سنن نسائي
Nasai
كتاب قطع السارقThe Book of Cutting off the Hand of the Thief
بَابُ : التَّرْغِيبِ فِي إِقَامَةِ الْحَدّChapter: Encouragement to carry out Hadd Punishments
Hadith 4909
اُردوEn
أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ زُرَارَةَ ، قَالَ : أَنْبَأَنَا إِسْمَاعِيل ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ ، عَنْ جَرِيرِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ ، عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ : " إِقَامَةُ حَدٍّ بِأَرْضٍ خَيْرٌ لِأَهْلِهَا مِنْ مَطَرِ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً " .
´It was narrated that Abu Zurah said:` "Abu Hurairah said: 'Carrying out a Hadd punishment in a land is better for its people than if it were to rain for forty nights." (Daif)
Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
(1) Although this narration is technically mawquf (attributed to a Companion), in effect it is considered marfu‘ (attributed to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), because such a statement cannot be made by a Companion based on personal opinion. And Allah knows best.
(2) The editor of the book has declared both of the aforementioned narrations to be weak in terms of their chain of transmission, but other scholars, based on supporting evidence, have deemed them hasan (sound). See: (al-Sahihah, Hadith: 231, and Dhakheerat al-‘Uqba, Sharh Sunan al-Nasa’i: 30/37–32).
(2) The editor of the book has declared both of the aforementioned narrations to be weak in terms of their chain of transmission, but other scholars, based on supporting evidence, have deemed them hasan (sound). See: (al-Sahihah, Hadith: 231, and Dhakheerat al-‘Uqba, Sharh Sunan al-Nasa’i: 30/37–32).
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 4909
