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Jami at-Tirmidhi 1441 (Book 17, Hadith 24) #27027
Establishing Penalties for Slaves

SUMMARY: This hadith is about the importance of establishing penalties for slaves, and how Ali was instructed to whip a slave girl who committed illegal sexual intercourse but refrained from doing so due to her post-natal bleeding.

Narrated Abu 'Abdur-Rahman As-Sulami: "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 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 and I told that to him. So he said: 'You did well'."
حَدَّثَنَا 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 زَنَتْ فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَجْلِدَهَا فَإِذَا هِيَ حَدِيثَةُ عَهْدٍ بِنِفَاسٍ فَخَشِيتُ إِنْ أَنَا جَلَدْتُهَا أَنْ أَقْتُلَهَا - أَوْ قَالَ تَمُوتَ - فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ 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 رضى الله عنه

TOPICS
penalty  *  slave  *  bleeding  *  intercourse  *  hadd  *  abd  *  istihadah  *  zina

QUICK LESSONS:
Establish penalties upon slaves with caution & mercy
EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith highlights the importance of establishing penalties upon slaves, both married and unmarried. It also shows us that even though punishments are necessary, they should be done with caution and mercy. In this case, Ali was instructed to whip a slave girl who committed illegal sexual intercourse but he refrained from doing so because she was experiencing post-natal bleeding which could have caused her death if he were to do so. This teaches us that punishments should be done with caution and mercy as it is possible that it could cause harm or even death in some cases. We must also remember that Allah is Most Merciful and He will forgive those who repent sincerely for their sins.

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