Sunan Abu Dawud — Prescribed Punishments

Abd al-Rahman b. Muhariz said: We asked Fadalah b. 'Ubaid about the hanging the (amputated) hand on the neck of a thief whether it was a sunnan. He said: A thief was brought to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and his hand was cut off. Thereafter he commanded for it, and it was hung on his neck

حدثنا قتيبة بن سعيد، حدثنا عمر بن علي، حدثنا الحجاج، عن مكحول، عن عبد الرحمن بن محيريز، قال سالنا فضالة بن عبيد عن تعليق اليد، في العنق للسارق امن السنة هو قال اتي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم بسارق فقطعت يده ثم امر بها فعلقت في عنقه

Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (ﷺ) as saying: When a slave steals, sell him, even though it be for half an uqiyah

حدثنا موسى، - يعني ابن اسماعيل - حدثنا ابو عوانة، عن عمر بن ابي سلمة، عن ابيه، عن ابي هريرة، قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم " اذا سرق المملوك فبعه ولو بنش

Ibn ‘Abbas said:The Qur’anic verse goes: “If any of your woman are guilty of lewdness, take the evidence of four (reliable) witnesses from amongst you against them, and if they testify, Confine them to houses until death do chain them or Allah ordains for them some (other) way. Allah then mentioned man after woman and combined them in another verse : “If two men among you are guilty of lewdness, punish them both. If they repent and amend, leave them alone. This command was abrogated by the verse relating to flogging : “The woman and the man guilty of adultery or fornication – flog each of them with one hundred stripes

حدثنا احمد بن محمد بن ثابت المروزي، حدثني علي بن الحسين، عن ابيه، عن يزيد النحوي، عن عكرمة، عن ابن عباس، قال { واللاتي ياتين الفاحشة من نسايكم فاستشهدوا عليهن اربعة منكم فان شهدوا فامسكوهن في البيوت حتى يتوفاهن الموت او يجعل الله لهن سبيلا } وذكر الرجل بعد المراة ثم جمعهما فقال { واللذان ياتيانها منكم فاذوهما فان تابا واصلحا فاعرضوا عنهما } فنسخ ذلك باية الجلد فقال { الزانية والزاني فاجلدوا كل واحد منهما ماية جلدة}

Mujahid said:“Apponting a way in the verse (iv.15) means prescribed punishment. Sufiyan said: “Punish them “refers to unmarried, and “confine them to houses” refers to the women who are married

حدثنا احمد بن محمد بن ثابت، حدثنا موسى، - يعني ابن مسعود - عن شبل، عن ابن ابي نجيح، عن مجاهد، قال السبيل الحد قال سفيان { فاذوهما } البكران { فامسكوهن في البيوت } الثيبات

‘Ubadah b. al-Samit reported the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) as sayings:Receive my teachings, receive my teachings. Allah has appointed a way for those women. If the parties have been married, they shall receive a hundred lashes and stoned to death. If the parties are unmarried, they shall receive a hundred lashes and banished for a year

حدثنا مسدد، حدثنا يحيى، عن سعيد بن ابي عروبة، عن قتادة، عن الحسن، عن حطان بن عبد الله الرقاشي، عن عبادة بن الصامت، قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم " خذوا عني خذوا عني قد جعل الله لهن سبيلا الثيب بالثيب جلد ماية ورمى بالحجارة والبكر بالبكر جلد ماية ونفى سنة

A similar tradition has been transmitted by al-Hasan through a chain of Yahya and to the same effect. This version adds:They shall receive a hundred lashes and toned to death

حدثنا وهب بن بقية، ومحمد بن الصباح بن سفيان، قالا حدثنا هشيم، عن منصور، عن الحسن، باسناد يحيى ومعناه قالا " جلد ماية والرجم

Narrated Ubadah ibn as-Samit: The tradition mentioned above (No. 4401) has also been transmitted by Ubadah ibn as-Samit through a different chain of narrators. This version has: The people said to Sa'd ibn Ubadah: AbuThabit, the prescribed punishments have been revealed: if you find a man with your wife, what will you do? He said: I shall strike them with a sword so much that they become silent (i.e. die). Should I go and gather four witnesses? Until that (time) the need would be fulfilled. So they went away and gathered with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: Messenger of Allah! did you not see AbuThabit. He said so-and-so. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: The sword is a sufficient witness. He then said: No, no, a furious and a jealous man may follow this course. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been transmitted by Waki' from al-Fadl b. Dilham from al-Hasan, from Qabisah b. Huraith, from Salamah b. al-Muhabbaq, from the Prophet (ﷺ). And this is the chain of the tradition narrated by Ibn al-Muhabbaq to the effect that a man had sexual intercourse with a slave girl of his wife. Abu Dawud said: Al-Fadl b. Dilham was not the memoriser of traditions. He was a butcher in Wasit

