Hadith 1705

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْمُقَدَّمِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ ، حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ ، عَنْ السُّدِّيِّ ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، قَالَ : خَطَبَ عَلِيٌّ ، فَقَالَ : " يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَقِيمُوا عَلَى أَرِقَّائِكُمُ الْحَدَّ مَنْ أَحْصَنَ مِنْهُمْ ، وَمَنْ لَمْ يُحْصِنْ ، فَإِنَّ أَمَةً لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ زَنَتْ فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَجْلِدَهَا ، فَإِذَا هِيَ حَدِيثُ عَهْدٍ بِنِفَاسٍ ، فَخَشِيتُ إِنْ أَنَا جَلَدْتُهَا أَنْ أَقْتُلَهَا ، فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : أَحْسَنْتَ " ،
Abdul Rahman reported that 'Ali, while delivering the address said: O people, impose the prescribed punishment upon your slaves, those who are married and those not married, for a slave-woman belonging to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had committed adultery, and he committed me to flog her. But she had recently given birth to a child and I was afraid that if I flogged her I might kill her. So I mentioned that to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) and he said: You have done well.
Hadith Reference صحيح مسلم / كتاب الحدود / 1705
Hadith Grading محدثین: أحاديث صحيح مسلم كلها صحيحة
Hadith Takhrij «أحاديث صحيح مسلم كلها صحيحة»
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وحَدَّثَنَاه إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ ، عَنْ السُّدِّيِّ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ ، وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ مَنْ أَحْصَنَ مِنْهُمْ ، وَمَنْ لَمْ يُحْصِنْ وَزَادَ فِي الْحَدِيثِ اتْرُكْهَا حَتَّى تَمَاثَلَ .
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of as-Suddi with the same chain of transmitters, but he did not mention: "Those who are married and those who are not married." There is also an addition in it: "I spare her until she is all right."
Hadith Reference صحيح مسلم / كتاب الحدود / 1705
Hadith Grading محدثین: أحاديث صحيح مسلم كلها صحيحة
Hadith Takhrij «أحاديث صحيح مسلم كلها صحيحة»
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
1:
That is, she had given birth only a few days before this.

2:
This doubt is from the narrator.
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 1441