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Chapter 18 · No. 1423–1463

The Book on Legal Punishments (Al-Hudud)

  • حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْقُطَعِيُّ الْبَصْرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ، عَنْ …

    Narrated 'Ali: That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: The pen has been lifted from three; for the sleeping person until he awakens, for the boy until he becomes a young man and for the mentally insane until he regains sanity.

  • حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ أَبُو عَمْرٍو الْبَصْرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ، …

    Narrated 'Aishah: that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): Avert the legal penalties from the Muslims as much as possible, if he has a way out then leave him to his way, for if the Imam makes a mistake in forgiving it would be better than making …

  • حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ …

    Narrated Abu Hurairah: That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Whoever relieves a Muslim of a burden from the burdens of the world, Allah will relieve him of a burden from the burdens of the Hereafter. And whoever covers (the faults of) a …

  • حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ …

    Narrated Ibn 'Umar: That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: The Muslim is the brother of the Muslim, he doesn't oppress him and doesn't put him into ruin, and whoever is concerned for the needs of his brother, Allah is concerned for his …

  • حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنْ ابْنِ …

    Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: That the Prophet (ﷺ) said to Ma'iz bin Malik: Is what has reached me about you true? He said: What has reached you about me? He said: It has reached me that you had relations with the slave-maid of the family of …

  • حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو …

    Narrated Abu Hurairah: Ma'iz Al-Aslamu came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said that he had committed adultery, so he (ﷺ) turned away from him. Then he approached from his other side and said: '[O Messenger of Allah!] I have committed …

  • حَدَّثَنَا بِذَلِكَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْخَلالُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَنْبَأَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنْ …

    Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah: A man from the tribe of Aslam came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and confessed adultery. He turned away from him, the he confessed (again). Then he turned away from him (again) until he had testified against himself four …

  • حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّ قُرَيْشًا …

    Narrated 'Aishah: The Quraish were troubled by the affair of a woman from the tribe of Makhzum who stole. So they said: 'Who will speak about her to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)?' They said: 'Who can do it other than Usamah bin Zaid, the one …

  • حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاق بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْأَزْرَقُ، عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدٍ، عَنْ …

    Umar bin Al-Khattab said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stoned, Abu Bakr stoned, and I stoned. If I didn't dislike that I add to the Book of Allah. I would have written it in the Mushaf, for I fear that there will come a people and they will …

  • حَدَّثَنَا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ شَبِيبٍ، وَإِسْحَاق بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، وَالْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْخَلَّالُ، وَغَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ، …

    Umar bin Al-Khattab said: Verily Allah sent Muhammad (ﷺ) with the truth, and he revealed the Book to him. Among what was revealed to him was the Ayah of stoning. So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stoned, and we stoned after him. I fear that …

  • حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، وَغَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ …

    Narrated 'Ubaidullah bin 'Abdullah bin 'Uthbah: That he heard from Abu Hurairah, Zaid bin Khalid, and Shibl, that they were with the Prophet (ﷺ) and two men came to him disputing. So one of them stood before him and said: I ask you by …

  • حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ زَاذَانَ، عَنْ الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ حِطَّانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ …

    Narrated 'Ubadah bin As-Samit: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Take from me. For Allah has a way made for them : For the married person who commits adultery with a married person is one hundred lashes, then stoning. And for the virgin …

  • حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، …

    Narrated 'Imran bin Husain: A woman from Juhainah confessed before the Prophet (ﷺ) that she had committed adultery, and she said: 'I am pregnant.' So the Prophet (ﷺ) called for her guardian and said: 'Be good to her and if she gives birth …

  • حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاق بْنُ مُوسَى الْأَنْصَارِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مَعْنٌ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ …

    Narrated Ibn 'Umar: That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stoned a Jew and Jewess.

  • حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ، حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ، عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ، أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى …

    Narrated Jabir bin Samurah: That the Prophet (ﷺ) stoned a Jew and a Jewess.

  • حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، وَيَحْيَى بْنُ أَكْثَمَ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ …

    Narrated Ibn 'Umar: That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) lashed and banished, Abu Bakr lashed and banished, and 'Umar lashed and banished.

  • حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي إِدْرِيسَ الْخَوْلَانِيِّ، …

    Narrated 'Ubadah bin As-Samit: We were with the Prophet (ﷺ) [in a gathering] and he said: 'Pledge to me that you will not associate [anything as] partners with Allah, and that you will not steal nor commit adultery.' He recited to them the …

  • حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْأَشَجُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ الْأَحْمَرُ، حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، …

    Narrated Abu Hurairah: That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: If one of your slave girl commits illegal sexual intercourse, then whip her three times according to the Book of Allah, and if she does it again then sell her, even if it is for …

  • حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْخَلَّالُ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ بْنُ …

    Narrated Abu 'Abdur-Rahman As-Sulami: Ali gave a Khutbah, and said: 'O people, establish the penalties upon your slaves, those married from them and those unmarried. A slave girl of the Prophet (ﷺ) committed illegal sexual intercourse so …

  • حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ وَكِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ، عَنْ زَيْدٍ الْعَمِّيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي الصِّدِّيقِ …

    Narrated Abu Sa'eed Al-Khudri: That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) implemented the penalty by beating forty times, with two shoes - Mis'ar (one of the narrators) said: It think it was for wine.

  • حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، قَال: سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ …

    Narrated Anas: That a man who had drunk wine was brought to the Prophet (ﷺ), so he beat him about forty times with two stalks of a palm tree. So Abu Bakr did similarly, and by the time 'Umar became Khalifah he sought council from the …

  • حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ، عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ بَهْدَلَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، …

    Narrated Mu'awiyah: That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Whoever drinks wine, then lash him. If he returns to it, then on the fourth time kill him.

  • حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ، أَخْبَرَتْهُ عَمْرَةُ، عَنْ …

    Narrated 'Aishah: That the Prophet (ﷺ) used to cut the hand for a fourth of a Dinar and beyond that.

  • حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ: قَطَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى …

    Narrated Ibn 'Umar: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) cut the hand for a shield worth three Dirham.

  • حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْمُقَدَّمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا الْحَجَّاجُ، عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ، عَنْ …

    Abdur-Rahman bin Muhariz said: I asked Fadalah bin 'Ubaid about hanging the hand around the neck of the thief: 'Is this from the Sunnah?' He said: 'A man came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) with a thief so his hand was cut off, and then he …

  • حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ خَشْرَمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ، عَنْ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ …

    Narrated Jabir : That the Prophet (ﷺ) said: There is no cutting of the hand for the traitor, or the embezzler, nor the plunderer.

  • حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ حَبَّانَ، عَنْ …

    Narrated Rafi' bin Khadij: That he heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: There is no cutting of the hand for fruits or palm marrow.

  • حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ، عَنْ عَيَّاشِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، عَنْ شُيَيْمِ بْنِ بَيْتَانَ، عَنْ …

    Narrated Busr Bin Artah: That the Prophet (ﷺ) said: The hands are not cut in the battles.

  • حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ، وَأَيُّوبَ بْنِ مِسْكِينٍ، عَنْ …

    Habib bin Salim said: A man was brought to An-Nu'man bin Bashir who had relations with the slave girl of his wife. He said: 'I give you judgement about her case according to the judgement of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): If she made her …

  • حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ، عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ، عَنْ النُّعْمَانِ …

    (Another chain) from An-Nu'man bin Bashir with similar.

  • حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَمَّرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الرَّقِّيُّ، عَنْ الْحَجَّاجِ بْنِ أَرْطَاةَ، …

    Narrated 'Abdul-Jabbar bin Wa'il bin Hujr: That his father said: A woman was forced to commit illegal sexual relations during the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did not enforce the legal punishment upon her …

  • حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى النَّيْسَابُورِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا …

    Narrated 'Alqamah bin Wa'il Al-Kindi: From his father: A women went out during the time of the Prophet (ﷺ) to go to Salat, but she was caught by a man and he had relations with her, so she screamed and he left. Then a man came across her …

  • حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو السَّوَّاقُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ أَبِي …

    Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Whomever you see having relations with an animal then kill him and kill animal. So it was said to Ibn 'Abbas: What is the case of the animal? He said: I did not hear anything from …

  • حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو السَّوَّاقُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ أَبِي …

    Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Whomever you find doing the actions of the people of Lut then kill the one doing it, and the one it is done to.

  • حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ، عَنْ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ …

    Narrated Jabir: That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: What I fear most from my Ummah is the behavior of the people of Lut.

  • حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ الضَّبِّيُّ الْبَصْرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ الثَّقَفِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا …

    Narrated 'Ikrimah: That 'Ali burnt some people who apostasized from Islam. This news reached Ibn 'Abbas, so he said: If it were me I would have killed them according to the statement of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) …

  • حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، وَأَبُو السَّائِبِ سَلْمُ بْنُ جُنَادَةَ قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ بُرَيْدِ …

    Narrated Abu Musa: That the Prophet (ﷺ) said: Whoever carries weapons against us, he is not from us.

  • حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيل بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ، عَنْ الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ …

    Narrated Jundab: That he heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: The punishment of the Sahir is a strike of the sword.

  • حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو السَّوَّاقُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ …

    Narrated Umar: That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Whomever you find stealing from the spoils of war while in the path of Allah, then burn his belongings. Salih (one of the narrators) said: I entered upon Maslamah and with him was Salim …

  • حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي فُدَيْكٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيل بْنِ أَبِي …

    Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: That the Prophet (ﷺ) said: If a man says to another man: 'O you Jew' then beat him twenty times. If he says: 'O you effeminate' then beat him twenty times. And whoever has relations with someone that is a Mahram then …

  • حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبيبٍ، عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ …

    Narrated Abu Burdah bun Niyar: That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: No one is to be lashed more than ten lashes except for a legal punishment among Allah's punishments.