حدثنا محمد بن عوف الطايي، حدثنا الربيع بن روح بن خليد، حدثنا محمد بن خالد، - يعني الوهبي - حدثنا الفضل بن دلهم، عن الحسن، عن سلمة بن المحبق، عن عبادة بن الصامت، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم بهذا الحديث فقال ناس لسعد بن عبادة يا ابا ثابت قد نزلت الحدود لو انك وجدت مع امراتك رجلا كيف كنت صانعا قال كنت ضاربهما بالسيف حتى يسكتا افانا اذهب فاجمع اربعة شهداء فالى ذلك قد قضى الحاجة . فانطلقوا فاجتمعوا عند رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فقالوا يا رسول الله الم تر الى ابي ثابت قال كذا وكذا فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم " كفى بالسيف شاهدا " . ثم قال " لا لا اخاف ان يتتايع فيها السكران والغيران " . قال ابو داود روى وكيع اول هذا الحديث عن الفضل بن دلهم عن الحسن عن قبيصة بن حريث عن سلمة بن المحبق عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم . وانما هذا اسناد حديث ابن المحبق ان رجلا وقع على جارية امراته . قال ابو داود الفضل بن دلهم ليس بالحافظ كان قصابا بواسط

‘Abd Allah b. ‘Abbas said:‘Umar b. al-Khattab gave an address saying: Allah sent Muhammad (ﷺ) with truth and sent down the Books of him, and the verse of stoning was included in what He sent down to him. We read it and memorized it. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had people stoned to death and we have done it also since his death. I am afraid the people might say with the passage of time: We do not find the verse of stoning in the Books of Allah, and thus they stray by abandoning a duty which Allah had received. Stoning is a duty laid down (by Allah) for married men and women who commit fornication when proof is established, or if there is pregnancy, or a confession. I swear by Allah, had it not been so that the people might say: ‘Umar made an addition to Allah’s Book, I would have written it (there)

حدثنا عبد الله بن محمد النفيلي، حدثنا هشيم، حدثنا الزهري، عن عبيد الله بن عبد الله بن عتبة، عن عبد الله بن عباس، ان عمر، - يعني ابن الخطاب - رضى الله عنه خطب فقال ان الله بعث محمدا صلى الله عليه وسلم بالحق وانزل عليه الكتاب فكان فيما انزل عليه اية الرجم فقراناها ووعيناها ورجم رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ورجمنا من بعده واني خشيت - ان طال بالناس الزمان - ان يقول قايل ما نجد اية الرجم في كتاب الله فيضلوا بترك فريضة انزلها الله تعالى فالرجم حق على من زنى من الرجال والنساء اذا كان محصنا اذا قامت البينة او كان حمل او اعتراف وايم الله لولا ان يقول الناس زاد عمر في كتاب الله عز وجل لكتبتها

Narrated Nu'aym ibn Huzzal: Yazid ibn Nu'aym ibn Huzzal, on his father's authority said: Ma'iz ibn Malik was an orphan under the protection of my father. He had illegal sexual intercourse with a slave-girl belonging to a clan. My father said to him: Go to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and inform him of what you have done, for he may perhaps ask Allah for your forgiveness. His purpose in that was simply a hope that it might be a way of escape for him. So he went to him and said: Messenger of Allah! I have committed fornication, so inflict on me the punishment ordained by Allah. He (the Prophet) turned away from him, so he came back and said: Messenger of Allah! I have committed fornication, so inflict on me the punishment ordained by Allah. He (again) turned away from him, so he came back and said: Messenger of Allah! I have committed fornication, so inflict on me the punishment ordained by Allah. When he uttered it four times, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: You have said it four times. With whom did you commit it? He replied: With so and so. He asked: Did you lie down with her? He replied: Yes. He asked: Had your skin been in contact with hers? He replied. Yes. He asked: Did you have intercourse with her? He said: Yes. So he (the Prophet) gave orders that he should be stoned to death. He was then taken out to the Harrah, and while he was being stoned he felt the effect of the stones and could not bear it and fled. But Abdullah ibn Unays encountered him when those who had been stoning him could not catch up with him. He threw the bone of a camel's foreleg at him, which hit him and killed him. They then went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and reported it to him. He said: Why did you not leave him alone. Perhaps he might have repented and been forgiven by Allah

