[Machine] That Ali had whipped a man forty lashes with a whip that had two ends, as if he intended to double the lashes with each end. And it was mentioned in another place, as we have narrated in the Hadith of Sa'dan, that it was narrated to us in the continuous Hadith, that he ordered forty lashes and argued with someone before him. And this narration is disconnected, and Allah knows best.  

أَنَّ عَلِيًّا ؓ جَلَدَ رَجُلًا فِي الْخَمْرِ أَرْبَعِينَ جَلْدَةً بِسَوْطٍ لَهُ طَرَفَانِ وَكَأَنَّهُ أَرَادَ صَارَ أَرْبَعِينَ بِالطَّرَفَيْنِ وَذَكَرَهُ فِي مَوْضِعٍ آخَرَ كَمَا رُوِّينَا فِي حَدِيثِ سَعْدَانَ فَقَدْ رُوِّينَا فِي الْحَدِيثِ الْمَوْصُولِ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ أَمَرَ بِجَلْدِهِ أَرْبَعِينَ وَاحْتَجَّ فِيهِ بِمَنْ قَبْلَهُ وَهَذِهِ الرِّوَايَةُ مُنْقَطِعَةٌ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