A man who sells his wife, or a free man who sells his daughter

Qatadah said that it is reported from al-Hasan al-Basri and Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) concerning a man who sells his wife. They said: The two of them shall be punished and given an exemplary punishment.

Hammad bin Salamah said that it is reported from Qatadah concerning a man who sold a woman, both of them being free. The two of them were seized at the bridge with dinars at their waists. A letter was written about them to Umar bin Abd al-Aziz, and he wrote in reply: They are both to be punished and put in prison.

Ikrimah said that it is reported from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) concerning two men, one of whom sold the other. He said: The sale shall be rescinded and both of them shall be punished, but the penalty of cutting off the hand shall not be applied to them.

Khilas said that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: A free man who sells a free man shall have his hand cut off.

Ma'mar said that it is reported from Ibn Shihab concerning a man who sold a free man. He said: The two of them shall be punished, that is, the one who sold him and the one who acknowledged the sale, and it shall be a painful punishment.

Ma'mar said that it is reported from Ibn Shihab concerning a man who sold his daughter, and the buyer had intercourse with her. The girl's father said: Need drove me to sell her. He said: The two of them shall be given one hundred lashes each, the father and his daughter, if the girl has reached puberty. The price shall be returned to the buyer, and the buyer shall owe the girl her mahr because of his intercourse with her. Then the father shall be liable for paying the mahr, unless the buyer knew that she was free, in which case the mahr is due from him, the father is not liable for paying it, and he shall be given one hundred lashes. And if she is a young girl without understanding, the exemplary punishment shall fall on the father.

Mughirah said that it is reported from Hammad concerning a woman who sold her sister on her sister's instruction; a man bought her and had intercourse with her. He said: The man's money shall be returned to him, the woman and her sister shall be punished, and he shall give that girl a small amount.