حدثنا محمد بن سليمان الانباري، حدثنا وكيع، عن هشام بن سعد، قال حدثني يزيد بن نعيم بن هزال، عن ابيه، قال كان ماعز بن مالك يتيما في حجر ابي . فاصاب جارية من الحى فقال له ابي ايت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فاخبره بما صنعت لعله يستغفر لك وانما يريد بذلك رجاء ان يكون له مخرجا فاتاه فقال يا رسول الله اني زنيت فاقم على كتاب الله . فاعرض عنه فعاد فقال يا رسول الله اني زنيت فاقم على كتاب الله . حتى قالها اربع مرار . قال صلى الله عليه وسلم " انك قد قلتها اربع مرات فبمن " . قال بفلانة . قال " هل ضاجعتها " . قال نعم . قال " هل باشرتها " . قال نعم . قال " هل جامعتها " . قال نعم . قال فامر به ان يرجم فاخرج به الى الحرة . فلما رجم فوجد مس الحجارة جزع فخرج يشتد فلقيه عبد الله بن انيس وقد عجز اصحابه فنزع له بوظيف بعير فرماه به فقتله ثم اتى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فذكر ذلك له فقال " هلا تركتموه لعله ان يتوب فيتوب الله عليه

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: Muhammad ibn Ishaq said: I mentioned the story of Ma'iz ibn Malik to Asim ibn Umar ibn Qatadah. He said to me: Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn AbuTalib said to me: Some men of the tribe of Aslam whom I do not blame and whom you like have transmitted to me the saying of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): Why did you not leave him alone? He said: But I did not understand this tradition. So I went to Jabir ibn Abdullah and said (to him): Some men of the tribe of Aslam narrate that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said when they mentioned to him the anxiety of Ma'iz when the stones hurt him: "Why did you not leave him alone?' But I do not know this tradition. He said: My cousin, I know this tradition more than the people. I was one of those who had stoned the man. When we came out with him, stoned him and he felt the effect of the stones, he cried: O people! return me to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). My people killed me and deceived me; they told me that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would not kill me. We did not keep away from him till we killed him. When we returned to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) we informed him of it. He said: Why did you not leave him alone and bring him to me? and he said this so that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) might ascertain it from him. But he did not say this to abandon the prescribed punishment. He said: I then understood the intent of the tradition

حدثنا عبيد الله بن عمر بن ميسرة، حدثنا يزيد بن زريع، عن محمد بن اسحاق، قال ذكرت لعاصم بن عمر بن قتادة قصة ماعز بن مالك فقال لي حدثني حسن بن محمد بن علي بن ابي طالب، قال حدثني ذلك، من قول رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم " فهلا تركتموه " . من شيتم من رجال اسلم ممن لا اتهم . قال ولم اعرف هذا الحديث قال فجيت جابر بن عبد الله فقلت ان رجالا من اسلم يحدثون ان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال لهم حين ذكروا له جزع ماعز من الحجارة حين اصابته " الا تركتموه " . وما اعرف الحديث قال يا ابن اخي انا اعلم الناس بهذا الحديث كنت فيمن رجم الرجل انا لما خرجنا به فرجمناه فوجد مس الحجارة صرخ بنا يا قوم ردوني الى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فان قومي قتلوني وغروني من نفسي واخبروني ان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم غير قاتلي فلم ننزع عنه حتى قتلناه فلما رجعنا الى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم واخبرناه قال " فهلا تركتموه وجيتموني به " . ليستثبت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم منه فاما لترك حد فلا قال فعرفت وجه الحديث

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: Ma'iz ibn Malik came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said that he had committed fornication and he (the Prophet) turned away from him. He repeated it many times, but he (the Prophet) turned away from him. He asked his people: Is he mad? They replied: There is no defect in him. He asked: Have you done it with her? He replied: Yes. so he ordered that he should be stoned to death. He was taken out and stoned to death, and he (the Prophet) did not pray over him

حدثنا ابو كامل، حدثنا يزيد بن زريع، حدثنا خالد، - يعني الحذاء - عن عكرمة، عن ابن عباس، ان ماعز بن مالك، اتى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال انه زنى . فاعرض عنه فاعاد عليه مرارا فاعرض عنه فسال قومه " امجنون هو " . قالوا ليس به باس . قال " افعلت بها " . قال نعم . فامر به ان يرجم فانطلق به فرجم ولم يصل عليه

