِيَّةُ الَّتِي سَرَقَتْ فَقَالُوا مَنْ يُكَلِّمُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَمَنْ يَجْتَرِئُ عَلَيْهِ إِلاَّ أُسَامَةُ حِبُّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم. فَكَلَّمَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ " أَتَشْفَعُ فِي حَدٍّ مِنْ حُدُودِ اللَّهِ ". ثُمَّ قَامَ فَخَطَبَ قَالَ " يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّمَا ضَلَّ مَنْ قَبْلَكُمْ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا إِذَا سَرَقَ الشَّرِيفُ تَرَكُوهُ، وَإِذَا سَرَقَ الضَّعِيفُ فِيهِمْ أَقَامُوا عَلَيْهِ الْحَدَّ، وَايْمُ اللَّهِ لَوْ أَنَّ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتَ مُحَمَّدٍ سَرَقَتْ لَقَطَعَ مُحَمَّدٌ يَدَهَا ".
The Quraish people became very worried about the Makhzumiya lady who had committed theft. They
said, "Nobody can speak (in favor of the lady) to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and nobody dares do that except
Usama who is the favorite of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). " When Usama spoke to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about that
matter, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Do you intercede (with me) to violate one of the legal punishment of
Allah?" Then he got up and addressed the people, saying, "O people! The nations before you went
astray because if a noble person committed theft, they used to leave him, but if a weak person among
them committed theft, they used to inflict the legal punishment on him. By Allah, if Fatima, the
daughter of Muhammad committed theft, Muhammad will cut off her hand.!"
The hand of a thief was not cut off during the lifetime of the Prophet (ﷺ) except for stealing something
equal to a shield in value.
A similar hadith is narrated from `Aisha through another chain.
A thief's hand was not cut off for stealing something cheaper than a Hajafa or a Turs (two kinds of
shields), each of which was worth a (respectable) price.
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Hadith 6794
Chapter 13: “Cut off the hand of the thief, male or female…” - كتاب الحدود
Narrated `Aisha:
حَدَّثَنِي يُوسُفُ بْنُ مُوسَى، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، قَالَ هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ لَمْ تُقْطَعْ يَدُ سَارِقٍ عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي أَدْنَى مِنْ ثَمَنِ الْمِجَنِّ، تُرْسٍ أَوْ حَجَفَةٍ، وَكَانَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا ذَا ثَمَنٍ.
A thief's hand was not cut off for stealing something worth less than the price of a shield, whether a
Turs or Hajafa (two kinds of shields), each of which was worth a (respectable) price.