Punishment of Disbelievers at War with Allah and His Apostle
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 794:
Narrated Anas:
Some people from the
tribe of 'Ukl came to the Prophet and embraced Islam. The climate of Medina did not suit them, so
the Prophet ordered them to go to the (herd of milch) camels of charity and to
drink, their milk and urine (as a medicine). They did so, and after they had
recovered from their ailment (became healthy) they turned renegades (reverted
from Islam) and killed the shepherd of the camels and took the camels away. The
Prophet sent (some people) in their pursuit and so they were (caught and)
brought, and the Prophets ordered that their hands and legs should be cut off
and that their eyes should be branded with heated pieces of iron, and that their
cut hands and legs should not be cauterized, till they die.
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 795:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet cut off the
hands and feet of the men belonging to the tribe of 'Uraina and did not
cauterise (their bleeding limbs) till they died.
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 796:
Narrated Anas:
A group of people from
'Ukl (tribe) came to the Prophet and they were living with the people of
As-Suffa, but they became ill as the climate of Medina did not suit them, so
they said, "O Allah's Apostle! Provide us with milk." The Prophet
said, I see no other way for you than to use the camels of Allah's
Apostle." So they went and drank the milk and urine of the camels, (as
medicine) and became healthy and fat. Then they killed the shepherd and took
the camels away. When a help-seeker came to Allah's Apostle, he sent some men
in their pursuit, and they were captured and brought before mid day. The
Prophet ordered for some iron pieces to be made red hot, and their eyes were
branded with them and their hands and feet were cut off and were not
cauterized. Then they were put at a place called Al-Harra, and when they asked
for water to drink they were not given till they died. (Abu Qilaba said,
"Those people committed theft and murder and fought against Allah and His
Apostle.")
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 797:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
A group of people from
'Ukl (or 'Uraina) tribe ----but I think he said that they were from 'Ukl came
to Medina and (they became ill, so) the Prophet ordered them to go to the herd of
(Milch) she-camels and told them to go out and drink the camels' urine and milk
(as a medicine). So they went and drank it, and when they became healthy, they
killed the shepherd and drove away the camels. This news reached the Prophet
early in the morning, so he sent (some) men in their pursuit and they were
captured and brought to the Prophet before midday. He ordered to cut off
their hands and legs and their eyes to be branded with heated iron pieces and
they were thrown at Al-Harra, and when they asked for water to drink, they were
not given water. (Abu Qilaba said, "Those were the people who committed
theft and murder and reverted to disbelief after being believers (Muslims), and
fought against Allah and His Apostle").
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 798:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"Seven (people) will be shaded by Allah by His Shade on the Day of
Resurrection when there will be no shade except His Shade. (They will be), a
just ruler, a young man who has been brought up in the worship of Allah, a man
who remembers Allah in seclusion and his eyes are then flooded with tears, a
man whose heart is attached to mosques (offers his compulsory congregational
prayers in the mosque), two men who love each other for Allah's Sake, a man who
is called by a charming lady of noble birth to commit illegal sexual
intercourse with her, and he says, 'I am afraid of Allah,' and (finally), a man
who gives in charity so secretly that his left hand does not know what his
right hand has given."
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 799:
Narrated Sahl bin Sa'd:
The Prophet said,
"Whoever guarantees me (the chastity of) what is between his legs (i.e.
his private parts), and what is between his jaws (i.e., his tongue), I
guarantee him Paradise."
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 800i:
Narrated Anas:
I will narrate to you a
narration which nobody will narrate to you after me. I heard that form the
Prophet. I heard the Prophet saying, "The Hour sill not be
established" or said: "From among the portents of the Hour is that
the religious knowledge will betaken away (by the death of religious Scholars)
and general ignorance (of religion) will appear; and the drinking of alcoholic
drinks will be very common, and (open) illegal sexual intercourse will prevail,
and men will decrease in number while women will increase so much so that, for
fifty women there will only be one man to look after them."
