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Bayhaqi 17574 — Reports on the description of the whip and the beating

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو، ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، أنبأ الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، أنبأ الشَّافِعِيُّ، أنبأ مَالِكٌ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، أَنَّ رَجُلًا، اعْتَرَفَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ بِالزِّنَا، فَدَعَا لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِسَوْطٍ، فَأُتِيَ بِسَوْطٍ مَكْسُورٍ فَقَالَ: " فَوْقَ هَذَا " فَأُتِيَ بِسَوْطٍ جَدِيدٍ لَمْ تُقْطَعْ ثَمَرَتُهُ، فَقَالَ: " بَيْنَ هَذَيْنِ " فَأُتِيَ بِسَوْطٍ قَدْ رُكِّبَ بِهِ فُلَانٌ، فَأَمَرَ بِهِ فَجُلِدَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: " أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ قَدْ آنَ لَكُمْ أَنْ تَنْتَهُوَا عَنْ مَحَارِمِ اللهِ، فَمَنْ أَصَابَ مِنْكُمْ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْقَاذُورَةِ شَيْئًا فَلْيَسْتَتِرْ بِسِتْرِ اللهِ، فَإِنَّه مَنْ يُبْدِ لَنَا صَفْحَتَهُ نُقِمْ عَلَيْهِ كِتَابَ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ " قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ: هَذَا حَدِيثٌ مُنْقَطِعٌ، لَيْسَ مِمَّا يَثْبُتُ بِهِ هُوَ نَفْسُهُ حُجَّةٌ، وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ عِنْدَنَا مَنْ يَعْرِفُهُ وَيَقُولُ بِهِ، فَنَحْنُ نَقُولُ بِهِ.
Zayd bin Aslam (may Allah have mercy on him) said: A man committed zina and confessed, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) called for a whip. A broken whip was brought, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Bring one better than this." Then a new whip was brought whose tip had not yet been broken, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Bring one between these two." Then such a whip was brought, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) had the punishment carried out with it and said: "O people! The time has come for you to refrain from what Allah has forbidden. Whoever falls into any of these (foul deeds), let him conceal it; if (his matter) is exposed to us, we will apply the punishment of the Book of Allah to him."
Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: This hadith is munqati' (broken), not of the kind that is itself established as proof; but I have seen among the people of knowledge here those who know it and act upon it, so we hold by it.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الأشربة والحد فيها / 17574
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