مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب الحدود
Book of Legal Punishments
باب في الوالي يرى الرجل على حد وهو وحده، أيقيمه عليه أم لا؟
A ruler who alone sees a man commit a hadd offence: does he carry it out on him or not?
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٣٠٨٠٧ - حدثنا أبو بكر قال: حدثنا شريك عن (عبد الكريم) (١) عن عكرمة قال: قال عمر لعبد الرحمن بن عوف: أرأيت لو كنت القاضي والوالي ثم أبصرت إنسانا على حد، أكنت مقيما عليه؟ قال: لا، حتى يشهد معي غيري، قال: أصبت ولو قلت غير (ذلك) (٢) لم (تجد) (٣) (٤).
Ikrimah said that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him): "What is your opinion: if you were the judge and the ruler, and then you saw a person engaged in an act that carries a hadd (prescribed punishment), would you carry out the hadd on him or not?" He replied: "No, not until someone else testifies along with me." He said: "You have spoken rightly, and had you said anything else, you would not have been correct."
٣٠٨٠٨ - حدثنا أبو بكر قال: حدثنا ابن مهدي عن سفيان قال: سمعت حمادا يقول: سمعنا أن الحاكم يجوز قوله فيما اعترف عنده إلا الحدود.
Sufyan said: I heard Hammad say: We have heard that the word of the ruler is valid in matters that were confessed before him, except for the hadd punishments.