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 800e:
Narrated 'Ikrima from
Ibn 'Abbas:
Allah's Apostles said,
"When a slave (of Allah) commits illegal sexual intercourse, he is not a
believer at the time of committing it; and if he steals, he is not a believer
at the time of stealing; and if he drinks an alcoholic drink, when he is not a
believer at the time of drinking it; and he is not a believer when he commits a
murder," 'Ikrima said: I asked Ibn Abbas, "How is faith taken away
from him?" He said, Like this," by clasping his hands and then
separating them, and added, "But if he repents, faith returns to him like
this, by clasping his hands again.
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 801:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"The one who commits an illegal sexual intercourse is not a believer at
the time of committing illegal sexual intercourse and a thief is not a believer
at the time of committing theft and a drinker of alcoholic drink is not a
believer at the time of drinking. Yet, (the gate of) repentance is open
thereafter."
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 802:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin
Mas'ud:
I said, "O Allah's
Apostle! Which is the biggest sin?" He said, "To set up rivals to
Allah by worshipping others though He alone has created you." I asked,
"What is next?" He said, "To kill your child lest it should
share your food." I asked, "What is next?" He said, "To
commit illegal sexual intercourse with the wife of your neighbor."
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 803:
Narrated Ash-Sha'bi:
from 'Ali when the
latter stoned a lady to death on a Friday. 'Ali said, "I have stoned her
according to the tradition of Allah's Apostle."
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 804:
Narrated Ash Shaibani:
I asked 'Abdullah bin
Abi Aufa, 'Did Allah's Apostle carry out the Rajam penalty ( i.e., stoning to
death)?' He said, "Yes." I said, "Before the revelation of
Surat-ar-Nur or after it?" He replied, "I don't Know."
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 805:
Narrated Jabir bin
Abdullah Al-Ansari:
A man from the tribe of
Bani Aslam came to Allah's Apostle and Informed him that he had committed
illegal sexual intercourse and bore witness four times against himself. Allah's
Apostle ordered him to be stoned to death as he was a married Person.
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 806:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
A man came to Allah's
Apostle while he was in the mosque, and he called him, saying, "O Allah's
Apostle! I have committed illegal sexual intercourse.'" The Prophet turned
his face to the other side, but that man repeated his statement four times, and
after he bore witness against himself four times, the Prophet called him,
saying, "Are you mad?" The man said, "No." The Prophet
said, "Are you married?" The man said, "Yes." Then the Prophet
said, 'Take him away and stone him to death." Jabir bin 'Abdullah said: I
was among the ones who participated in stoning him and we stoned him at the
Musalla. When the stones troubled him, he fled, but we over took him at
Al-Harra and stoned him to death.
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 807:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas and
'Abd bin Zam'a quarrelled with each other (regarding a child). The Prophet
said, "The boy is for you, O 'Abd bin Zam'a, for the boy is for (the
owner) of the bed. O Sauda ! Screen yourself from the boy." The
sub-narrator, Al-Laith added (that the Prophet also said), "And the stone
is for the person who commits an illegal sexual intercourse."
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 808:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"The boy is for (the owner of) the bed and the stone is for the person who
commits illegal sexual intercourse.'
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 809:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
A Jew and a Jewess were
brought to Allah's Apostle on a charge of committing an illegal sexual intercourse.
The Prophet asked them. "What is the legal punishment (for this sin) in
your Book (Torah)?" They replied, "Our priests have innovated the
punishment of blackening the faces with charcoal and Tajbiya." 'Abdullah
bin Salam said, "O Allah's Apostle, tell them to bring the Torah."
The Torah was brought, and then one of the Jews put his hand over the Divine
Verse of the Rajam (stoning to death) and started reading what preceded and
what followed it. On that, Ibn Salam said to the Jew, "Lift up your
hand." Behold! The Divine Verse of the Rajam was under his hand. So
Allah's Apostle ordered that the two (sinners) be stoned to death, and so they
were stoned. Ibn 'Umar added: So both of them were stoned at the Balat and I
saw the Jew sheltering the Jewess.
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 810:
Narrated Jabir:
A man from the tribe of
Aslam came to the Prophet and confessed that he had committed an illegal sexual
intercourse. The Prophet turned his face away from him till the man bore
witness against himself four times. The Prophet said to him, "Are you
mad?" He said "No." He said, "Are you married?" He
said, "Yes." Then the Prophet ordered that he be stoned to death, and
he was stoned to death at the Musalla. When the stones troubled him, he fled,
but he was caught and was stoned till he died. The Prophet spoke well of him
and offered his funeral prayer.
