Those who held that insinuation incurs a punishment

Ibrahim bin Amir said that it is reported from Sa'id bin al-Musayyib that a man said to another man: O Ibn Kurathah. He said: The prescribed punishment for false accusation (hadd al-qadhf) is to be applied to him.

Abu al-Rijal said that his mother Amrah said: Two men abused each other, and one of them said: My mother is not a fornicator and my father is not a fornicator. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) consulted the people about this, and the people said: He has praised his father and his mother. He said: There could have been some other praise for the two of them than this. So he struck him.

Mu'awiyah bin Qurrah said: A man said to someone: O Ibn Shammat al-Wadhr, that is, son of one who commits fornication. That person sought help against him from Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him). He said: I only meant such and such by it. So on the order of Sayyiduna Uthman the prescribed punishment (hadd) was applied to him.

Mughirah said that Ibrahim said: There is punishment even for an ambiguous statement (ta'rid).

Hisham said that his father Urwah said: The prescribed punishment (hadd) is binding in this as well.

Ibn Sirin said that Sayyiduna Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Whoever speaks ambiguously to us, we too will speak ambiguously to him.

Abu Raja' said: Sayyiduna Umar and Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to give punishment in cases of faultfinding.

Ibn Jurayj said that Ata held the view that there is punishment for making an ambiguous statement (ta'rid).

Al-Awza'i said that Imam al-Zuhri used to give lashes as the prescribed punishment (hadd) for making an ambiguous statement (ta'rid).