Chapter 26: If somebody commits a sin less than the legal punishment and informs the ruler, no punishment is to be inflicted on him after his repentance - كتاب الحدود
A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) in the mosque and said, "I am burnt
(ruined)!" The Prophet (ﷺ) asked him, "With what (what have you done)?" He
said, "I have had sexual relation with my wife in the month of Ramadan
(while fasting)." The Prophet (ﷺ) said to him, "Give in charity." He said,
"I have nothing." The man sat down, and in the meantime there came a
person driving a donkey carrying food to the Prophet (ﷺ) ..... (The
sub-narrator, 'Abdur Rahman added: I do not know what kind of food it
was). On that the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Where is the burnt person?" The man
said, "Here I am." The Prophet (ﷺ) said to him, "Take this (food) and give
it in charity (to someone)." The man said, "To a poorer person than l?
My family has nothing to eat." Then the Prophet (ﷺ) said to him, "Then
eat it yourselves."
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Hadith 6823
Chapter 27: If a person confesses but does not specify the sin can the ruler screen it for him? - كتاب الحدود
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الْقُدُّوسِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ عَاصِمٍ الْكِلاَبِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَجَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أَصَبْتُ حَدًّا فَأَقِمْهُ عَلَىَّ. قَالَ وَلَمْ يَسْأَلْهُ عَنْهُ. قَالَ وَحَضَرَتِ الصَّلاَةُ فَصَلَّى مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَلَمَّا قَضَى النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم الصَّلاَةَ قَامَ إِلَيْهِ الرَّجُلُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أَصَبْتُ حَدًّا، فَأَقِمْ فِيَّ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ. قَالَ " أَلَيْسَ قَدْ صَلَّيْتَ مَعَنَا ". قَالَ نَعَمْ. قَالَ " فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ غَفَرَ لَكَ ذَنْبَكَ ". أَوْ قَالَ " حَدَّكَ ".
While I was with the Prophet (ﷺ) a man came and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I have committed a legally
punishable sin; please inflict the legal punishment on me'.' The Prophet (ﷺ) did not ask him what he had
done. Then the time for the prayer became due and the man offered prayer along with the Prophet (ﷺ) ,
and when the Prophet (ﷺ) had finished his prayer, the man again got up and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I
have committed a legally punishable sin; please inflict the punishment on me according to Allah's
Laws." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Haven't you prayed with us?' He said, "Yes." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah has
forgiven your sin." or said, "....your legally punishable sin."
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Hadith 6824
Chapter 28: ‘Can’t be that you have only touched the lady or winked at her?” - كتاب الحدود
Narrated Ibn `Abbas:
حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْجُعْفِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ، سَمِعْتُ يَعْلَى بْنَ حَكِيمٍ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ لَمَّا أَتَى مَاعِزُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ لَهُ " لَعَلَّكَ قَبَّلْتَ أَوْ غَمَزْتَ أَوْ نَظَرْتَ ". قَالَ لاَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ. قَالَ " أَنِكْتَهَا ". لاَ يَكْنِي. قَالَ فَعِنْدَ ذَلِكَ أَمَرَ بِرَجْمِهِ.
When Ma'iz bin Malik came to the Prophet (in order to confess), the Prophet (ﷺ) said to him, "Probably
you have only kissed (the lady), or winked, or looked at her?" He said, "No, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)!" The
Prophet said, using no euphemism, "Did you have sexual intercourse with her?" The narrator added:
At that, (i.e. after his confession) the Prophet (ﷺ) ordered that he be stoned (to death).
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Hadith 6825
Chapter 29: The question of the ruler to the confessing person, “Are you married?” - كتاب الحدود
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عُفَيْرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ، حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، وَأَبِي، سَلَمَةَ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم رَجُلٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ وَهْوَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَنَادَاهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي زَنَيْتُ. يُرِيدُ نَفْسَهُ، فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَتَنَحَّى لِشِقِّ وَجْهِهِ الَّذِي أَعْرَضَ قِبَلَهُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي زَنَيْتُ. فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ، فَجَاءَ لِشِقِّ وَجْهِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم الَّذِي أَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ، فَلَمَّا شَهِدَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ أَرْبَعَ شَهَادَاتٍ دَعَاهُ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ " أَبِكَ جُنُونٌ ". قَالَ لاَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ. فَقَالَ " أَحْصَنْتَ ". قَالَ نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ. قَالَ " اذْهَبُوا فَارْجُمُوهُ ".
قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ أَخْبَرَنِي مَنْ، سَمِعَ جَابِرًا، قَالَ فَكُنْتُ فِيمَنْ رَجَمَهُ، فَرَجَمْنَاهُ بِالْمُصَلَّى، فَلَمَّا أَذْلَقَتْهُ الْحِجَارَةُ جَمَزَ حَتَّى أَدْرَكْنَاهُ بِالْحَرَّةِ فَرَجَمْنَاهُ.
A man from among the people, came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) while Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was sitting in the
mosque, and addressed him, saying, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I have committed an illegal sexual
intercourse." The Prophet (ﷺ) turned his face away from him. The man came to that side to which the
Prophet had turned his face, and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I have committed an illegal intercourse."
The Prophet (ﷺ) turned his face to the other side, and the man came to that side, and when he confessed
four times, the Prophet (ﷺ) called him and said, "Are you mad?" He said, "No, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)!" The
Prophet said, "Are you married?" He said, "Yes, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)." The Prophet (ﷺ) said (to the people),
"Take him away and stone him to death." Ibn Shihab added, "I was told by one who heard Jabir, that
Jabir said, 'I was among those who stoned the man, and we stoned him at the Musalla (`Id praying
Place), and when the stones troubled him, he jumped quickly and ran away, but we overtook him at
Al-Harra and stoned him to death (there).' "
While we were with the Prophet (ﷺ) , a man stood up and said (to the Prophet (ﷺ) ), "I beseech you by Allah,
that you should judge us according to Allah's Laws." Then the man's opponent who was wiser than
him, got up saying (to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)) "Judge us according to Allah's Law and kindly allow me (to
speak)." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "'Speak." He said, "My son was a laborer working for this man and he
committed an illegal sexual intercourse with his wife, and I gave one-hundred sheep and a slave as a
ransom for my son's sin. Then I asked a learned man about this case and he informed me that my son
should receive one hundred lashes and be exiled for one year, and the man's wife should be stoned to
death." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, I will judge you according to the Laws
of Allah. Your one-hundred sheep and the slave are to be returned to you, and your son has to receive
one-hundred lashes and be exiled for one year. O Unais! Go to the wife of this man, and if she
confesses, then stone her to death." Unais went to her and she confessed. He then stoned her to death.
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Hadith 6829
Chapter 30: To confess the guilt of illegal sexual intercourse - كتاب الحدود
Narrated Ibn `Abbas:
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ قَالَ عُمَرُ لَقَدْ خَشِيتُ أَنْ يَطُولَ بِالنَّاسِ زَمَانٌ حَتَّى يَقُولَ قَائِلٌ لاَ نَجِدُ الرَّجْمَ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ. فَيَضِلُّوا بِتَرْكِ فَرِيضَةٍ أَنْزَلَهَا اللَّهُ، أَلاَ وَإِنَّ الرَّجْمَ حَقٌّ عَلَى مَنْ زَنَى، وَقَدْ أَحْصَنَ، إِذَا قَامَتِ الْبَيِّنَةُ، أَوْ كَانَ الْحَمْلُ أَوْ الاِعْتِرَافُ ـ قَالَ سُفْيَانُ كَذَا حَفِظْتُ ـ أَلاَ وَقَدْ رَجَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَرَجَمْنَا بَعْدَهُ.
`Umar said, "I am afraid that after a long time has passed, people may say, "We do not find the Verses
of the Rajam (stoning to death) in the Holy Book," and consequently they may go astray by leaving an
obligation that Allah has revealed. Lo! I confirm that the penalty of Rajam be inflicted on him who
commits illegal sexual intercourse, if he is already married and the crime is proved by witnesses or
pregnancy or confession." Sufyan added, "I have memorized this narration in this way." `Umar added,
"Surely Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) carried out the penalty of Rajam, and so did we after him."
