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Sunan Abi Dawud 4473 (Book 40, Hadith 123) #24764
Punishment of Fornication in Islam

SUMMARY: The hadith is about the punishment for a slave-girl who committed fornication and how it should be done.

Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib: A slave-girl belonging to the house of the Messenger of Allah committed fornication. He (the Prophet) said: Rush up, Ali, and inflict the prescribed punishment on her. I then hurried up, and saw that blood was flowing from her, and did not stop. So I came to him and he said: Have you finished inflicting (punishment on her)? I said: I went to her while her blood was flowing. He said: Leave her alone till her bleeding stops; then inflict the prescribed punishment on her. And inflict the prescribed punishment on those whom your right hands possess (ie slaves). Abu Dawud said: A similar tradition has been transmitted by Abu al-Ahwas from 'Abd al-A'la, and also by Shu'bah from 'Abd al-A'la. This version has: He said: Do not give her beating until she gives birth to a child. But the former (version) is sounder.
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى، عَنْ أَبِي جَمِيلَةَ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، رضى الله عنه قَالَ فَجَرَتْ جَارِيَةٌ لآلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ يَا عَلِيُّ انْطَلِقْ فَأَقِمْ عَلَيْهَا الْحَدَّ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَانْطَلَقْتُ فَإِذَا بِهَا دَمٌ يَسِيلُ لَمْ يَنْقَطِعْ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ يَا عَلِيُّ أَفَرَغْتَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قُلْتُ أَتَيْتُهَا وَدَمُهَا يَسِيلُ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ دَعْهَا حَتَّى يَنْقَطِعَ دَمُهَا ثُمَّ أَقِمْ عَلَيْهَا الْحَدَّ وَأَقِيمُوا الْحُدُودَ عَلَى مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَكَذَلِكَ رَوَاهُ أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى وَرَوَاهُ شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى فَقَالَ فِيهِ ‏"‏ لاَ تَضْرِبْهَا حَتَّى تَضَعَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَالأَوَّلُ أَصَحُّ

TOPICS
punishment  *  fornication  *  slavegirl

QUICK LESSONS:
Follow Allah's instructions regarding punishments fairly and equally regardless of one's social status or position in society

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith speaks about the punishment of fornication in Islam. It was narrated by Ali ibn AbuTalib that a slave-girl belonging to the house of the Prophet Muhammad committed fornication. The Prophet instructed Ali to inflict the prescribed punishment on her, which is known as Iqab. However, when Ali went to carry out this instruction, he saw that her blood was still flowing from her body and so he returned to inform the Prophet. The Prophet then told him to leave her alone until she stopped bleeding before carrying out his instruction again. Furthermore, this hadith also teaches us that similar punishments should be given to those whom our right hands possess or own as slaves too. This shows us how important it is in Islam that justice is served fairly and equally regardless of one's social status or position in society.

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