A man whose slave commits zina: is the hadd punishment carried out on him or not?

Thumamah reports that when the slave of Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) committed zina, he would carry out the prescribed punishment (hadd) on him.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah, Sayyiduna Shibl and Sayyiduna Zayd bin Khalid (may Allah be pleased with them) said: We were with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when a man asked him (peace and blessings be upon him) about a slave woman who commits zina before being married. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Flog her. Then if she commits zina, flog her." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said on the third or fourth time: "Then sell her, even if for a braided rope."

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was informed about a slave woman of some people, that she had committed a sin. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me to her and said: "Go and carry out the prescribed punishment (hadd) on her." So I went, and I found her in a state where her blood had not dried. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Have you finished?" I said: I found her in a state where her blood had not dried. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When her blood has dried, then flog her." Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Carry out the prescribed punishments on those whom your right hands possess."

Amr bin Shurahbil said: Sayyiduna Ma'qil al-Muzani (may Allah be pleased with him) came to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: "My slave woman has committed zina, so shall I flog her?" At this Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud said: "Give her fifty lashes." He said: "She has done it again." So he said: "Flog her."

Al-Hasan bin Muhammad bin Ali said that Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) carried out the prescribed punishment (hadd) on a slave woman of hers.

Kharijah bin Zayd said that Sayyiduna Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) carried out the prescribed punishment (hadd) on a slave woman of his.

Abu Qilabah said: When the slave woman of Abu al-Muhallab did an evil act, he would flog her in the gathering of his people.

Ibrahim said: They used to send for their female servants when they committed zina, and they would flog them in the gatherings.

Nafi' said that Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to beat his slave woman when she committed zina.

The father of Ash'ath said: I was present with Sayyiduna Abu Barzah (may Allah be pleased with him). He beat a slave woman of his who had done a sinful act. The narrator said: That slave woman had a sheet wrapped around her, and with him was a group of people. He recited this verse, the translation of which is: "And let a group of the believers witness their punishment." [Surah An-Nur: 2]

Amr bin Murrah said that Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Layla said: I found the elders of the Ansar beating a slave woman in their gatherings when she committed zina.

Ibrahim said: Alqamah and al-Aswad used to carry out the prescribed punishments on the slave women of the neighbourhood in the gatherings when they committed zina.

Jabir said that Abu Ja'far said: "In the neighbourhood, purify only those whom you own."

Abu Ishaq said: Abu Maysarah used to beat the slave women of his people, and he would purify them.

Mansur said: I met Abd al-Rahman bin Ma'qil and asked: What do you say about the slave woman concerning whom your father asked Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), who had committed zina and whom he ordered to be flogged: was she married? He said: No.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When the slave woman of any of you commits zina, let him flog her. Then if she does it again, let him flog her. Then if she does it again, let him flog her. Then if she does it again, let him sell her, even if for a rope made of hair."