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 811d:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
A person had sexual
relation with his wife in the month of Ramadan (while he was fasting), and he
came to Allah's Apostle seeking his verdict concerning that action. The Prophet
said (to him), "Can you afford to manumit a slave?" The man said,
"No." The Prophet said, "Can you fast for two successive
months?" He said, "No." The Prophet said, "Then feed sixty
poor persons."
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 811e:
Narrated 'Aisha:
A man came to the
Prophet in the mosque and said, "I am burnt (ruined)!" The Prophet
asked him, "With what (what have you done)?" He said, "I have
had sexual relation with my wife in the month of Ramadan (while fasting)."
The Prophet said to him, "Give in charity." He said, "I have
nothing." The man sat down, and in the meantime there came a person
driving a donkey carrying food to the Prophet ..... (The sub-narrator, 'Abdur
Rahman added: I do not know what kind of food it was). On that the Prophet
said, "Where is the burnt person?" The man said, "Here I
am." The Prophet said to him, "Take this (food) and give it in
charity (to someone)." The man said, "To a poorer person than l? My
family has nothing to eat." Then the Prophet said to him, "Then eat
it yourselves."
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 812:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
While I was with the
Prophet a man came and said, "O Allah's Apostle! I have committed a
legally punishable sin; please inflict the legal punishment on me'.' The
Prophet did not ask him what he had done. Then the time for the prayer became
due and the man offered prayer along with the Prophet , and when the Prophet
had finished his prayer, the man again got up and said, "O Allah's Apostle!
I have committed a legally punishable sin; please inflict the punishment on me
according to Allah's Laws." The Prophet said, "Haven't you prayed
with us?' He said, "Yes." The Prophet said, "Allah has forgiven
your sin." or said, "....your legally punishable sin."
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 813:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
When Ma'iz bin Malik
came to the Prophet (in order to confess), the Prophet said to him,
"Probably you have only kissed (the lady), or winked, or looked at
her?" He said, "No, O Allah's Apostle!" The Prophet said, using
no euphemism, "Did you have sexual intercourse with her?" The
narrator added: At that, (i.e. after his confession) the Prophet ordered that
he be stoned (to death).
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 814:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
A man from among the
people, came to Allah's Apostle while Allah's Apostle was sitting in the
mosque, and addressed him, saying, "O Allah's Apostle! I have committed an
illegal sexual intercourse." The Prophet turned his face away from him.
The man came to that side to which the Prophet had turned his face, and said,
"O Allah's Apostle! I have committed an illegal intercourse." The
Prophet turned his face to the other side, and the man came to that side, and
when he confessed four times, the Prophet called him and said, "Are you
mad?" He said, "No, O Allah's Apostle!" The Prophet said,
"Are you married?" He said, "Yes, O Allah's Apostle." The
Prophet said (to the people), "Take him away and stone him to death."
Ibn Shihab added, "I was told by one who heard Jabir, that Jabir said, 'I
was among those who stoned the man, and we stoned him at the Musalla ('Id
praying Place), and when the stones troubled him, he jumped quickly and ran
away, but we overtook him at Al-Harra and stoned him to death (there).' "
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 815:
Narrated Abu Huraira and
Zaid bin Khalid:
While we were with the
Prophet , a man stood up and said (to the Prophet ), "I beseech you by
Allah, that you should judge us according to Allah's Laws." Then the man's
opponent who was wiser than him, got up saying (to Allah's Apostle) "Judge
us according to Allah's Law and kindly allow me (to speak)." The Prophet
said, "'Speak." He said, "My son was a laborer working for this
man and he committed an illegal sexual intercourse with his wife, and I gave
one-hundred sheep and a slave as a ransom for my son's sin. Then I asked a
learned man about this case and he informed me that my son should receive one
hundred lashes and be exiled for one year, and the man's wife should be stoned
to death." The Prophet said, "By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, I will
judge you according to the Laws of Allah. Your one-hundred sheep and the slave
are to be returned to you, and your son has to receive one-hundred lashes and
be exiled for one year. O Unais! Go to the wife of this man, and if she
confesses, then stone her to death." Unais went to her and she confessed.