I used to teach (the Qur'an to) some people of the Muhajirln (emigrants), among whom there was
`Abdur Rahman bin `Auf. While I was in his house at Mina, and he was with `Umar bin Al-Khattab
during `Umar's last Hajj, `Abdur-Rahman came to me and said, "Would that you had seen the man
who came today to the Chief of the Believers (`Umar), saying, 'O Chief of the Believers! What do you
think about so-and-so who says, 'If `Umar should die, I will give the pledge of allegiance to such-andsuch
person, as by Allah, the pledge of allegiance to Abu Bakr was nothing but a prompt sudden
action which got established afterwards.' `Umar became angry and then said, 'Allah willing, I will
stand before the people tonight and warn them against those people who want to deprive the others of
their rights (the question of rulership).
`Abdur-Rahman said, "I said, 'O Chief of the believers! Do not do that, for the season of Hajj gathers
the riff-raff and the rubble, and it will be they who will gather around you when you stand to address
the people. And I am afraid that you will get up and say something, and some people will spread your
statement and may not say what you have actually said and may not understand its meaning, and may
interpret it incorrectly, so you should wait till you reach Medina, as it is the place of emigration and
the place of Prophet's Traditions, and there you can come in touch with the learned and noble people,
and tell them your ideas with confidence; and the learned people will understand your statement and
put it in its proper place.' On that, `Umar said, 'By Allah! Allah willing, I will do this in the first
speech I will deliver before the people in Medina."
Ibn `Abbas added: We reached Medina by the end of the month of Dhul-Hijja, and when it was
Friday, we went quickly (to the mosque) as soon as the sun had declined, and I saw Sa`id bin Zaid bin
`Amr bin Nufail sitting at the corner of the pulpit, and I too sat close to him so that my knee was
touching his knee, and after a short while `Umar bin Al-Khattab came out, and when I saw him
coming towards us, I said to Sa`id bin Zaid bin `Amr bin Nufail "Today `Umar will say such a thing
as he has never said since he was chosen as Caliph." Sa`id denied my statement with astonishment and
said, "What thing do you expect `Umar to say the like of which he has never said before?"
In the meantime, `Umar sat on the pulpit and when the callmakers for the prayer had finished their
call, `Umar stood up, and having glorified and praised Allah as He deserved, he said, "Now then, I am
going to tell you something which (Allah) has written for me to say. I do not know; perhaps it
portends my death, so whoever understands and remembers it, must narrate it to the others wherever
his mount takes him, but if somebody is afraid that he does not understand it, then it is unlawful for
him to tell lies about me. Allah sent Muhammad with the Truth and revealed the Holy Book to him,
and among what Allah revealed, was the Verse of the Rajam (the stoning of married person (male &
female) who commits illegal sexual intercourse, and we did recite this Verse and understood and
memorized it. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) did carry out the punishment of stoning and so did we after him.
I am afraid that after a long time has passed, somebody will say, 'By Allah, we do not find the Verse
of the Rajam in Allah's Book,' and thus they will go astray by leaving an obligation which Allah has
revealed. And the punishment of the Rajam is to be inflicted to any married person (male & female),
who commits illegal sexual intercourse, if the required evidence is available or there is conception or
confession. And then we used to recite among the Verses in Allah's Book: 'O people! Do not claim to
be the offspring of other than your fathers, as it is disbelief (unthankfulness) on your part that you
claim to be the offspring of other than your real father.' Then Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, 'Do not praise me
excessively as Jesus, son of Marry was praised, but call me Allah's Slave and His Apostles.' (O
people!) I have been informed that a speaker amongst you says, 'By Allah, if `Umar should die, I will
give the pledge of allegiance to such-and-such person.' One should not deceive oneself by saying that
the pledge of allegiance given to Abu Bakr was given suddenly and it was successful. No doubt, it was
like that, but Allah saved (the people) from its evil, and there is none among you who has the qualities
of Abu Bakr. Remember that whoever gives the pledge of allegiance to anybody among you without
consulting the other Muslims, neither that person, nor the person to whom the pledge of allegiance
was given, are to be supported, lest they both should be killed.
