[Machine] A man came to Abdullah with his drunken nephew and said, "I found him drunk." Abdullah said, "Mock him, jeer at him, and rebuke him." So they mocked, jeered, and rebuked him. The smell of alcohol was detected from him. Abdullah ordered him to be imprisoned and then released him the next day. Then he ordered for a whip, and it was applied until it left marks on his body. Then he said to the executioner, "Whip him and withdraw your hand, and give each body part its rightful share." So he struck him with moderate blows and put him in a jacket and pants. Abdullah said, "By Allah and the Wali of Taym, I have not disciplined anyone better than I have disciplined him, nor concealed disgrace." The man said, "O Abu Abdur Rahman, he is my cousin's son, and I have never had the same trouble with my own children." Abdullah said, "Verily, Allah loves forgiveness, and it is not appropriate for a guardian to impose a punishment unless he establishes it."
جَاءَ رَجُلٌ بِابْنِ أَخٍ لَهُ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ سَكْرَانَ فَقَالَ إِنِّي وَجَدْتُ هَذَا سَكْرَانَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ «تَرْتِرُوهُ وَمَزْمِزُوهُ وَاسْتَنْكِهُوهُ» قَالَ فَتُرْتِرَ وَمُزْمِزَ وَاسْتُنْكِهَ فَوُجِدَ مِنْهُ رِيحُ الشَّرَابِ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ عَبْدُ اللهِ إِلَى السِّجْنِ ثُمَّ أَخْرَجَهُ مِنَ الْغَدِ ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِسَوْطٍ فَدُقَّتْ ثَمَرَتُهُ حَتَّى أَحْنَتْ لَهُ مِخْفَقَةً ثُمَّ قَالَ لِلْجَلَّادِ «اجْلِدْ وَأَرْجِعْ يَدَكَ وَأَعْطِ كُلَّ ذِي عُضْوٍ حَقَّهُ» فَضَرَبَهُ ضَرْبًا غَيْرَ مُبَرِّحٍ وَجَعَلَهُ فِي قُبَاءٍ وَسَرَاوِيلَ أَوْ قَمِيصٍ وَسَرَاوِيلَ ثُمَّ قَالَ بِئْسَ لَعَمْرُ اللهِ وَالِي التَّيْمِ مَا أَدَّبْتُ فَأَحْسَنْتُ الْأَدَبَ وَلَا سَتَرْتُ الْخِزْيَةَ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ إِنَّهُ ابْنُ أَخِي أَجِدُ لَهُ مِنَ اللَّوْعَةِ مَا أَجِدُ لِوَلَدِي فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ «إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ يُحِبُّ الْعَفْوَ وَلَا يَنْبَغِي لِوَالٍ أَنْ يُؤْتَى بِحَدٍّ إِلَّا أَقَامَهُ»