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bayhaqi:17091[Chain 1] Abū Bakr b. Fūrak > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > Yūnus b. Ḥabīb > Abū Dāwud [Chain 2] al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Yūsuf b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. Abū Bakr > Abū Dāwud > Zāʾidah > al-Suddī > Saʿd b. ʿUbaydah > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Sulamī > Khaṭab ʿAlī ؓ

"Ali gave a Khutbah, and said: 'O people, establish the penalties upon your slaves, those married from them and those unmarried. A slave girl of the Prophet ﷺ committed illegal sexual intercourse so he ordered me to whip her. I went to her and she was just experiencing her post-natal bleeding, so I feared that if I were to whip her I would kill her' - or he said: 'She would die' - 'so I went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and I told that to him. So he said: 'You did well.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1441)   

البيهقي:١٧٠٩١أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ فُورَكٍ أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا يُونُسُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ح وَأنبأ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُقْرِئُ أنبأ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا زَائِدَةُ عَنِ السُّدِّيِّ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ قَالَ خَطَبَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ فَقَالَ

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَقِيمُوا الْحُدُودَ عَلَى أَرِقَّائِكُمْ مَنْ أُحْصِنَ مِنْهُمْ وَمَنْ لَمْ يُحْصِنْ فَإِنَّ أَمَةً لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ زَنَتْ فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَجْلِدَهَا فَإِذَا هِيَ حَدِيثَةُ عَهْدٍ بِالنِّفَاسِ فَخَشِيتُ إِنْ أَنَا جَلَدْتُهَا أَنْ تَمُوتَ فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ قَالَ أَحْسَنْتَ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ يُونُسَ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ الْمُقَدَّمِيِّ فَخَشِيتُ إِنْ أَنَا جَلَدْتُهَا أَنْ أَقْتُلَهَا فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَحْسَنْتَ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْمُقَدَّمِيِّ

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Collected by Muslim, Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Ḥākim, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
muslim:1705aMuḥammad b. Abū Bakr al-Muqaddamī > Sulaymān Abū Dāwud > Zāʾidah > al-Suddī > Saʿd b. ʿUbaydah > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Khaṭab ʿAlī

O people, impose the prescribed punishment upon your slaves, those who are married and those not married, for a slave-woman belonging to Messenger of Allah ﷺ had committed adultery, and he committed me to flog her. But she had recently given birth to a child and I was afraid that if I flogged her I might kill her. So I mentioned that to Allah's Apostle ﷺ and he said: You have done well.  

مسلم:١٧٠٥aحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْمُقَدَّمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ عَنِ السُّدِّيِّ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ خَطَبَ عَلِيٌّ فَقَالَ

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَقِيمُوا عَلَى أَرِقَّائِكُمُ الْحَدَّ مَنْ أَحْصَنَ مِنْهُمْ وَمَنْ لَمْ يُحْصِنْ فَإِنَّ أَمَةً لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ زَنَتْ فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَجْلِدَهَا فَإِذَا هِيَ حَدِيثُ عَهْدٍ بِنِفَاسٍ فَخَشِيتُ إِنْ أَنَا جَلَدْتُهَا أَنْ أَقْتُلَهَا فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَحْسَنْتَ  

tirmidhi:1441al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī al-Khalāal > Abū Dāwud al-Ṭayālisī > Zāʾidah b. Qudāmah > al-Suddī > Saʿd b. ʿUbaydah > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Sulamī > Khaṭab ʿAlī

"Ali gave a Khutbah, and said: 'O people, establish the penalties upon your slaves, those married from them and those unmarried. A slave girl of the Prophet ﷺ committed illegal sexual intercourse so he ordered me to whip her. I went to her and she was just experiencing her post-natal bleeding, so I feared that if I were to whip her I would kill her' - or he said: 'She would die' - 'so I went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and I told that to him. So he said: 'You did well.'"  

الترمذي:١٤٤١حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْخَلاَّلُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ بْنُ قُدَامَةَ عَنِ السُّدِّيِّ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ قَالَ خَطَبَ عَلِيٌّ فَقَالَ

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَقِيمُوا الْحُدُودَ عَلَى أَرِقَّائِكُمْ مَنْ أَحْصَنَ مِنْهُمْ وَمَنْ لَمْ يُحْصِنْ وَإِنَّ أَمَةً لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ زَنَتْ فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَجْلِدَهَا فَإِذَا هِيَ حَدِيثَةُ عَهْدٍ بِنِفَاسٍ فَخَشِيتُ إِنْ أَنَا جَلَدْتُهَا أَنْ أَقْتُلَهَا أَوْ قَالَ تَمُوتَ فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ أَحْسَنْتَ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَالسُّدِّيُّ اسْمُهُ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَهُوَ مِنَ التَّابِعِينَ قَدْ سَمِعَ مِنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ وَرَأَى حُسَيْنَ بْنَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ
ahmad:1341Sulaymān b. Dāwud > Zāʾidah > al-Suddī > Saʿd b. ʿUbaydah > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Sulamī Qālakhaṭabanā ʿAlī

ʿAli (ؓ )addressed us and said: O people, carry out the hadd punishments on your slaves, both those who have been married and those who have not been married, for a slave woman of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ committed zina and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered me to carry out the hadd Punishment on her. I went to her and found that she was still bleeding following childbirth, and I was afraid that if I flogged her she would die So I went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and told him about that, and he said: “You have done well.”  