And no doubt after the death of the Prophet (ﷺ) we were informed that the Ansar disagreed with us and
gathered in the shed of Bani Sa`da. `Ali and Zubair and whoever was with them, opposed us, while
the emigrants gathered with Abu Bakr. I said to Abu Bakr, 'Let's go to these Ansari brothers of ours.'
So we set out seeking them, and when we approached them, two pious men of theirs met us and
informed us of the final decision of the Ansar, and said, 'O group of Muhajirin (emigrants) ! Where
are you going?' We replied, 'We are going to these Ansari brothers of ours.' They said to us, 'You
shouldn't go near them. Carry out whatever we have already decided.' I said, 'By Allah, we will go to
them.' And so we proceeded until we reached them at the shed of Bani Sa`da. Behold! There was a
man sitting amongst them and wrapped in something. I asked, 'Who is that man?' They said, 'He is
Sa`d bin 'Ubada.' I asked, 'What is wrong with him?' They said, 'He is sick.' After we sat for a while,
the Ansar's speaker said, 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah,' and praising Allah as He
deserved, he added, 'To proceed, we are Allah's Ansar (helpers) and the majority of the Muslim army,
while you, the emigrants, are a small group and some people among you came with the intention of
preventing us from practicing this matter (of caliphate) and depriving us of it.'
When the speaker had finished, I intended to speak as I had prepared a speech which I liked and which
I wanted to deliver in the presence of Abu Bakr, and I used to avoid provoking him. So, when I
wanted to speak, Abu Bakr said, 'Wait a while.' I disliked to make him angry. So Abu Bakr himself
gave a speech, and he was wiser and more patient than I. By Allah, he never missed a sentence that I
liked in my own prepared speech, but he said the like of it or better than it spontaneously. After a
pause he said, 'O Ansar! You deserve all (the qualities that you have attributed to yourselves, but this
question (of Caliphate) is only for the Quraish as they are the best of the Arabs as regards descent and
home, and I am pleased to suggest that you choose either of these two men, so take the oath of
allegiance to either of them as you wish. And then Abu Bakr held my hand and Abu Ubaida bin
al-Jarrah's hand who was sitting amongst us. I hated nothing of what he had said except that
proposal, for by Allah, I would rather have my neck chopped off as expiator for a sin than become the
ruler of a nation, one of whose members is Abu Bakr, unless at the time of my death my own-self
suggests something I don't feel at present.'
And then one of the Ansar said, 'I am the pillar on which the camel with a skin disease (eczema) rubs
itself to satisfy the itching (i.e., I am a noble), and I am as a high class palm tree! O Quraish. There
should be one ruler from us and one from you.'
Then there was a hue and cry among the gathering and their voices rose so that I was afraid there
might be great disagreement, so I said, 'O Abu Bakr! Hold your hand out.' He held his hand out and I
pledged allegiance to him, and then all the emigrants gave the Pledge of allegiance and so did the
Ansar afterwards. And so we became victorious over Sa`d bin Ubada (whom Al-Ansar wanted to
make a ruler). One of the Ansar said, 'You have killed Sa`d bin Ubada.' I replied, 'Allah has killed
Sa`d bin Ubada.' `Umar added, "By Allah, apart from the great tragedy that had happened to us (i.e.
the death of the Prophet), there was no greater problem than the allegiance pledged to Abu Bakr
because we were afraid that if we left the people, they might give the Pledge of allegiance after us to
one of their men, in which case we would have given them our consent for something against our real
wish, or would have opposed them and caused great trouble. So if any person gives the Pledge of
allegiance to somebody (to become a Caliph) without consulting the other Muslims, then the one he
has selected should not be granted allegiance, lest both of them should be killed."