He then stoned her to death.
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 816:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
'Umar said, "I am
afraid that after a long time has passed, people may say, "We do not find
the Verses of the Rajam (stoning to death) in the Holy Book," and
consequently they may go astray by leaving an obligation that Allah has
revealed. Lo! I confirm that the penalty of Rajam be inflicted on him who commits
illegal sexual intercourse, if he is already married and the crime is proved by
witnesses or pregnancy or confession." Sufyan added, "I have
memorized this narration in this way." 'Umar added, "Surely Allah's
Apostle carried out the penalty of Rajam, and so did we after him."
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 817:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
I used to teach (the
Qur'an to) some people of the Muhajirln (emigrants), among whom there was
'Abdur Rahman bin 'Auf. While I was in his house at Mina, and he was with 'Umar
bin Al-Khattab during 'Umar's last Hajj, Abdur-Rahman came to me and said,
"Would that you had seen the man who came today to the Chief of the
Believers ('Umar), saying, 'O Chief of the Believers! What do you think about
so-and-so who says, 'If 'Umar should die, I will give the pledge of allegiance
to such-and-such person, as by Allah, the pledge of allegiance to Abu Bakr was
nothing but a prompt sudden action which got established afterwards.' 'Umar
became angry and then said, 'Allah willing, I will stand before the people
tonight and warn them against those people who want to deprive the others of
their rights (the question of rulership)."
'Abdur-Rahman said,
"I said, 'O Chief of the believers! Do not do that, for the season of Hajj
gathers the riff-raff and the rubble, and it will be they who will gather
around you when you stand to address the people. And I am afraid that you will
get up and say something, and some people will spread your statement and may
not say what you have actually said and may not understand its meaning, and may
interpret it incorrectly, so you should wait till you reach Medina, as it is
the place of emigration and the place of Prophet's Traditions, and there you
can come in touch with the learned and noble people, and tell them your ideas with
confidence; and the learned people will understand your statement and put it in
its proper place.' On that, 'Umar said, 'By Allah! Allah willing, I will do
this in the first speech I will deliver before the people in Medina."
Ibn Abbas added: We
reached Medina by the end of the month of Dhul-Hijja, and when it was Friday,
we went quickly (to the mosque) as soon as the sun had declined, and I saw
Sa'id bin Zaid bin 'Amr bin Nufail sitting at the corner of the pulpit, and I
too sat close to him so that my knee was touching his knee, and after a short
while 'Umar bin Al-Khattab came out, and when I saw him coming towards us, I
said to Said bin Zaid bin 'Amr bin Nufail "Today 'Umar will say such a
thing as he has never said since he was chosen as Caliph." Said denied my
statement with astonishment and said, "What thing do you expect 'Umar to
say the like of which he has never said before?"
In the meantime, 'Umar
sat on the pulpit and when the callmakers for the prayer had finished their
call, 'Umar stood up, and having glorified and praised Allah as He deserved, he
said, "Now then, I am going to tell you something which (Allah) has
written for me to say. I do not know; perhaps it portends my death, so whoever
understands and remembers it, must narrate it to the others wherever his mount
takes him, but if somebody is afraid that he does not understand it, then it is
unlawful for him to tell lies about me. Allah sent Muhammad with the Truth and
revealed the Holy Book to him, and among what Allah revealed, was the Verse of
the Rajam (the stoning of married person (male & female) who commits
illegal sexual intercourse, and we did recite this Verse and understood and
memorized it. Allah's Apostle did carry out the punishment of stoning and so
did we after him.
