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ahmad:9470Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd b. Abān b. Saʿīd b. al-ʿĀṣ > ʿUbaydullāh > Saʿīd b. Abū Saʿīd > Abīhiʿan Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If any of your servants commits adultery, then flog them and do not insult them. If they do it again, then flog them and do not insult them. If they do it a third time, then flog them and do not insult them. If they do it a fourth time, then flog them and sell them with a rope made of hair or with braided hair."  

أحمد:٩٤٧٠حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبَانَ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْعَاصِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا زَنَتْ خَادِمُ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلْيَجْلِدْهَا وَلَا يُعَيِّرْهَا فَإِنْ عَادَتِ الثَّانِيَةَ فَلْيَجْلِدْهَا وَلَا يُعَيِّرْهَا فَإِنْ عَادَتِ الثَّالِثَةَ فَلْيَجْلِدْهَا وَلَا يُعَيِّرْهَا فَإِنْ عَادَتِ الرَّابِعَةَ فَلْيَجْلِدْهَا وَلْيَبِعْهَا بِحَبْلٍ مِنْ شَعَرٍ أَوْ بِضَفِيرٍ مِنْ شَعَرٍ  


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abudawud:4470Musaddad > Yaḥyá > ʿUbaydullāh > Saʿīd b. Abū Saʿīd al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

When the slave-woman of any of you commits fornication, he should inflict the prescribed punishment on her, but not hurl reproaches at her. This is to be done up to three times. If she a fourth time, he should flog her, and sell her even if only for a rope of hair.  

أبو داود:٤٤٧٠حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا زَنَتْ أَمَةُ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلْيَحُدَّهَا وَلاَ يُعَيِّرْهَا ثَلاَثَ مِرَارٍ فَإِنْ عَادَتْ فِي الرَّابِعَةِ فَلْيَجْلِدْهَا وَلْيَبِعْهَا بِضَفِيرٍ أَوْ بِحَبْلٍ مِنْ شَعْرٍ  

ahmad:8886Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd > ʿUbaydullāh > Saʿīd b. Abū Saʿīd > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'If any of your female slaves commit adultery, then whip them but do not disgrace them. If they do it again, whip them but do not disgrace them. If they repeat it for the third time, then sell them, even if it is with a rope made of hair or a braid made of hair.'"  

أحمد:٨٨٨٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا زَنَتْ أَمَةُ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلْيَجْلِدْهَا وَلَا يُعَيِّرْهَا فَإِنْ عَادَتْ فَلْيَجْلِدْهَا وَلَا يُعَيِّرْهَا فَإِنْ عَادَتْ فَلْيَجْلِدْهَا وَلَا يُعَيِّرْهَا فَإِنْ عَادَتْ فِي الرَّابِعَةِ فَلْيَبِعْهَا وَلَوْ بِحَبْلٍ مِنْ شَعَرٍ أَوْ ضَفِيرٍ مِنْ شَعَرٍ  

tabarani:5205Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl b. Usayd al-Aṣbahānī > Yūsuf b. Ḥabīb > Abū Dāwud > Zamʿah b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Zuhrī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Zayd b. Khālid al-Juhanī > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If one of your female slaves commits adultery, let them be lashed. If they commit adultery again, let them be lashed. If they commit adultery a third time, let them be lashed. If they commit adultery a fourth time, sell them, even if it is for a strand of hair."  

الطبراني:٥٢٠٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أُسَيْدٍ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا زَمْعَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَا

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا زَنَتْ أَمَةُ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلْيَجْلِدْهَا فَإِنْ عَادَتْ فَلْيَجْلِدْهَا فَإِنْ عَادَتْ فَلْيَجْلِدْهَا فَإِنْ عَادَتِ الرَّابِعَةَ فَلْيَبِعْهَا وَلَوْ بِضَفِيرِ شَعَرٍ»  

nasai-kubra:7203Muḥammad b. Bashhār > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Ḥabīb > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "If any of your female slaves commit adultery, flog them. If they commit adultery again, flog them. If they commit adultery a third time, flog them. And if they commit adultery again, then sell them, even if it is with a rope made of hair."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٢٠٣أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ حَبِيبٍ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا زَنَتْ أَمَةُ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلْيَجْلِدْهَا فَإِنْ زَنَتْ فَلْيَجْلِدْهَا فَإِنْ زَنَتْ فَلْيَجْلِدْهَا فَإِنْ زَنَتْ فَلْيَبِعْهَا وَلَوْ بِحَبْلٍ مِنْ شَعْرٍ»  

nasai-kubra:7208Sūwayd b. Naṣr b. Sūwayd > ʿAbdullāh > Ibn al-Mubārak > ʿUbaydullāh > Saʿīd > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] From the Prophet, ﷺ , he said, "If one of you's slave woman commits adultery, then he should punish her (by lashing), and not harm her. If she commits adultery again, then he should punish her (by lashing) again. And if she commits adultery again, then he should sell her, even if it is with a rope made of hair or braids made of hair."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٢٠٨أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ هُوَ ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِذَا زَنَتْ أَمَةُ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلْيَجْلِدْهَا وَلَا يُعَنِّفْهَا فَإِنْ زَنَتْ فَلْيَجْلِدْهَا فَإِنْ زَنَتْ فَلْيَبِعْهَا وَلَوْ بِحَبْلٍ مِنْ شَعْرٍ أَوْ بِضَفِيرٍ مِنْ شَعْرٍ»  

nasai-kubra:7214Ismāʿīl b. Masʿūd > Bishr b. al-Mufaḍḍal > Ismāʿīl b. Umayyah > Saʿīd al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

When the slave-woman of any of you commits adultery and this (offence of hers) becomes clear, she should be flogged (as the prescribed) punishment, but hurl no reproach at her. If she commits adultery again, she should (again be punished) by flogging, but hurl no reproach upon her. If she commits fornication for the third time and it becomes clear, then he should sell her, even if only for a rope of hair. (Using translation from Muslim 1703a)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٢١٤أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا زَنَتْ أَمَةُ أَحَدِكُمْ فَتَبَيَّنَ زِنَاهَا فَلْيَجْلِدْهَا وَلَا يُثَرِّبْ عَلَيْهَا فَإِنْ عَادَتْ فَزَنَتْ فَلْيَجْلِدْهَا وَلَا يُثَرِّبْ عَلَيْهَا فَإِنْ عَادَتْ فَزَنَتْ فَلْيَبِعْهَا وَلَوْ بِحَبْلٍ مِنْ شَعْرٍ»  

bayhaqi:17103Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Muḥammad b. Abū Ḥāmid al-Muqriʾ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī b. ʿAffān > Muḥammad b. ʿUbayd > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > Saʿīd b. Abū Saʿīd al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: If one of you's slave woman commits adultery, then lash her without blaming her. If she does it again, then lash her without blaming her. If she does it a third time, then sell her, even if it is with a rope made of hair or a braid of hair.  

البيهقي:١٧١٠٣وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو مُحَمَّدِ بْنُ أَبِي حَامِدٍ الْمُقْرِئُ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَفَّانَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا زَنَتْ أَمَةُ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلْيَجْلِدْهَا وَلَا يُعِيرْهَا فَإِنْ عَادَتْ فَلْيَجْلِدْهَا وَلَا يُعِيرْهَا فَإِنْ عَادَتْ فِي الرَّابِعَةِ فَلْيَبِعْهَا وَلَوْ بِحَبْلٍ مِنْ شَعْرٍ أَوْ ضَفِيرٍ مِنْ شَعْرٍ  

أَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ
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السيوطي:١٩٣٥a

"إِذَا زنت أمة أحدكم فَليَجَلِدْهَا ولا يُثَرِّبْ عَلَيهَا، فإِنَ عَادَتَ فَليَجِلدهَا فإِنْ عادت فَليَبِعْهَا ولو بضفيرِ من شَعْرٍ".  

[ش] ابن أبى شيبة عن أبي هريرة