I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) ordering that an unmarried person guilty of illegal sexual intercourse be flogged
one-hundred stripes and be exiled for one year. `Umar bin Al-Khattab also exiled such a person, and
this tradition is still valid.
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Hadith 6833
Chapter 32: Unmarried should be flogged and exiled - كتاب الحدود
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَضَى فِيمَنْ زَنَى وَلَمْ يُحْصَنْ بِنَفْىِ عَامٍ بِإِقَامَةِ الْحَدِّ عَلَيْهِ.
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) judged that the unmarried person who was guilty of illegal sexual intercourse be
exiled for one year and receive the legal punishment (i.e., be flogged with one-hundred stripes) .
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Hadith 6834
Chapter 33: Exiling the sinners and effeminate men - كتاب الحدود
Narrated Ibn `Abbas:
حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ لَعَنَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم الْمُخَنَّثِينَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ، وَالْمُتَرَجِّلاَتِ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ، وَقَالَ
" أَخْرِجُوهُمْ مِنْ بُيُوتِكُمْ ". وَأَخْرَجَ فُلاَنًا، وَأَخْرَجَ عُمَرُ فُلاَنًا.
The Prophet (ﷺ) cursed the effeminate men and those women who assume the similitude (manners) of
men. He also said, "Turn them out of your houses." He turned such-and-such person out, and `Umar
also turned out such-and-such person.
A bedouin came to the Prophet (ﷺ) while he (the Prophet) was sitting, and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Give
your verdict according to Allah's Laws (in our case)." Then his opponent got up and said, "He has told
the truth, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Decide his case according to Allah's Laws. My son was a laborer
working for this person, and he committed illegal sexual intercourse with his wife, and the people told
me that my son should be stoned to death, but I offered one-hundred sheep and a slave girl as a
ransom for him. Then I asked the religious learned people, and they told me that my son should be
flogged with one-hundred stripes and be exiled for one year." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "By Him in Whose
Hand my soul is, I will judge you according to Allah's Laws. The sheep and the slave girl will be
returned to you and your son will be flogged one-hundred stripes and be exiled for one year. And you,
O Unais! Go to the wife of this man (and if she confesses), stone her to death." So Unais went in the
morning and stoned her to death (after she had confessed).
The verdict of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was sought about an unmarried slave girl guilty of illegal intercourse.
He replied, "If she commits illegal sexual intercourse, then flog her (fifty stripes), and if she commits
illegal sexual intercourse (after that for the second time), then flog her (fifty stripes), and if she
commits illegal sexual intercourse (for the third time), then flog her (fifty stripes) and sell her for even
a hair rope." Ibn Shihab said, "I am not sure whether the Prophet (ﷺ) ordered that she be sold after the
third or fourth time of committing illegal intercourse."
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Hadith 6839
Chapter 36: If a lady-slave commits illegal sexual intercourse then she should neither be admonished nor exiled - كتاب الحدود
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَهُ يَقُولُ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" إِذَا زَنَتِ الأَمَةُ فَتَبَيَّنَ زِنَاهَا فَلْيَجْلِدْهَا وَلاَ يُثَرِّبْ، ثُمَّ إِنْ زَنَتْ فَلْيَجْلِدْهَا وَلاَ يُثَرِّبْ، ثُمَّ إِنْ زَنَتِ الثَّالِثَةَ فَلْيَبِعْهَا وَلَوْ بِحَبْلٍ مِنْ شَعَرٍ ". تَابَعَهُ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If a lady slave commits illegal sexual intercourse and she is proved guilty of illegal
sexual intercourse, then she should be flogged (fifty stripes) but she should not be admonished; and if
she commits illegal sexual intercourse again, then she should be flogged again but should not be
admonished; and if she commits illegal sexual intercourse for the third time, then she should be sold
even for a hair rope."
I asked `Abdullah bin Abi `Aufa about the Rajam (stoning somebody to death for committing illegal
sexual intercourse). He replied, "The Prophet (ﷺ) carried out the penalty of Rajam," I asked, "Was that
before or after the revelation of Surat-an-Nur?" He replied, "I do not know."
