[Machine] To be whipped forty times, have his head shaved, and his face disfigured, and then to be paraded and imprisoned, these two narrations are weak and disconnected, while the first two narrations are connected except for the fact that one of them has no reliable chain of narrators. And Allah knows best. We have also narrated in the book Al-Hudud the established hadith from Abu Burdah ibn Niyyar from the Prophet ﷺ who said, "One should not be whipped more than ten lashes, except in cases where it is within the limits set by Allah, and the application of these limits is preferable. And with Allah is the success."  

أَنْ يُجْلَدَ أَرْبَعِينَ وَيُحْلَقَ رَأْسُهُ وَيُسْخَمَ وَجْهُهُ وَيُطَافَ بِهِ وَيُطَالَ حَبْسُهُ هَاتَانِ الرِّوَايَتَانِ ضَعِيفَتَانِ وَمُنْقَطِعَتَانِ وَالرِّوَايَتَانِ الْأُولَيَانِ مَوْصُولَتَانِ إِلَّا أَنَّ فِي كُلِّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْهُمَا مَنْ لَا يُحْتَجُّ بِهِ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ وَقَدْ رَوَيْنَا فِي كِتَابِ الْحُدُودِ الْحَدِيثَ الثَّابِتَ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ بْنِ نِيَارٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا يُجْلَدْ فَوْقَ عَشْرِ جَلَدَاتٍ إِلَّا فِي حَدٍّ مِنْ حُدُودِ اللهِ وَالْأَخْذُ بِهِ أَوْلَى وَبِاللهِ التَّوْفِيقُ