I am afraid that after a
long time has passed, somebody will say, 'By Allah, we do not find the Verse of
the Rajam in Allah's Book,' and thus they will go astray by leaving an
obligation which Allah has revealed. And the punishment of the Rajam is to be
inflicted to any married person (male & female), who commits illegal sexual
intercourse, if the required evidence is available or there is conception or
confession. And then we used to recite among the Verses in Allah's Book: 'O
people! Do not claim to be the offspring of other than your fathers, as it is
disbelief (unthankfulness) on your part that you claim to be the offspring of
other than your real father.' Then Allah's Apostle said, 'Do not praise me
excessively as Jesus, son of Marry was praised, but call me Allah's Slave and
His Apostles.' (O people!) I have been informed that a speaker amongst you
says, 'By Allah, if 'Umar should die, I will give the pledge of allegiance to
such-and-such person.' One should not deceive oneself by saying that the pledge
of allegiance given to Abu Bakr was given suddenly and it was successful. No
doubt, it was like that, but Allah saved (the people) from its evil, and there
is none among you who has the qualities of Abu Bakr. Remember that whoever
gives the pledge of allegiance to anybody among you without consulting the
other Muslims, neither that person, nor the person to whom the pledge of
allegiance was given, are to be supported, lest they both should be killed.
And no doubt after the
death of the Prophet we were informed that the Ansar disagreed with us and
gathered in the shed of Bani Sa'da. 'Ali and Zubair and whoever was with them,
opposed us, while the emigrants gathered with Abu Bakr. I said to Abu Bakr,
'Let's go to these Ansari brothers of ours.' So we set out seeking them, and
when we approached them, two pious men of theirs met us and informed us of the
final decision of the Ansar, and said, 'O group of Muhajirin (emigrants) !
Where are you going?' We replied, 'We are going to these Ansari brothers of
ours.' They said to us, 'You shouldn't go near them. Carry out whatever we have
already decided.' I said, 'By Allah, we will go to them.' And so we proceeded
until we reached them at the shed of Bani Sa'da. Behold! There was a man
sitting amongst them and wrapped in something. I asked, 'Who is that man?' They
said, 'He is Sa'd bin 'Ubada.' I asked, 'What is wrong with him?' They said,
'He is sick.' After we sat for a while, the Ansar's speaker said, 'None has the
right to be worshipped but Allah,' and praising Allah as He deserved, he added,
'To proceed, we are Allah's Ansar (helpers) and the majority of the Muslim
army, while you, the emigrants, are a small group and some people among you
came with the intention of preventing us from practicing this matter (of
caliphate) and depriving us of it.'
When the speaker had
finished, I intended to speak as I had prepared a speech which I liked and
which I wanted to deliver in the presence of Abu Bakr, and I used to avoid
provoking him. So, when I wanted to speak, Abu Bakr said, 'Wait a while.' I
disliked to make him angry. So Abu Bakr himself gave a speech, and he was wiser
and more patient than I. By Allah, he never missed a sentence that I liked in
my own prepared speech, but he said the like of it or better than it
spontaneously. After a pause he said, 'O Ansar! You deserve all (the qualities
that you have attributed to yourselves, but this question (of Caliphate) is
only for the Quraish as they are the best of the Arabs as regards descent and
home, and I am pleased to suggest that you choose either of these two men, so
take the oath of allegiance to either of them as you wish. And then Abu Bakr
held my hand and Abu Ubada bin Abdullah's hand who was sitting amongst us. I
hated nothing of what he had said except that proposal, for by Allah, I would
rather have my neck chopped off as expiator for a sin than become the ruler of
a nation, one of whose members is Abu Bakr, unless at the time of my death my
own-self suggests something I don't feel at present.'
And then one of the
Ansar said, 'I am the pillar on which the camel with a skin disease (eczema)
rubs itself to satisfy the itching (i.e., I am a noble), and I am as a high
class palm tree! O Quraish. There should be one ruler from us and one from
you.'