أحمد:١٣٤١حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ أَنْبَأَنَا زَائِدَةُ عَنِ السُّدِّيِّ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ

عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ قَالَخَطَبَنَا عَلِيٌّ قَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَقِيمُوا عَلَى أَرِقَّائِكُمُ الْحُدُودَ مَنِ احْصِنَ مِنْهُمْ وَمَنْ لَمْ يُحْصَنْ فَإِنَّ أَمَةً لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ زَنَتْ فَأَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ أُقِيمَ عَلَيْهَا الْحَدَّ فَأَتَيْتُهَا فَإِذَا هِيَ حَدِيثُ عَهْدٍ بِنِفَاسٍ فَخَشِيتُ إِنِ انَا جَلَدْتُهَا أَنْ تَمُوتَ فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ أَحْسَنْتَ  

hakim:8106Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Bālawayh > Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. al-Naḍr al-Azdī > Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Zāʾidah > al-Suddī > Saʿd b. ʿUbaydah > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Sulamī > Khaṭab ʿAlī

ʿAli (ؓ )addressed us and said: O people, carry out the hadd punishments on your slaves, both those who have been married and those who have not been married, for a slave woman of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ committed zina and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered me to carry out the hadd Punishment on her. I went to her and found that she was still bleeding following childbirth, and I was afraid that if I flogged her she would die So I went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and told him about that, and he said: “You have done well.” (Using translation from Aḥmad 1341)   

الحاكم:٨١٠٦حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ بَالَوَيْهِ ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ النَّضْرِ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثَنَا زَائِدَةُ عَنِ السُّدِّيِّ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ قَالَ خَطَبَ عَلِيٌّ فَقَالَ

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَقِيمُوا الْحُدُودَ عَلَى أَرِقَّائِكُمْ مَنْ أُحْصِنَ مِنْهُنَّ وَمَنْ لَمْ يُحْصِنْ فَإِنَّ أَمَةً لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ زَنَتْ فَأَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ أَجْلِدَهَا فَأَتَيْتُهَا فَإِذَا هِيَ حَدِيثُ عَهْدٍ بِنِفَاسٍ فَخَشِيتُ إِنْ أَنَا جَلَدْتُهَا أَنْ أَقْتُلَهَا وَأَنْ تَمُوتَ فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ «أَحْسَنْتَ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ على شرط مسلم
bayhaqi:15803Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. Fūrak > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > Yūnus b. Ḥabīb > Abū Dāwud > Zāʾidah > al-Suddī > Saʿd b. ʿUbaydah > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Sulamī > Khaṭab ʿAlī

[Machine] "O people, establish the limits (prescribed by Allah) upon your private parts. Those among you who are married, maintain chastity, and those who are not married, abstain (from illicit relations). If an unmarried slave woman commits fornication, she is ordered by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to be lashed. I approached her but found out that she was menstruating, and I feared that if I were to lash her, she might die. So, I went to the Prophet ﷺ and informed him. He said, 'You have done well.'"  

البيهقي:١٥٨٠٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ فُورَكٍ أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا يُونُسُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا زَائِدَةُ عَنِ السُّدِّيِّ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ قَالَ خَطَبَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ فَقَالَ

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَقِيمُوا الْحُدُودَ عَلَى أَرِقَّائِكُمْ مَنْ أُحْصِنَ مِنْهُمْ وَمَنْ لَمْ يُحْصَنْ فَإِنَّ أَمَةً لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ زَنَتْ فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَجْلِدَهَا فَأَتَيْتُهَا فَإِذَا هِيَ حَدِيثُ عَهْدٍ بِالنُّفَاسِ فَخَشِيتُ إِنْ أَنَا جَلَدْتُهَا أَنْ تَمُوتَ فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ أَحْسَنْتَ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنِ الْمُقَدَّمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي دَاوُدَ وَبَقِيَّةُ هَذَا الْبَابِ فِي كِتَابِ الْحُدُودِ
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السيوطي:٤-١٦٠b

"عَنْ أَبِى عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِى قَالَ: خَطَبَ عَلِىّ فَقَالَ. أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَقِيمُوا عَلَى أَرِقَّائِكُمْ الحُدُودَ مَنْ أُحْصِنَ وَمَنْ لَمْ يُحْصنْ، فَإِنَّ أَمَةَ رَسُولِ الله ﷺ زَنَتْ فَأمَرَنِى رَسُولُ الله ﷺ أنْ أُقيمَ عَلَيْهَا الحَدَّ، فَأتَيْتُها فَإِذَا هِىَ حَدِيثُ عَهْدِ بِنِفَاسٍ فَخَشِيتُ إِنْ أَنَا جَلَدْتُهَا أَنْ تَمُوتَ، فَأتَيْتُ رَسُول الله ﷺ فَذَكَرْتُ لَهُ فَقالَ أحْسنْتَ".  

[ط] الطيالسي [حم] أحمد [ت] الترمذي [ع] أبو يعلى وابن جرير، وابن الجارود، [قط] الدارقطنى في السنن [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك [ق] البيهقى في السنن