سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب الحدودThe Chapters on Legal Punishments
بَابُ : السَّتْرِ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِ وَدَفْعِ الْحُدُودِ بِالشُّبُهَاتِChapter: Covering (The Sin Of) The Believer And Warding Off Legal Punishments In The Case Of Doubt
Hadith 2545
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " ادْفَعُوا الْحُدُودَ مَا وَجَدْتُمْ لَهُ مَدْفَعًا " .
´It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:` “Ward off the legal punishments as much as you can.”
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
The aforementioned narration has been declared weak by our esteemed researcher as well as other scholars; however, some scholars have explained the meaning of this hadith to be that the prescribed punishment (hadd) should only be implemented when the crime is established in such a manner that no room for doubt or suspicion remains.
When the crime of adultery (zina) was committed by Hazrat Ma'iz al-Aslami, he came to the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and confessed. Accordingly, the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: "Perhaps you only kissed, or touched, or looked (with desire)."
When he explicitly confessed to the mistake for which the punishment is stoning (rajm), then the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) prescribed the punishment of stoning for him. (Sahih al-Bukhari, Hudud, Chapter: Should the Imam say to the confessor, 'Perhaps you only touched or squeezed?', Hadith: 2864)
The aforementioned narration has been declared weak by our esteemed researcher as well as other scholars; however, some scholars have explained the meaning of this hadith to be that the prescribed punishment (hadd) should only be implemented when the crime is established in such a manner that no room for doubt or suspicion remains.
When the crime of adultery (zina) was committed by Hazrat Ma'iz al-Aslami, he came to the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and confessed. Accordingly, the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: "Perhaps you only kissed, or touched, or looked (with desire)."
When he explicitly confessed to the mistake for which the punishment is stoning (rajm), then the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) prescribed the punishment of stoning for him. (Sahih al-Bukhari, Hudud, Chapter: Should the Imam say to the confessor, 'Perhaps you only touched or squeezed?', Hadith: 2864)
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 2545
Shaykh Safi ur-Rahman Mubarakpuri
Takhrij:
«أخرجه ابن ماجه، الحدود، باب الستر علي المؤمن ودفع الحدود بالشبهات، حديث:2545.* فيه إبراهيم بن الفضل المخزومي وهو متروك (تقريب) وللحديث شواهد ضعيفة عند الترمذي، الحدود، حديث:1424 وغيره، وحديث عائشة: أخرجه الترمذي، الحدود، حديث:1424، والحاكم:4 /285، وسنده ضعيف، يزيد بن زياد الدمشقي متروك، وأثر علي : لم أجده في البيهقي موقوفًا عليه، ولكن أخرجه البيهقي عن علي مرفرعًا:8 /238، وسنده ضعيف أيضًا.»©Explanation:
➊ The aforementioned narration is weak in its chain of transmission; however, if the meaning of the hadith is taken to be that the prescribed punishment (hadd) should only be implemented when the crime is established in such a manner that no room for doubt or suspicion remains—as is supported by the incident of Ma'iz bin Malik al-Aslami radi Allahu anhu—then in this case, the hadith is correct in meaning. Furthermore, some scholars have also affirmed and authenticated this meaning.
And Allah knows best.
➋ The meaning of the hadith is by no means that prescribed punishments should never be implemented upon criminals; rather, the purpose is that the implementation of hudud should only take place when the crime is fully established.
«أخرجه ابن ماجه، الحدود، باب الستر علي المؤمن ودفع الحدود بالشبهات، حديث:2545.* فيه إبراهيم بن الفضل المخزومي وهو متروك (تقريب) وللحديث شواهد ضعيفة عند الترمذي، الحدود، حديث:1424 وغيره، وحديث عائشة: أخرجه الترمذي، الحدود، حديث:1424، والحاكم:4 /285، وسنده ضعيف، يزيد بن زياد الدمشقي متروك، وأثر علي : لم أجده في البيهقي موقوفًا عليه، ولكن أخرجه البيهقي عن علي مرفرعًا:8 /238، وسنده ضعيف أيضًا.»©Explanation:
➊ The aforementioned narration is weak in its chain of transmission; however, if the meaning of the hadith is taken to be that the prescribed punishment (hadd) should only be implemented when the crime is established in such a manner that no room for doubt or suspicion remains—as is supported by the incident of Ma'iz bin Malik al-Aslami radi Allahu anhu—then in this case, the hadith is correct in meaning. Furthermore, some scholars have also affirmed and authenticated this meaning.
And Allah knows best.
➋ The meaning of the hadith is by no means that prescribed punishments should never be implemented upon criminals; rather, the purpose is that the implementation of hudud should only take place when the crime is fully established.
Source: Bulugh al-Maram: Commentary by Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri, Page: 1047
