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السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب الأشربة والحد فيها
Book of Drinks and the Punishment for Them
باب: الإمام فيما يؤدب إن رأى تركه تركه
Chapter: The ruler may leave a disciplinary punishment if he sees fit
Bayhaqi Q17552 — The ruler may leave a disciplinary punishment
اُردوEn
قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ: أَلَا تَرَى أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ ظَهَرَ عَلَى قَوْمٍ أَنَّهُمْ غَلُّوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ، فَلَمْ يُعَاقِبْهُمْ، وَلَوْ كَانَتِ الْعُقُوبَةُ تَلْزَمُ لُزُومَ الْحَدِّ مَا تَرَكَهُمْ، كَمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَقَطَعَ امْرَأَةً لَهَا شَرَفٌ فَكُلِّمَ فِيهَا: لَوْ سَرَقَتْ فُلَانَةٌ لِامْرَأَةٍ شَرِيفَةٍ لَقَطَعْتُ يَدَهَا.
Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Do you not see that it became evident to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about some people that they had committed theft (from the spoils) in the path of Allah, yet he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not punish them? Had (discretionary) punishment been binding like a hadd punishment, he (peace and blessings be upon him) would not have left them, just as the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) cut off the hand of a woman of (a) noble (family), and when intercession was made with him (peace and blessings be upon him) concerning her, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'If so-and-so, (that is,) a noble woman, had stolen, I would have cut off her hand.'"