Jabir b. Samurah said:I saw Ma’iz b. Malik when he was brought to the Prophet (ﷺ). He was a small and muscular man. He did not wear the loose outer garment. He made confession about him four times that he committed fornication. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Perhaps you kissed her. He said that this most discarded man has committed fornication. He said: So he had him stoned to death and gave an address, saying: Beware, whenever we go out on an expedition in the path of Allah, one of them (I.e. the people) lags behind with a bleating sound like that of a he-goat, and gives modicum of his milk(i.e. sperm) to one of the women. If Allah gives control over any of them, I shall deter him from them (i.e. women) by punishing him severely

حدثنا مسدد، حدثنا ابو عوانة، عن سماك، عن جابر بن سمرة، قال رايت ماعز بن مالك حين جيء به الى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم رجلا قصيرا اعضل ليس عليه رداء فشهد على نفسه اربع مرات انه قد زنى . فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم " فلعلك قبلتها " . قال لا والله انه قد زنى الاخر . قال فرجمه ثم خطب فقال " الا كلما نفرنا في سبيل الله عز وجل خلف احدهم له نبيب كنبيب التيس يمنح احداهن الكثبة اما ان الله ان يمكني من احد منهم الا نكلته عنهن

Simak said:I heard this tradition from Jabir b. Samurah. But the first version is more perfect. This version has: He repeated twice, Simak said: I narrated to Sa’id b. Jubair. He said: He repeated it four times

حدثنا محمد بن المثنى، عن محمد بن جعفر، عن شعبة، عن سماك، قال سمعت جابر بن سمرة، بهذا الحديث والاول اتم قال فرده مرتين . قال سماك فحدثت به سعيد بن جبير فقال انه رده اربع مرات

Shu’bah said:I asked Simak about the meaning of KUTHBAH. He said: A small quantity of milk

حدثنا عبد الغني بن ابي عقيل المصري، حدثنا خالد، - يعني ابن عبد الرحمن - قال قال شعبة فسالت سماكا عن الكثبة فقال اللبن القليل

Ibn ‘Abbas said:The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) asked Ma’iz b. Malik : Is what I have heard about you is true? He said: What have you heard about me? He said: I have heard that you have had intercourse with a girl belonging to the family of so and so. He said: Yes. He then testified four times. He (The prophet) then gave order regarding him and he was stoned to death

حدثنا مسدد، حدثنا ابو عوانة، عن سماك بن حرب، عن سعيد بن جبير، عن ابن عباس، قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم لماعز بن مالك " احق ما بلغني عنك " . قال وما بلغك عني قال " بلغني عنك انك وقعت على جارية بني فلان " . قال نعم . فشهد اربع شهادات فامر به فرجم

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: Ma'iz ibn Malik came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and admitted fornication twice. But he drove him away. He then came and admitted fornication twice. But he drove him away. He then came and admitted fornication twice. He (the Prophet) said: You have testified to yourself four times. Take him away and stone him to death

حدثنا نصر بن علي، اخبرنا ابو احمد، اخبرنا اسراييل، عن سماك بن حرب، عن سعيد بن جبير، عن ابن عباس، قال جاء ماعز بن مالك الى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فاعترف بالزنا مرتين فطرده ثم جاء فاعترف بالزنا مرتين فقال " شهدت على نفسك اربع مرات اذهبوا به فارجموه

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet (ﷺ) said to Ma'iz ibn Malik: Perhaps you kissed, or squeezed, or looked. He said: No. He then said: Did you have intercourse with her? He said: Yes. On the (reply) he (the Prophet) gave order that he should be stoned to death. The narrator did not mention "on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas". This is Wahb's version

حدثنا موسى بن اسماعيل، حدثنا جرير، حدثني يعلى، عن عكرمة، ان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ح وحدثنا زهير بن حرب وعقبة بن مكرم قالا حدثنا وهب بن جرير حدثنا ابي قال سمعت يعلى بن حكيم يحدث عن عكرمة عن ابن عباس ان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال لماعز بن مالك " لعلك قبلت او غمزت او نظرت " . قال لا . قال " افنكتها " . قال نعم . قال فعند ذلك امر برجمه . ولم يذكر موسى عن ابن عباس وهذا لفظ وهب