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Chapter 37: The legal regulation for non-Muslims under the protection of a Muslim state - كتاب الحدود
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar:
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ جَاءُوا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَذَكَرُوا لَهُ أَنَّ رَجُلاً مِنْهُمْ وَامْرَأَةً زَنَيَا فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" مَا تَجِدُونَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ فِي شَأْنِ الرَّجْمِ ". فَقَالُوا نَفْضَحُهُمْ وَيُجْلَدُونَ. قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ كَذَبْتُمْ إِنَّ فِيهَا الرَّجْمَ. فَأَتَوْا بِالتَّوْرَاةِ فَنَشَرُوهَا، فَوَضَعَ أَحَدُهُمْ يَدَهُ عَلَى آيَةِ الرَّجْمِ فَقَرَأَ مَا قَبْلَهَا وَمَا بَعْدَهَا. فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ ارْفَعْ يَدَكَ. فَرَفَعَ يَدَهُ فَإِذَا فِيهَا آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ. قَالُوا صَدَقَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فِيهَا آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ. فَأَمَرَ بِهِمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَرُجِمَا، فَرَأَيْتُ الرَّجُلَ يَحْنِي عَلَى الْمَرْأَةِ يَقِيهَا الْحِجَارَةَ.
The jews came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and mentioned to him that a man and a lady among them had
committed illegal sexual intercourse. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to them, "What do you find in the Torah
regarding the Rajam?" They replied, "We only disgrace and flog them with stripes." `Abdullah bin
Salam said to them, 'You have told a lie the penalty of Rajam is in the Torah.' They brought the Torah
and opened it. One of them put his hand over the verse of the Rajam and read what was before and
after it. `Abdullah bin Salam said to him, "Lift up your hand." Where he lifted it there appeared the
verse of the Rajam. So they said, "O Muhammad! He has said the truth, the verse of the Rajam is in it
(Torah)." Then Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ordered that the two persons (guilty of illegal sexual intercourse) be
stoned to death, and so they were stoned, and I saw the man bending over the woman so as to protect
her from the stones.
Two men had a dispute in the presence of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). One of them said, "Judge us according to
Allah's Laws." The other who was more wise said, "Yes, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), judge us according to
Allah's Laws and allow me to speak (first)" The Prophet (ﷺ) said to him, 'Speak " He said, "My son was a
laborer for this man, and he committed illegal sexual intercourse with his wife, and the people told me
that my son should be stoned to death, but I have given one-hundred sheep and a slave girl as a
ransom (expiation) for my son's sin. Then I asked the religious learned people (about It), and they told
me that my son should he flogged one-hundred stripes and should be exiled for one year, and only the
wife of this man should be stoned to death " Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "By Him in Whose Hand my soul is,
I will judge you according to Allah's Laws: O man, as for your sheep and slave girl, they are to be
returned to you." Then the Prophet (ﷺ) had the man's son flogged one hundred stripes and exiled for one
year, and ordered Unais Al-Aslami to go to the wife of the other man, and if she confessed, stone her
to death. She confessed and was stoned to death.
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Hadith 6844
Chapter 39: Whoever teaches manners to his family or others - كتاب الحدود
Narrated `Aisha:
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ جَاءَ أَبُو بَكْرِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَاضِعٌ رَأْسَهُ عَلَى فَخِذِي فَقَالَ حَبَسْتِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَالنَّاسَ، وَلَيْسُوا عَلَى مَاءٍ. فَعَاتَبَنِي، وَجَعَلَ يَطْعُنُ بِيَدِهِ فِي خَاصِرَتِي، وَلاَ يَمْنَعُنِي مِنَ التَّحَرُّكِ إِلاَّ مَكَانُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ آيَةَ التَّيَمُّمِ.
Abu Bakr came to me while Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was sleeping with his head on my thigh. Abu Bakr said
(to me), "You have detained Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and the people, and there is no water in this place." So he
admonished me and struck my flanks with his hand, and nothing could stop me from moving except
the reclining of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (on my thigh), and then Allah revealed the Divine Verse of
Tayammum.
