مسند الحميدي
Musnad al-Humaydi
Hadiths of Zaid ibn Khalid Al-Juhani (may Allah be pleased with him)
Hadith Number 831
Hadith 831
831 - حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ قَالَ: ثنا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ: ثنا الزُّهْرِيُّ، قَالَ: ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ، وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، وَشِبْلٍ، قَالُوا: كُنَّا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّي اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَسُئِلَ عَنِ الْأَمَةِ تَزْنِي قَبْلَ أَنْ تُحْصَنَ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّي اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِذَا زَنَتْ أَمَةُ أَحَدِكُمْ، فَاجْلِدُوهَا، فَإِنْ عَادَتْ فَاجْلِدُوهَا، فَإِنْ عَادَتْ فَاجْلِدُوهَا، قَالَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ، أَوْ فِي الرَّابِعَةِ فَبِيعُوهَا وَلَوْ بِضَفِيرٍ» يَعْنِي الْحَبْلَ مِنَ الشَّعْرِ
Sayyiduna Zaid bin Khalid (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him), and Shibl narrate: We were present with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) when he was asked about a slave girl who commits adultery before becoming a muhsanah (i.e., before being married and thus not liable to the hadd punishment). The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "If anyone's slave girl commits adultery, then flog her. If she does it again, then flog her again. If she does it again, then flog her again." (The narrator says:) On the third or perhaps the fourth time, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Then sell her, even if it is for a rope." (Imam Humaydi, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) The word "dhafeer" used in the text of the narration refers to a rope made from hair.
