Hammam bin al-Harith narrates: Ibn Muqarrin asked Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), saying: "O Abu Abd al-Rahman! I have sworn an oath that I will not sleep on my bed for a year." So Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) recited this verse: "O you who believe! Do not make unlawful the good, lawful things that Allah Almighty has made lawful for you, and do not transgress. Indeed, Allah Almighty does not love the transgressors." After that, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Make expiation for your oath and sleep on your bed." He said: "I am a well-off man." Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Free a slave." He said: "My slave has stolen a cloak (qaba') from my house." Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "One part of your wealth has stolen another part" — meaning that his hand cannot be cut off as punishment. Ibn Muqarrin said: "My slave-woman has committed fornication." Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Flog her." He said: "She is not muhsanah (in a state of chastity through marriage)." Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Her Islam is her ihsan."
Al-Tabarani recorded it with various chains; the narrators of this chain and of the others are the narrators of the Sahih.
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الحدود والديات / 10652
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسنادہ صحیح
Hadith Takhrij«اخرجه الطبراني فى المعجم الكبير (9693)»