Then there was a hue and
cry among the gathering and their voices rose so that I was afraid there might
be great disagreement, so I said, 'O Abu Bakr! Hold your hand out.' He held his
hand out and I pledged allegiance to him, and then all the emigrants gave the
Pledge of allegiance and so did the Ansar afterwards. And so we became
victorious over Sa'd bin Ubada (whom Al-Ansar wanted to make a ruler). One of
the Ansar said, 'You have killed Sa'd bin Ubada.' I replied, 'Allah has killed
Sa'd bin Ubada.' Umar added, "By Allah, apart from the great tragedy that
had happened to us (i.e. the death of the Prophet), there was no greater
problem than the allegiance pledged to Abu Bakr because we were afraid that if
we left the people, they might give the Pledge of allegiance after us to one of
their men, in which case we would have given them our consent for something
against our real wish, or would have opposed them and caused great trouble. So
if any person gives the Pledge of allegiance to somebody (to become a Caliph)
without consulting the other Muslims, then the one he has selected should not
be granted allegiance, lest both of them should be killed."
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 818:
Narrated Zaid bin Khalid
Al-Jihani:
I heard the Prophet
ordering that an unmarried person guilty of illegal sexual intercourse be
flogged one-hundred stripes and be exiled for one year. Umar bin Al-Khattab
also exiled such a person, and this tradition is still valid.
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 819:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle judged
that the unmarried person who was guilty of illegal sexual intercourse be
exiled for one year and receive the legal punishment (i.e., be flogged with
one-hundred stripes) .
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 820:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet cursed the
effeminate men and those women who assume the similitude (manners) of men. He
also said, "Turn them out of your houses." He turned such-and-such
person out, and 'Umar also turned out such-and-such person.
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 821:
Narrated Abu Huraira and
Zaid bin Khalid:
A bedouin came to the
Prophet while he (the Prophet) was sitting, and said, "O Allah's Apostle!
Give your verdict according to Allah's Laws (in our case)." Then his
opponent got up and said, "He has told the truth, O Allah's Apostle! Decide
his case according to Allah's Laws. My son was a laborer working for this
person, and he committed illegal sexual intercourse with his wife, and the
people told me that my son should be stoned to death, but I offered one-hundred
sheep and a slave girl as a ransom for him. Then I asked the religious learned
people, and they told me that my son should be flogged with one-hundred stripes
and be exiled for one year." The Prophet said, "By Him in Whose Hand
my soul is, I will judge you according to Allah's Laws. The sheep and the slave
girl will be returned to you and your son will be flogged one-hundred stripes
and be exiled for one year. And you, O Unais! Go to the wife of this man (and
if she confesses), stone her to death." So Unais went in the morning and
stoned her to death (after she had confessed).
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 822:
Narrated Abu Huraira and
Said bin Khalid:
The verdict of Allah's
Apostle was sought about an unmarried slave girl guilty of illegal intercourse.
He replied, "If she commits illegal sexual intercourse, then flog her
(fifty stripes), and if she commits illegal sexual intercourse (after that for
the second time), then flog her (fifty stripes), and if she commits illegal
sexual intercourse (for the third time), then flog her (fifty stripes) and sell
her for even a hair rope." Ibn Shihab said, "I am not sure whether
the Prophet ordered that she be sold after the third or fourth time of
committing illegal intercourse."
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 823:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"If a lady slave commits illegal sexual intercourse and she is proved
guilty of illegal sexual intercourse, then she should be flogged (fifty
stripes) but she should not be admonished; and if she commits illegal sexual
intercourse again, then she should be flogged again but should not be
admonished; and if she commits illegal sexual intercourse for the third time,
then she should be sold even for a hair rope."
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 824:
Narrated Ash-Shaibani:
I asked 'Abdullah bin
Abi 'Aufa about the Rajam (stoning somebody to death for committing illegal
sexual intercourse). He replied, "The Prophet carried out the penalty of
Rajam," I asked, "Was that before or after the revelation of Surat-an-Nur?" He replied,
"I do not know."
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 825:
Narrated Abdullah bin
Umar:
The jews came to Allah's
Apostle and mentioned to him that a man and a lady among them had committed
illegal sexual intercourse. Allah's Apostle said to them, "What do you
find in the Torah regarding the Rajam?" They replied, "We only
disgrace and flog them with stripes." 'Abdullah bin Salam said to them,
'You have told a lie the penalty of Rajam is in the Torah.' They brought the
Torah and opened it. One of them put his hand over the verse of the Rajam and
read what was before and after it. Abdullah bin Salam said to him, "Lift
up your hand." Where he lifted it there appeared the verse of the Rajam.
