The Chapters on Legal Punishments

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Ahmad ibn 'Abdah narrated to us; Hammad ibn Zayd informed us, from Yahya ibn Sa'id, from Abu Umamah ibn Sahl ibn Hunayf, that 'Uthman ibn 'Affan looked down at them and heard them speaking of killing. He said: They are threatening to kill me; why would they kill me? I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: The blood of a Muslim man is not lawful except in one of three cases: a man who commits adultery while married and is stoned; a man who kills a person other than in retaliation for a life; or a man who apostatizes after his Islam. By Allah, I did not commit adultery in the days of ignorance or in Islam; I did not kill a Muslim person; and I have not apostatized since I became Muslim.

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'Ali ibn Muhammad and Abu Bakr ibn Khallad al-Bahili narrated to us; they said: Waki' narrated to us, from al-A'mash, from 'Abdullah ibn Murrah, from Masruq, from 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The blood of a Muslim who bears witness that there is no deity but Allah and that I am the Messenger of Allah is not lawful except in one of three cases: a life for a life, a previously married adulterer, or one who leaves his religion and separates from the community.

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Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah informed us; Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah informed us, from Ayyub, from 'Ikrimah, from Ibn 'Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever changes his religion, put him to death.

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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; Abu Usamah narrated to us, from Bahz ibn Hakim, from his father, from his grandfather, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah does not accept any deed from a polytheist who committed shirk after becoming Muslim until he leaves the polytheists and joins the Muslims.

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Hisham ibn 'Ammar narrated to us; al-Walid ibn Muslim narrated to us; Sa'id ibn Sinan narrated to us, from Abu al-Zahiriyyah, from Abu Shajarah Kathir ibn Murrah, from Ibn 'Umar, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Establishing one of Allah's prescribed limits is better than rain falling for forty nights in the lands of Allah, Mighty and Majestic.

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'Amr ibn Rafi' narrated to us; 'Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak informed us; 'Isa ibn Yazid informed us—I think from Jarir ibn Yazid—from Abu Zur'ah ibn 'Amr ibn Jarir, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: A prescribed punishment carried out on earth is better for the people of the earth than their being rained upon for forty mornings.

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Nasr ibn 'Ali al-Jahdami narrated to us; Hafs ibn 'Umar narrated to us; al-Hakam ibn Aban narrated to us, from 'Ikrimah, from Ibn 'Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever denies a verse of the Quran, striking his neck becomes lawful. Whoever says, There is no deity but Allah alone, without partner, and that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger, no one has a claim against him unless he commits an offense subject to a prescribed punishment and it is carried out upon him.

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'Abdullah ibn Salim al-Mafluj narrated to us; 'Ubaydah ibn al-Aswad narrated to us, from al-Qasim ibn al-Walid, from Abu Sadiq, from Rabi'ah ibn Najid, from 'Ubadah ibn al-Samit, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Carry out Allah's prescribed limits upon near and far alike, and let no blame from any blamer deter you concerning Allah.

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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah and 'Ali ibn Muhammad narrated to us; they said: Waki' narrated to us, from Sufyan, from 'Abd al-Malik ibn 'Umayr, who said: I heard 'Atiyyah al-Qurazi say: We were presented before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on the day of Qurayzah. Whoever had developed pubic hair was killed, and whoever had not was released. I was among those who had not, so I was released.

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Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah informed us; Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah informed us, from 'Abd al-Malik ibn 'Umayr, who said: I heard 'Atiyyah al-Qurazi say: Here I am, still among you.

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'Ali ibn Muhammad narrated to us; 'Abdullah ibn Numayr, Abu Mu'awiyah, and Abu Usamah narrated to us; they said: 'Ubaydullah ibn 'Umar narrated to us, from Nafi', from Ibn 'Umar, who said: I was presented before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on the day of Uhud when I was fourteen, and he did not grant me permission. I was presented before him on the day of the Trench when I was fifteen, and he granted me permission. Nafi' said: I related this to 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz during his caliphate, and he said: This is the dividing line between the young and the adult.

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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; Abu Mu'awiyah narrated to us, from al-A'mash, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever conceals a Muslim, Allah will conceal him in this world and the Hereafter.

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'Abdullah ibn al-Jarrah narrated to us; Waki' narrated to us, from Ibrahim ibn al-Fadl, from Sa'id ibn Abi Sa'id, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Avert the prescribed punishments whenever you find a way to avert them.

