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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
مسائل الحدودIssues of Hudud (Prescribed Punishments)
باب فِي أَنَّ السَّيْدَ يُقِيمُ الْحَدَّ عَلَى رَفِيقِهِChapter: That the Master Establishes the Hadd on His Companion
Hadith 6742
اُردوEn
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: ((إِذَا زَنَتْ أَمَةُ أَحَدِكُمْ (زَادَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ: فَتَبَيَّنَ زِنَاهَا) فَلْيَجْلِدْهَا وَلَا يُعَيِّرْهَا، فَإِنْ عَادَتْ فَلْيَجْلِدْهَا وَلَا يُعَيِّرْهَا، فَإِنْ عَادَتْ فَلْيَجْلِدْهَا وَلَا يُعَيِّرْهَا، فَإِنْ عَادَتْ فِي الرَّابِعَةِ فَلْيَبِعْهَا وَلَوْ بِحَبْلٍ مِنْ شَعْرٍ أَوْ ضَفِيرٍ مِنْ شَعْرٍ))
Narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When any of you has a slave-girl who commits adultery and her adultery becomes evident, he should impose the prescribed punishment on her and not disgrace her. Then if she commits the same crime again, he should flog her, but not disgrace her. If she commits adultery again, he should impose the prescribed punishment on her and not disgrace her. If she commits adultery a fourth time, then he should sell that slave-girl, even if he has to sell her for a rope of hair or a few braided hairs.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … The meaning of "fal-yajlid-ha" is not that the owner should administer discretionary lashes (ta'zeer) to his slave-girl, but rather, by these words, what is meant are the fifty lashes prescribed as a hadd (legal punishment), because the wording of Hadith number (7395) in Musnad Ahmad is: "fal-yajlid-ha al-hadd"—that is, he should administer the hadd (legal punishment) to her.
