سنن ابي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
كتاب الحدود
Prescribed Punishments (Kitab Al-Hudud)
باب فِي الاِمْتِحَانِ بِالضَّرْبِ
Chapter: Testing by means of beating.
Hadith 4382
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ بْنُ نَجْدَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ ، حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَزْهَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْحَرَازِيُّ " أَنَّ قَوْمًا مِنْ الْكَلَاعِيِّينَ سُرِقَ لَهُمْ مَتَاعٌ ، فَاتَّهَمُوا أُنَاسًا مِنَ الْحَاكَةِ ، فَأَتَوْا النُّعْمَانَ بْنَ بَشِيرٍ صَاحِبَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَحَبَسَهُمْ أَيَّامًا ثُمَّ خَلَّى سَبِيلَهُمْ فَأَتَوْا النُّعْمَانَ ، فَقَالُوا : خَلَّيْتَ سَبِيلَهُمْ بِغَيْرِ ضَرْبٍ وَلَا امْتِحَانٍ ، فَقَالَ النُّعْمَانُ : مَا شِئْتُمْ إِنْ شِئْتُمْ أَنْ أَضْرِبَهُمْ فَإِنْ خَرَجَ مَتَاعُكُمْ فَذَاكَ وَإِلَّا أَخَذْتُ مِنْ ظُهُورِكُمْ مِثْلَ مَا أَخَذْتُ مِنْ ظُهُورِهِمْ ، فَقَالُوا : هَذَا حُكْمُكَ ، فَقَالَ : هَذَا حُكْمُ اللَّهِ وَحُكْمُ رَسُولِهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " ، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد : إِنَّمَا أَرْهَبَهُمْ بِهَذَا الْقَوْلِ أَيْ لَا يَجِبُ الضَّرْبُ إِلَّا بَعْدَ الِاعْتِرَافِ .
Azhar ibn Abdullah al-Harari said: Some goods of the people of Kila' were stolen. They accused some men of the weavers (of theft). They came to an-Numan ibn Bashir, the companion of the Prophet ﷺ. He confined them for some days and then set them free. They came to an-Numan and said: You have set them free without beating and investigation. An-Numan said: What do you want? You want me to beat them. If your goods are found with them, then it is all right; otherwise, I shall take (retaliation) from your back as I have taken from their backs. They asked: Is this your decision? He said: This is the decision of Allah and His Messenger ﷺ. Abu Dawud said: By this statement he frightened them ; that is, beating is not necessary except after acknowledgement.
