The Chapters on Legal Punishments

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Waki reported to us, from Sufyan, from Yahya ibn Said, from Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Habban, from his paternal uncle Wasi ibn Habban, from Rafi ibn Khadij, who said: The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, ‘There is no amputation for [stealing] fruit or the palm spadix.’

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Sad ibn Said al-Maqburi reported to us, from his brother, from his father, from Abu Hurairah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, ‘There is no amputation for [stealing] fruit or the palm spadix.’

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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah reported to us: Shababah reported to us, from Malik ibn Anas, from al-Zuhri, from Abdullah ibn Safwan, from his father: He slept in the mosque, using his upper garment as a pillow, and it was taken from beneath his head. He brought the thief to the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace), and the Prophet ordered that the thief’s hand be cut off. Safwan said, ‘Messenger of Allah, I did not intend this; my garment is a charity for him.’ The Messenger of Allah said, ‘Why did you not do so before bringing him to me?’

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Ali ibn Muhammad reported to us: Abu Usamah reported to us, from al-Walid ibn Kathir, from Amr ibn Shuayb, from his father, from his grandfather: A man from Muzaynah asked the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) about fruit. He said, ‘Whatever is taken from its clusters and carried away, its value and an equal amount are due; whatever is taken from the drying yard incurs amputation if it reaches the value of a shield. If one eats from it without carrying it away, there is nothing due.’ He asked, ‘What about a sheep stolen from the pasture, Messenger of Allah?’ He said, ‘Its value and an equal amount are due, along with a deterrent punishment. Whatever is taken from the sheepfold incurs amputation if what was taken is worth the value of a shield.’

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Hisham ibn Ammar reported to us: Said ibn Yahya reported to us: Hammad ibn Salamah reported to us, from Ishaq ibn Abi Talhah, who said: I heard Abu al-Mundhir, the freedman of Abu Dharr, mention that Abu Umayyah told him: A thief was brought to the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace). He confessed, although the stolen goods were not found with him. The Messenger of Allah said, ‘I do not think you stole.’ He replied, ‘Yes, I did.’ He said again, ‘I do not think you stole.’ He replied, ‘Yes, I did.’ So he ordered that the man’s hand be cut off. The Prophet then said, ‘Say: I seek Allah’s forgiveness and repent to Him.’ The man said, ‘I seek Allah’s forgiveness and repent to Him.’ The Prophet said twice, ‘O Allah, accept his repentance.’

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Ali ibn Maymun al-Raqqi, Ayyub ibn Muhammad al-Wazzan, and Abdullah ibn Sa‘id reported to us; they said: Muammar ibn Sulayman reported to us: al-Hajjaj ibn Artah informed us, from Abd al-Jabbar ibn Wa’il, from his father: A woman was compelled during the time of the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace), and he waived the prescribed punishment for her and carried it out on the man who had forced himself upon her. The narrator did not mention that he assigned her a bridal payment.

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Suwayd ibn Said reported to us: Ali ibn Mushir reported to us. Al-Hasan ibn Arafa reported to us: Abu Hafs al-Abbar reported to us. Both routes go through Ismail ibn Muslim, from Amr ibn Dinar, from Tawus, from Ibn Abbas, that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, ‘Prescribed punishments are not to be carried out in mosques.’

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Muhammad ibn Rumh informed us: Abdullah ibn Lahi‘ah reported to us, from Muhammad ibn Ajlan, who heard Amr ibn Shuayb narrating from his father, from his grandfather, that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) forbade administering the prescribed flogging in mosques.

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Muhammad ibn Rumh informed us: al-Layth ibn Sad reported to us, from Yazid ibn Abi Habib, from Bukayr ibn Abdullah ibn al-Ashajj, from Sulayman ibn Yasar, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Jabir ibn Abdullah, from Abu Burdah ibn Niyar, that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) used to say, ‘No one is to be flogged more than ten lashes except for one of the prescribed limits set by Allah.’

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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.’

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Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna reported to us: Abd al-Wahhab and Ibn Abi Adi reported to us, from Khalid al-Hadhdha, from Abu Qilabah, from Abu al-Ashath, from Ubadah ibn al-Samit, who said: The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, ‘Whoever among you incurs a prescribed punishment and it is carried out upon him promptly, that is an expiation for him; otherwise, his case rests with Allah.’

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Harun ibn Abdullah al-Hammal reported to us: Hajjaj ibn Muhammad reported to us: Yunus ibn Abi Ishaq reported to us, from Abu Ishaq, from Abu Juhaifah, from Ali, who said: The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, ‘Whoever commits a sin in this world and is punished for it, Allah is too just to repeat the punishment upon His servant. Whoever commits a sin in this world and Allah conceals it for him, Allah is too generous to return to something He has already pardoned.’