Narrated AbuHurayrah: A man of the tribe of Aslam came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and testified four times against himself that he had had illicit intercourse with a woman, while all the time the Prophet (ﷺ) was turning away from him. Then when he confessed a fifth time, he turned round and asked: Did you have intercourse with her? He replied: Yes. He asked: Have you done it so that your sexual organ penetrated hers? He replied: Yes. He asked: Have you done it like a collyrium stick when enclosed in its case and a rope in a well? He replied: Yes. He asked: Do you know what fornication is? He replied: Yes. I have done with her unlawfully what a man may lawfully do with his wife. He then asked: What do you want from what you have said? He said: I want you to purify me. So he gave orders regarding him and he was stoned to death. Then the Prophet (ﷺ) heard one of his companions saying to another: Look at this man whose fault was concealed by Allah but who would not leave the matter alone, so that he was stoned like a dog. He said nothing to them but walked on for a time till he came to the corpse of an ass with its legs in the air. He asked: Where are so and so? They said: Here we are, Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)! He said: Go down and eat some of this ass's corpse. They replied: Messenger of Allah! Who can eat any of this? He said: The dishonour you have just shown to your brother is more serious than eating some of it. By Him in Whose hand my soul is, he is now among the rivers of Paradise and plunging into them

حدثنا الحسن بن علي، حدثنا عبد الرزاق، عن ابن جريج، قال اخبرني ابو الزبير، ان عبد الرحمن بن الصامت ابن عم ابي هريرة، اخبره انه، سمع ابا هريرة، يقول جاء الاسلمي الى نبي الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فشهد على نفسه انه اصاب امراة حراما اربع مرات كل ذلك يعرض عنه النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فاقبل في الخامسة فقال " انكتها " . قال نعم . قال " حتى غاب ذلك منك في ذلك منها " . قال نعم . قال " كما يغيب المرود في المكحلة والرشاء في البير " . قال نعم . قال " فهل تدري ما الزنا " . قال نعم اتيت منها حراما ما ياتي الرجل من امراته حلالا . قال " فما تريد بهذا القول " . قال اريد ان تطهرني . فامر به فرجم فسمع النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم رجلين من اصحابه يقول احدهما لصاحبه انظر الى هذا الذي ستر الله عليه فلم تدعه نفسه حتى رجم رجم الكلب . فسكت عنهما ثم سار ساعة حتى مر بجيفة حمار شايل برجله فقال " اين فلان وفلان " . فقالا نحن ذان يا رسول الله . قال " انزلا فكلا من جيفة هذا الحمار " . فقالا يا نبي الله من ياكل من هذا قال " فما نلتما من عرض اخيكما انفا اشد من اكل منه والذي نفسي بيده انه الان لفي انهار الجنة ينقمس فيها

A similar tradition has also been transmitted by Abu Hurrairah through a different chain of narrators. This version adds:The narrator Hasan b. “All said: The transmitters have differed in the wordings (of this tradition) reported to me. Some said: He (Ma’iz) was tied to a tree, and others said: He was made to stand

حدثنا الحسن بن علي، حدثنا ابو عاصم، حدثنا ابن جريج، قال اخبرنا ابو الزبير، عن ابن عم ابي هريرة، عن ابي هريرة، بنحوه زاد واختلفوا فقال بعضهم ربط الى شجرة وقال بعضهم وقف

Jabir b. ‘Abd Allah said:A man of the tribe of Asalam came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and made confession of fornication. He (the prophet) turned away from him. When he testified against him four times, the Prophet (ﷺ) said: Are you mad? He said: No. he asked: Are you married? He replied: Yes. The Prophet (ﷺ) then commanded regarding him and he was stoned in the place of prayer. Then when the stones hurt him, he fled, but was overtaken and stoned to death. The Prophet (ﷺ) then spoke well of him and did not pray over him

حدثنا محمد بن المتوكل العسقلاني، والحسن بن علي، قالا حدثنا عبد الرزاق، اخبرنا معمر، عن الزهري، عن ابي سلمة، عن جابر بن عبد الله، ان رجلا، من اسلم جاء الى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فاعترف بالزنا فاعرض عنه ثم اعترف فاعرض عنه حتى شهد على نفسه اربع شهادات فقال له النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم " ابك جنون " . قال لا . قال " احصنت " . قال نعم . قال فامر به النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فرجم في المصلى فلما اذلقته الحجارة فر فادرك فرجم حتى مات فقال له النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم خيرا ولم يصل عليه