So they said, "O Muhammad! He has said the truth, the verse of the Rajam
is in it (Torah)." Then Allah's Apostle ordered that the two persons
(guilty of illegal sexual intercourse) be stoned to death, and so they were
stoned, and I saw the man bending over the woman so as to protect her from the
stones.
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 826:
Narrated Abu Huraira and
Zaid bin Khalid:
Two men had a dispute in
the presence of Allah's Apostle. One of them said, "Judge us according to
Allah's Laws." The other who was more wise said, "Yes, Allah's
Apostle, judge us according to Allah's Laws and allow me to speak (first)"
The Prophet said to him, 'Speak " He said, "My son was a laborer for
this man, and he committed illegal sexual intercourse with his wife, and the
people told me that my son should be stoned to death, but I have given
one-hundred sheep and a slave girl as a ransom (expiation) for my son's sin.
Then I asked the religious learned people (about It), and they told me that my
son should he flogged one-hundred stripes and should be exiled for one year,
and only the wife of this man should be stoned to death " Allah's Apostle
said, "By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, I will judge you according to
Allah's Laws: O man, as for your sheep and slave girl, they are to be returned
to you." Then the Prophet had the man's son flogged one hundred stripes
and exiled for one year, and ordered Unais Al-Aslami to go to the wife of the
other man, and if she confessed, stone her to death. She confessed and was
stoned to death.
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 827:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Abu Bakr came to me
while Allah's Apostle was sleeping with his head on my thigh. Abu Bakr said (to
me), "You have detained Allah's Apostle and the people, and there is no
water in this place." So he admonished me and struck my flanks with his
hand, and nothing could stop me from moving except the reclining of Allah's Apostle
(on my thigh), and then Allah revealed the Divine Verse of Tayammum.
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 828:
Narrated Aisha:
Abu Bakr came to towards
me and struck me violently with his fist and said, "You have detained the
people because of your necklace." But I remained motionless as if I was
dead lest I should awake Allah's Apostle although that hit was very painful.
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 829:
Narrated Al-Mughira:
Sa'd bin Ubada said,
"If I found a man with my wife, I would kill him with the sharp side of my
sword." When the Prophet heard that he said, "Do you wonder at Sa'd's
sense of ghira (self-respect)? Verily, I have more sense of ghira than Sa'd,
and Allah has more sense of ghira than I."
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 830:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
A bedouin came to
Allah's Apostle and said, "My wife has delivered a black child." The
Prophet said to him, "Have you camels?" He replied, "Yes."
The Prophet said, "What color are they?" He replied, "They are
red." The Prophet further asked, "Are any of them gray in
color?" He replied, "Yes." The Prophet asked him, "Whence
did that grayness come?" He said, "I thing it descended from the
camel's ancestors." Then the Prophet said (to him), "Therefore, this
child of yours has most probably inherited the color from his ancestors."
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 831:
Narrated Abu Burda:
The Prophet used to say,
"Nobody should be flogged more than ten stripes except if he is guilty of
a crime, the legal punishment of which is assigned by Allah."
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 832:
Narrated 'Abdur-Rahman
bin Jabir:
On the authority of
others, that the Prophet said, "No Punishment exceeds the flogging of the
ten stripes, except if one is guilty of a crime necessitating a legal
punishment prescribed by Allah."
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 833:
Narrated Abu Burda
Al-Ansari:
I heard the Prophet
saying, "Do not flog anyone more than ten stripes except if he is involved
in a crime necessitating Allah's legal Punishment."
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 834:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle forbade
Al-Wisal (fasting continuously for more than one day without taking any meals).
A man from the Muslims said, "But you do Al-Wisal, O Allah's
Apostle!" Allah's Apostle I said, "Who among you is similar to me? I
sleep and my Lord makes me eat and drink." When the people refused to give
up Al-Wisal, the Prophet fasted along with them for one day, and did not break
his fast but continued his fast for another day, and when they saw the
crescent, the Prophet said, "If the crescent had not appeared, I would
have made you continue your fast (for a third day)," as if he wanted to
punish them for they had refused to give up Al-Wisal.
