موطا امام مالك رواية يحييٰ
Muwatta Imam Malik (Riwayat Yahya)
كتاب الحدودBook: On the Explanation of Hudud (Prescribed Punishments)
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِيمَنِ اعْتَرَفَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ بِالزِّنَا
Chapter on what is reported regarding one who confesses to adultery
Hadith 1552
حَدَّثَنِي مَالِك، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ ، أَنّ رَجُلًا اعْتَرَفَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ بِالزِّنَا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَدَعَا لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِسَوْطٍ، فَأُتِيَ بِسَوْطٍ مَكْسُورٍ، فَقَالَ : " فَوْقَ هَذَا " . فَأُتِيَ بِسَوْطٍ جَدِيدٍ لَمْ تُقْطَعْ ثَمَرَتُهُ، فَقَالَ : " دُونَ هَذَا " . فَأُتِيَ بِسَوْطٍ قَدْ رُكِبَ بِهِ وَلَانَ، فَأَمَرَ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَجُلِدَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : " أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، قَدْ آنَ لَكُمْ أَنْ تَنْتَهُوا عَنْ حُدُودِ اللَّهِ، مَنْ أَصَابَ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْقَاذُورَاتِ شَيْئًا، فَلْيَسْتَتِرْ بِسِتْرِ اللَّهِ، فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يُبْدِي لَنَا صَفْحَتَهُ، نُقِمْ عَلَيْهِ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ "
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Zaid bin Aslam, may Allah be pleased with him, that a man confessed to adultery during the time of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, called for a whip, and a new whip was brought whose tip had not yet been cut. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Bring one softer than this." Then a whip was brought that was completely broken. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Bring one harder than this." Then a whip was brought that had been used for riding and had become soft. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, ordered that he be beaten with that whip. After that, he said: "O people! Now the time has come that you refrain from violating the limits set by Allah. Whoever commits such a sin should conceal himself under Allah's covering, and whoever exposes his own covering, we will establish the prescribed punishment on him according to the Book of Allah."
Hadith 1553
حَدَّثَنِي حَدَّثَنِي مَالِك، عَنْ نَافِعٍ ، أَنَّ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتَ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ أَخْبَرَتْهُ، أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقَ " أُتِيَ بِرَجُلٍ قَدْ وَقَعَ عَلَى جَارِيَةٍ بِكْرٍ فَأَحْبَلَهَا، ثُمَّ اعْتَرَفَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ بِالزِّنَا وَلَمْ يَكُنْ أَحْصَنَ، " فَأَمَرَ بِهِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَجُلِدَ الْحَدَّ، ثُمَّ نُفِيَ إِلَى فَدَكَ " .
It is narrated from Safiyyah bint Abi Ubaid that people brought a man to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) who had committed fornication with a virgin slave girl and made her pregnant. Afterwards, he confessed to the fornication, and he was not a muhsan (i.e., not married). Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) ordered that he be flogged, so the prescribed punishment was carried out on him. After that, he was sent away towards Fadak (Fadak is a place two days' journey from Madinah).
Hadith 1553B1
قَالَ مَالِك، فِي الَّذِي يَعْتَرِفُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ بِالزِّنَا، ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ، وَيَقُولُ : لَمْ أَفْعَلْ، وَإِنَّمَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ مِنِّي عَلَى وَجْهِ كَذَا وَكَذَا لِشَيْءٍ يَذْكُرُهُ : إِنَّ ذَلِكَ يُقْبَلُ مِنْهُ، وَلَا يُقَامُ عَلَيْهِ الْحَدُّ، وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ الْحَدَّ الَّذِي هُوَ لِلَّهِ لَا يُؤْخَذُ إِلَّا بِأَحَدِ وَجْهَيْنِ، إِمَّا بِبَيِّنَةٍ عَادِلَةٍ تُثْبِتُ عَلَى صَاحِبِهَا، وَإِمَّا بِاعْتِرَافٍ يُقِيمُ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى يُقَامَ عَلَيْهِ الْحَدُّ، فَإِنْ أَقَامَ عَلَى اعْتِرَافِهِ أُقِيمَ عَلَيْهِ الْحَدُّ .
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said: If a person confesses to adultery, and then afterwards denies it and says: I did not commit adultery, rather I did such-and-such an act (for example, had intercourse with my wife during her menstruation, and considered it adultery), then the hadd punishment will not be carried out on him, because for the hadd punishment to be carried out, either there must be just witnesses or a confession upon which he remains firm until the hadd is carried out.
Hadith 1553B2
قَالَ مَالِك : الَّذِي أَدْرَكْتُ عَلَيْهِ أَهْلَ الْعِلْمِ، أَنَّهُ لَا نَفْيَ عَلَى الْعَبِيدِ إِذَا زَنَوْا
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said: I found the scholars of my city upon this, that if a slave commits adultery, he will not be exiled.