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Ahmad ibn Abdah and Muhammad ibn Ubayd al-Madini Abu Ubayd reported to us; they said: Abd al-Aziz ibn Muhammad al-Darawardi reported to us, from Suhayl ibn Abi Salih, from his father, from Abu Hurairah: Sad ibn Ubadah al-Ansari said, ‘Messenger of Allah, if a man finds another man with his wife, should he kill him?’ The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, ‘No.’ Sad said, ‘Indeed, by the One who honored you with the Truth!’ The Messenger of Allah said, ‘Listen to what your leader says.’

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Ali ibn Muhammad reported to us: Waki reported to us, from al-Fadl ibn Dalham, from al-Hasan, from Qabisah ibn Hurayth, from Salamah ibn al-Muhabbiq: When the verse of prescribed punishments was revealed, it was said to Abu Thabit Sad ibn Ubadah, a jealous man, ‘What would you do if you found a man with Umm Thabit?’ He said, ‘I would strike them both with the sword. Do you think I would wait until I brought four witnesses, by which time he would have fulfilled his desire and gone? Or should I say, “I saw such and such,” and then you would flog me with the prescribed punishment and never accept my testimony again?’ This was mentioned to the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace), and he said, ‘The sword is sufficient as a witness.’ Then he said, ‘No; I fear that the drunkard and the jealous man may rush into doing that.’ Abu Abdullah, meaning Ibn Majah, said: I heard Abu Zurah say, ‘This is a hadith of Ali ibn Muhammad al-Tanafisi; I missed hearing it from him.’

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Ismail ibn Musa reported to us: Hushaim reported to us. Sahl ibn Abi Sahl reported to us: Hafs ibn Ghiyath reported to us. Both reported from Ashath, from Adi ibn Thabit, from al-Bara ibn Azib, who said: My maternal uncle passed by me—the narrator Hushaim named him in his report as al-Harith ibn Amr—and the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) had given him a banner. I asked him, ‘Where are you going?’ He said, ‘The Messenger of Allah sent me to a man who married his father’s wife after his father’s death, and ordered me to strike his neck.’

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Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman, the nephew of al-Husayn al-Ju‘fi, reported to us: Yusuf ibn Manazil al-Taymi reported to us: Abdullah ibn Idris reported to us, from Khalid ibn Abi Karimah, from Muawiyah ibn Qurrah, from his father, who said: The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) sent me to a man who had married his father’s wife, ordering me to strike his neck and take all his wealth.

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Abu Bishr Bakr ibn Khalaf reported to us: Ibn Abi al-Dayf reported to us: Abdullah ibn Uthman ibn Khuthaym reported to us, from Said ibn Jubayr, from Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, ‘Whoever claims affiliation to someone other than his father, or takes as patron someone other than his own patrons, upon him is the curse of Allah, the angels, and all people.’

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Ali ibn Muhammad reported to us: Abu Muawiyah reported to us, from Asim al-Ahwal, from Abu Uthman al-Nahdi, who said: I heard Sad and Abu Bakrah, each of them saying: My ears heard and my heart retained Muhammad (Allah bless him and grant him peace) saying, ‘Whoever knowingly claims affiliation to someone other than his father, knowing that he is not his father, Paradise is forbidden to him.’

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Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah informed us: Sufyan reported to us, from Abd al-Karim, from Mujahid, from Abdullah ibn Amr, who said: The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, ‘Whoever claims affiliation to someone other than his father will not smell the fragrance of Paradise, though its fragrance can be perceived from a distance of five hundred years.’

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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah reported to us: Yazid ibn Harun reported to us: Hammad ibn Salamah reported to us. Muhammad ibn Yahya reported to us: Sulayman ibn Harb reported to us. Harun ibn Hayyan informed us: Abd al-Aziz ibn al-Mughirah reported to us. All three routes converge at Hammad ibn Salamah, from Aqil ibn Talhah al-Sulami, from Muslim ibn Haytham, from al-Ashath ibn Qays, who said: I came with a delegation from Kindah to the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace). They did not consider me their best, so I said, ‘Messenger of Allah, are you not from among us?’ He replied, ‘We are the descendants of Nadr ibn Kinanah: we do not attribute ourselves to our mothers, nor do we disavow our fathers.’ Al-Ashath ibn Qays used to say, ‘If a man who disavowed a Qurashi man’s descent from Nadr ibn Kinanah were brought to me, I would carry out the prescribed punishment on him.’