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 835:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin
'Umar:
Those people who used to
buy foodstuff at random (without weighing or measuring it) were beaten in the
lifetime of Allah's Apostle if they sold it at the very place where they had
bought it, till they carried it to their dwelling places.
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 836:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Allah's Apostle never
took revenge for his own self in any matter presented to him till Allah's
limits were exceeded, in which case he would take revenge for Allah's sake.
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 837:
Narrated Sahl bin Sa'd:
I witnessed the case of
Lian (the case of a man who charged his wife for committing illegal sexual
intercourse when I was fifteen years old. The Prophet ordered that they be
divorced, and the husband said, "If I kept her, I would be a liar." I
remember that Az-Zubair also said, "(It was said) that if that woman
brought forth the child with such-and-such description, her husband would prove
truthful, but if she brought it with such-and-such description looking like a
Wahra (a red insect), he would prove untruthful." I heard Az-Zubair also
saying, "Finally she gave birth to a child of description which her
husband disliked .
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 838:
Narrated Al-Qasim bin
Muhammad:
Ibn 'Abbas mentioned the
couple who had taken the oath of Lian. 'Abdullah bin Shaddad said (to him),
"Was this woman about whom Allah's Apostle said, 'If I were ever to stone
to death any woman without witnesses. (I would have stoned that woman to
death)?' Ibn 'Abbas replied," No, that lady exposed herself (by her
suspicious behavior)."
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 839:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
Lian was mentioned in
the presence of the Prophet, Asim bin Adi said a statement about it, and when
he left, a man from his tribe came to him complaining that he had seen a man
with his wife. Asim said, "I have been put to trial only because of my
statement." So he took the man to the Prophet and the man told him about
the incident. The man (husband) was of yellow complexion, thin, and of lank
hair, while the man whom he had accused of having been with his wife, was
reddish brown with fat thick legs and fat body. The Prophet said, "O
Allah! Reveal the truth." Later on the lady delivered a child resembling
the man whom the husband had accused of having been with her. So the Prophet
made them take the oath of Lian. A man said to Ibn Abbas in the gathering,
"Was that the same lady about whom the Prophet said, "If I were to
stone any lady (for committing illegal sexual intercourse) to death without
witnesses, I would have stoned that lade to death?" Ibn Abbas said,
"No, that was another lady who used to behave in such a suspicious way
among the Muslims that one might accuse her of committing illegal sexual
intercourse."
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 840:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"Avoid the seven great destructive sins." They (the people!) asked,
"O Allah's Apostle! What are they?" He said, "To join partners
in worship with Allah; to practice sorcery; to kill the life which Allah has
forbidden except for a just cause (according to Islamic law); to eat up usury
(Riba), to eat up the property of an orphan; to give one's back to the enemy
and freeing from the battle-field at the time of fighting and to accuse chaste
women who never even think of anything touching chastity and are good
believers."
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 841:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
I heard Abu-l-Qasim (the
Prophet) saying, "If somebody slanders his slave and the slave is free
from what he says, he will be flogged on the Day of Resurrection unless the
slave is really as he has described him."
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 842:
Narrated Abu Huraira and
Zaid bin Khalid Al-Juhani:
A man came to the
Prophet and said, "I beseech you to judge us according to Allah's
Laws." Then his opponent who was wiser than he, got up and said, "He
has spoken the truth. So judge us according to Allah's Laws and please allow me
(to speak), O Allah's Apostle." The Prophet said, "Speak." He
said, "My son was a laborer for the family of this man and he committed
illegal sexual intercourse with his wife, and I gave one-hundred sheep and a
slave as a ransom (for my son), but I asked the religious learned people
(regarding this case), and they informed me that my son should be flogged
one-hundred stripes, and be exiled for one year, and the wife of this man
should be stoned (to death)."The Prophet said, "By Him in Whose Hand
my soul is, I will Judge you (in this case) according to Allah's Laws. The
one-hundred (sheep) and the slave shall be returned to you and your son shall
be flogged one-hundred stripes and be exiled for one year. And O Unais! Go in
the morning to the wife of this man and ask her, and if she confesses, stone
her to death." She confessed and he stoned her to death.
