The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If you find anyone doing as Lot's people did, kill the one who does it, and the one to whom it is done.
Abu Dawud said: A similar tradition has also been transmitted by Sulaiman b. Bilal from 'Amr b. Abi 'Umar. And 'Abbad b. Mansur transmitted it from 'Ikrimah on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas who transmitted it from the Prophet (ﷺ). It has also been transmitted by Ibn Juraij from Ibrahim from Dawud b. Al-Husain from 'Ikrimah on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas who transmitted it from the Prophet (ﷺ).
Prescribed Punishments (Kitab Al-Hudud)
Sunan Abi Dawud 4462
Hadith Text & Transmission
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If you find anyone doing as Lot's people did, kill the one who does it, and the one to whom it is done.
Abu Dawud notes multiple transmission chains: Sulaiman b. Bilal from 'Amr b. Abi 'Umar; 'Abbad b. Mansur from 'Ikrimah from Ibn 'Abbas; and Ibn Juraij from Ibrahim from Dawud b. Al-Husain from 'Ikrimah from Ibn 'Abbas - all tracing back to the Prophet (ﷺ).
Scholarly Commentary
This hadith establishes the capital punishment for liwat (sodomy), referring to the sin of the people of Prophet Lut (Lot). Classical scholars interpret "the one who does it" as the active participant and "the one to whom it is done" as the passive participant, both being subject to execution if proven.
The punishment applies to free, adult Muslims of sound mind who engage in this act consensually. Scholars differ on the method of execution: some prescribe stoning (if married) or sword (if unmarried), while others mandate throwing from a high place followed by stoning, mirroring Allah's punishment of Lut's people.
The rigorous transmission chains cited by Abu Dawud demonstrate the authenticity and importance of this ruling in Islamic jurisprudence regarding hudud punishments.