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سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب الحدودThe Chapters on Legal Punishments
بَابُ : الْحَدُّ كَفَّارَةٌChapter: The Legal Punishment Is Expiation
Hadith 2604
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْحَمَّالُ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاق ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاق ، عَنْ أَبِي جُحَيْفَةَ ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " مَنْ أَصَابَ فِي الدُّنْيَا ذَنْبًا فَعُوقِبَ بِهِ ، فَاللَّهُ أَعْدَلُ مِنْ أَنْ يُثَنِّيَ عُقُوبَتَهُ عَلَى عَبْدِهِ ، وَمَنْ أَذْنَبَ ذَنْبًا فِي الدُّنْيَا فَسَتَرَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ ، فَاللَّهُ أَكْرَمُ مِنْ أَنْ يَعُودَ فِي شَيْءٍ قَدْ عَفَا عَنْهُ " .
´It was narrated from Ali that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:` “Whoever commits a sin in this world and is punished for it, Allah (STW) is too just to repeat the punishment for his slave (in the hereafter). And whoever commits a sin in this world and Allah conceals him, Allah is too generous to go back to something that He has pardoned.”
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Brief Explanation
1؎ : From the preceding authentic hadiths, it is understood that the implementation of the prescribed punishments (hudud) becomes an expiation for the sin; this is the view of the majority of the scholars (muhhaqiqin). However, some scholars have said that the prescribed punishment does not absolve the sin, rather repentance (tawbah) is required for the forgiveness of the sin, and they have several evidences for this:
Firstly, in the case of banditry (hirabah), Allah the Exalted has said: «ذلك لهم خزي في الدنيا ولهم في الآخرة عذاب عظيم» (Surah al-Ma'idah: 33), meaning, "The prescribed punishment is a disgrace in this world, and in the Hereafter they will have a painful punishment."
Secondly, in one narration it is mentioned: "I do not know whether the prescribed punishments are an expiation or not."
Thirdly, as has been mentioned in the hadith of Abu Umayyah al-Makhzumi, when the hand of the thief was cut off, the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said to him: "Seek forgiveness from Allah and repent."
Firstly, in the case of banditry (hirabah), Allah the Exalted has said: «ذلك لهم خزي في الدنيا ولهم في الآخرة عذاب عظيم» (Surah al-Ma'idah: 33), meaning, "The prescribed punishment is a disgrace in this world, and in the Hereafter they will have a painful punishment."
Secondly, in one narration it is mentioned: "I do not know whether the prescribed punishments are an expiation or not."
Thirdly, as has been mentioned in the hadith of Abu Umayyah al-Makhzumi, when the hand of the thief was cut off, the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said to him: "Seek forgiveness from Allah and repent."
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Commentary:
Note:
(In the chain of narration, although Hajjaj ibn Muhammad al-Misisi is a trustworthy (thiqa) narrator, he became subject to confusion (ikhtilat) after coming to Baghdad shortly before his death. And Abu Ishaq al-Sabi'i is trustworthy (thiqa) but a mudallis (one who practices tadlis) and a narrator who became confused (mukhtalit), and this narration is with 'an'anah (i.e., he narrates with the word "from").)
Note:
(In the chain of narration, although Hajjaj ibn Muhammad al-Misisi is a trustworthy (thiqa) narrator, he became subject to confusion (ikhtilat) after coming to Baghdad shortly before his death. And Abu Ishaq al-Sabi'i is trustworthy (thiqa) but a mudallis (one who practices tadlis) and a narrator who became confused (mukhtalit), and this narration is with 'an'anah (i.e., he narrates with the word "from").)
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 2626
