صحيح البخاري
Bukhari
كتاب الشهاداتThe Book of Witnesses
بَابُ شَهَادَةِ الْقَاذِفِ وَالسَّارِقِ وَالزَّانِي:Chapter. The witness of a person falsely accusing somebody of illegal sexual intercourse and the witness of a thief or an adulterer.
Hadith 2649
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، " أَنَّهُ أَمَرَ فِيمَنْ زَنَى ، وَلَمْ يُحْصَنْ بِجَلْدِ مِائَةٍ ، وَتَغْرِيبِ عَامٍ " .
Narrated Zaid bin Khalid: Allah's Apostle ordered that an unmarried man who committed illegal sexual intercourse be scourged one hundred lashes and sent into exile for one year.
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary:
The purpose of Imam Bukhari rahimahullah in bringing this narration is that when, in the hadith, the punishment for a non-married (ghayr muhsan) person is mentioned as one hundred lashes and exile for one year, and repentance (tawbah) is not mentioned separately, it becomes evident that his being exiled for one year itself constitutes repentance.
After this, his testimony will be accepted.
The purpose of Imam Bukhari rahimahullah in bringing this narration is that when, in the hadith, the punishment for a non-married (ghayr muhsan) person is mentioned as one hundred lashes and exile for one year, and repentance (tawbah) is not mentioned separately, it becomes evident that his being exiled for one year itself constitutes repentance.
After this, his testimony will be accepted.
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 2649
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
(1)
Committing adultery (zina) also impugns a person's uprightness (‘adalah), due to which he is no longer eligible to bear witness. When the prescribed punishment (hadd) for this sin is carried out upon him, it serves as expiation for his crime, and he once again becomes eligible to bear witness.
(2)
The relevance to the chapter heading is as follows: The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) imposed only the prescribed punishment (hadd) upon the adulterer, which was to administer one hundred lashes and exile him from his homeland for one year. Apart from this, there is no separate mention in the hadiths of repentance, etc. It is thus understood that being exiled for one year itself constitutes his repentance. The primary purpose of exile is to sever this person from his environment for a year; after serving the punishment, his testimony will be accepted.
(1)
Committing adultery (zina) also impugns a person's uprightness (‘adalah), due to which he is no longer eligible to bear witness. When the prescribed punishment (hadd) for this sin is carried out upon him, it serves as expiation for his crime, and he once again becomes eligible to bear witness.
(2)
The relevance to the chapter heading is as follows: The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) imposed only the prescribed punishment (hadd) upon the adulterer, which was to administer one hundred lashes and exile him from his homeland for one year. Apart from this, there is no separate mention in the hadiths of repentance, etc. It is thus understood that being exiled for one year itself constitutes his repentance. The primary purpose of exile is to sever this person from his environment for a year; after serving the punishment, his testimony will be accepted.
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 2649