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Ya'qub ibn Humayd ibn Kasib informed us; Muhammad ibn 'Uthman al-Jumahi informed us; al-Hakam ibn Aban narrated to us, from 'Ikrimah, from Ibn 'Abbas, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: Whoever conceals the shameful matter of his Muslim brother, Allah will conceal his shameful matter on the Day of Resurrection; and whoever exposes the shameful matter of his Muslim brother, Allah will expose his, until He disgraces him through it in his own home.

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Muhammad ibn Rumh al-Misri informed us; al-Layth ibn Sa'd informed us, from Ibn Shihab, from 'Urwah, from 'Aishah: Quraysh were troubled by the case of the Makhzumi woman who had stolen. They said: Who will speak to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on her behalf? They said: Who would dare to do so except Usamah ibn Zayd, the beloved of the Messenger of Allah? Usamah spoke to him, and the Messenger of Allah said: Do you intercede regarding one of Allah's prescribed limits? Then he stood and delivered a sermon: People, those before you were destroyed because when a noble person among them stole, they left him alone, but when a weak person among them stole, they carried out the prescribed punishment upon him. By Allah, if Fatimah daughter of Muhammad were to steal, I would cut off her hand. Muhammad ibn Rumh said: I heard al-Layth ibn Sa'd say: Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has protected her from stealing; Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has protected her from stealing; and every Muslim should say this.

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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; 'Abdullah ibn Numayr narrated to us; Muhammad ibn Ishaq narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Talhah ibn Rukanah, from his mother 'Aishah bint Mas'ud ibn al-Aswad, from her father, who said: When that velvet cloak was stolen from the house of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), we considered the matter grave. She was a woman from Quraysh. We came to the Prophet to speak with him and said: We will ransom her for forty uqiyyahs. The Messenger of Allah said: Her being purified is better for her. When we heard the gentleness in the Messenger of Allah's words, we went to Usamah and said: Speak to the Messenger of Allah. When the Messenger of Allah saw that, he stood and delivered a sermon: How often you plead with me about one of the limits of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, which has befallen one of Allah's servant women! By the One in whose hand is Muhammad's soul, if Fatimah daughter of the Messenger of Allah were to do what this woman did, Muhammad would cut off her hand.

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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah, Hisham ibn 'Ammar, and Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah narrated to us; they said: Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from 'Ubaydullah ibn 'Abdullah, from Abu Hurayrah, Zayd ibn Khalid, and Shibl, who said: We were with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when a man came and said: I adjure you by Allah to judge between us according to the Book of Allah. His opponent, who was more knowledgeable than he, said: Judge between us according to the Book of Allah, and allow me to speak. He said: Speak. He said: My son was a hired worker for this man, and he committed adultery with his wife. I ransomed him from him for one hundred sheep and a servant. I asked a man of knowledge, and was told that my son must receive one hundred lashes and be exiled for a year, while this man's wife must be stoned. The Messenger of Allah said: By the One in whose hand is my soul, I will surely judge between you according to the Book of Allah. The one hundred sheep and the servant are to be returned to you; your son is to receive one hundred lashes and a year's exile. Go tomorrow, Unays, to this man's wife; if she confesses, stone her. Hisham said: He went to her the next day; she confessed, and he stoned her.

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Bakr ibn Khalaf Abu Bishr narrated to us; Yahya ibn Sa'id narrated to us, from Sa'id ibn Abi 'Arubah, from Qatadah, from Yunus ibn Jubayr, from Hittan ibn 'Abdullah, from 'Ubadah ibn al-Samit, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Take from me, take from me. Allah has made a way for them: a virgin with a virgin—one hundred lashes and exile for a year; and a previously married person with a previously married person—one hundred lashes and stoning.

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Humayd ibn Mas'adah narrated to us; Khalid ibn al-Harith narrated to us; Sa'id informed us, from Qatadah, from Habib ibn Salim, who said: A man who had intercourse with his wife's slave woman was brought to al-Nu'man ibn Bashir. He said: I will judge in this case only by the judgment of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He said: If she had made her lawful to him, I would give him one hundred lashes; but if she had not given him permission, I would stone him.

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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; 'Abd al-Salam ibn Harb narrated to us, from Hisham ibn Hassan, from al-Hasan, from Salamah ibn al-Muhabbiq, that the case of a man who had intercourse with his wife's slave woman was referred to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), but he did not impose a prescribed punishment on him.