الادب المفرد
Adab al-Mufrad
كتابBook of Avoiding Slander
بَابُ مَنْ سَمِعَ بِفَاحِشَةٍ فَأَفْشَاهَاChapter: Whoever Hears of an Immorality and Spreads It
Hadith 326
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا قَبِيصَةُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَرَى النَّكَالَ عَلَى مَنْ أَشَاعَ الزِّنَا، يَقُولُ: أَشَاعَ الْفَاحِشَةَ.
It is narrated from Ata bin Abi Rabah (may Allah have mercy on him), his stance was that a person who publicizes adultery should be given a severe exemplary punishment. He said that such a person spreads immorality.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Usman Muneeb
Benefits and Issues:
The point is that such a punishment should be given to him that no other person would dare to do the same, because when such incidents are widely publicized, people become emboldened to commit sins.
The point is that such a punishment should be given to him that no other person would dare to do the same, because when such incidents are widely publicized, people become emboldened to commit sins.
Source: Fadlullah al-Ahad: Urdu Commentary on al-Adab al-Mufrad, Page: 326