Abu Bakr came to towards me and struck me violently with his fist and said, "You have detained the
people because of your necklace." But I remained motionless as if I was dead lest I should awake
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) although that hit was very painful.
Sa`d bin Ubada said, "If I found a man with my wife, I would kill him with the sharp side of my
sword." When the Prophet (ﷺ) heard that he said, "Do you wonder at Sa`d's sense of ghira (self-respect)?
Verily, I have more sense of ghira than Sa`d, and Allah has more sense of ghira than I."
A bedouin came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said, "My wife has delivered a black child." The Prophet (ﷺ) said
to him, "Have you camels?" He replied, "Yes." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "What color are they?" He replied,
"They are red." The Prophet (ﷺ) further asked, "Are any of them gray in color?" He replied, "Yes." The
Prophet asked him, "Whence did that grayness come?" He said, "I thing it descended from the camel's
ancestors." Then the Prophet (ﷺ) said (to him), "Therefore, this child of yours has most probably inherited
the color from his ancestors."
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Hadith 6848
Chapter 42: What punishment may be inflicted on the person so that they may not commit the same sin again, or so that they may learn good manners - كتاب الحدود
Narrated Abu Burda:
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ، عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ
" لاَ يُجْلَدُ فَوْقَ عَشْرِ جَلَدَاتٍ إِلاَّ فِي حَدٍّ مِنْ حُدُودِ اللَّهِ ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) used to say, "Nobody should be flogged more than ten stripes except if he is guilty of a
crime, the legal punishment of which is assigned by Allah."
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Hadith 6849
Chapter 42: What punishment may be inflicted on the person so that they may not commit the same sin again, or so that they may learn good manners - كتاب الحدود
Narrated `Abdur-Rahman bin Jabir:
حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ، حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ جَابِرٍ، عَمَّنْ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" لاَ عُقُوبَةَ فَوْقَ عَشْرِ ضَرَبَاتٍ إِلاَّ فِي حَدٍّ مِنْ حُدُودِ اللَّهِ ".
On the authority of others, that the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "No Punishment exceeds the flogging of the ten
stripes, except if one is guilty of a crime necessitating a legal punishment prescribed by Allah."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 82, Hadith 832
Hadith 6850
Chapter 42: What punishment may be inflicted on the person so that they may not commit the same sin again, or so that they may learn good manners - كتاب الحدود
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 8, Book 82, Hadith 833
Hadith 6851
Chapter 42: What punishment may be inflicted on the person so that they may not commit the same sin again, or so that they may learn good manners - كتاب الحدود
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ، أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنِ الْوِصَالِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رِجَالٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَإِنَّكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ تُوَاصِلُ. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أَيُّكُمْ مِثْلِي إِنِّي أَبِيتُ يُطْعِمُنِي رَبِّي وَيَسْقِينِ ". فَلَمَّا أَبَوْا أَنْ يَنْتَهُوا عَنِ الْوِصَالِ وَاصَلَ بِهِمْ يَوْمًا ثُمَّ يَوْمًا ثُمَّ رَأَوُا الْهِلاَلَ فَقَالَ " لَوْ تَأَخَّرَ لَزِدْتُكُمْ ". كَالْمُنَكِّلِ بِهِمْ حِينَ أَبَوْا. تَابَعَهُ شُعَيْبٌ وَيَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَيُونُسُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ. وَقَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم.
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade Al-Wisal (fasting continuously for more than one day without taking any
meals). A man from the Muslims said, "But you do Al-Wisal, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)!" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) I
said, "Who among you is similar to me? I sleep and my Lord makes me eat and drink." When the
people refused to give up Al-Wisal, the Prophet (ﷺ) fasted along with them for one day, and did not break
his fast but continued his fast for another day, and when they saw the crescent, the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If
the crescent had not appeared, I would have made you continue your fast (for a third day)," as if he
wanted to punish them for they had refused to give up Al-Wisal.
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Those people who used to buy foodstuff at random (without weighing or measuring it) were beaten in
the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) if they sold it at the very place where they had bought it, till they
carried it to their dwelling places.