Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2602
حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لاَ تُعَزِّرُوا فَوْقَ عَشَرَةِ أَسْوَاطٍ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Hisham ibn Ammar reported to us: Ismail ibn Ayyash reported to us: Abbad ibn Kathir reported to us, from Yahya ibn Abi Kathir, from Abu Salamah, from Abu Hurairah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, ‘Do not administer more than ten lashes as a discretionary punishment.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The verb tu‘azziru refers to discretionary chastisement; the report states a limit of ten lashes.