[Machine] I heard Ali, while he was giving a sermon on the pulpit, praising and glorifying God. Then he said, "O people, if any male or female servant commits adultery, then establish the punishment upon them. And if they were previously married, then flog them. Indeed, a servant of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ committed adultery, so he sent me to strike her. But I found her recently postpartum and I feared that if I were to strike her, I would kill her. Therefore, I refrained from hitting her until she recovered and regained her strength." He (the narrator) said, "You have done well."  

سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا ؓ وَهُوَ يَخْطُبُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَحَمِدَ اللهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَيُّمَا عَبْدٍ أَوْ أَمَةٍ زَنَى فَأَقِيمُوا عَلَيْهِ الْحَدَّ وَإِنْ كَانَ قَدْ أُحْصِنَ فَاجْلِدُوهُ فَإِنَّ خَادِمًا لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ زَنَتْ فَأَرْسَلَنِي إِلَيْهَا لِأَضْرِبَهَا فَوَجَدْتُهَا حَدِيثَةَ عَهْدٍ بِنِفَاسِهَا وَخَشِيتُ إِنْ أَنَا ضَرَبْتُهَا أَنْ أَقْتُلَهَا فَرَدَدْتُ عَنْهَا حَتَّى تُمَاثِلَ وَتَشْتَدَّ قَالَ أَحْسَنْتَ  

“When her postpartum bleeding stops, give her the hadd punishment of flogging.” Then he said: “Carry out the hadd punishment on those whom your right hands possess.” (Using translation from Aḥmad 1231)   

أَنَّ جَارِيَةً لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ نُفِسَتْ مِنَ الزِّنَا فَأَرْسَلَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ أُقِيمَ عَلَيْهَا الْحَدَّ فَوَجَدْتُهَا فِي الدِّمَاءِ لَمْ تَجِفَّ عَنْهَا فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى النَبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ إِذَا جَفَّ الدَّمُ عَنْهَا فَاجْلِدْهَا الْحَدَّ وَقَالَ أَقِيمُوا الْحُدُودَ عَلَى مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