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(Book 42, Hadith 3) #36620
Punishment for Slave Who Drinks Wine

SUMMARY: This hadith discusses the punishment for a slave who drinks wine, which is half of the punishment of a free man.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that he was asked about the hadd of the slave for wine. He said, "I heard that he has half the hadd of a freeman for drinking wine. Umar ibn al-Khattab, Uthman ibn Affan, and Abdullah ibn Umar flogged their slaves with half of the hadd of a freeman when they drank wine".
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنِ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ عَنْ حَدِّ الْعَبْدِ، فِي الْخَمْرِ فَقَالَ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ عَلَيْهِ نِصْفَ حَدِّ الْحُرِّ فِي الْخَمْرِ وَأَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ وَعُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ وَعَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ قَدْ جَلَدُوا عَبِيدَهُمْ نِصْفَ حَدِّ الْحُرِّ فِي الْخَمْرِ

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punishment  *  slave  *  wine

QUICK LESSONS:
Treat your servants fairly even when punishing them for wrongdoings .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith discusses the punishment for a slave who drinks wine. According to this hadith, if a slave drinks wine then they should be punished with half of the punishment that would be given to a free man. The three companions of Prophet Muhammad - Umar ibn al-Khattab, Uthman ibn Affan and Abdullah ibn Umar - all flogged their slaves with half of the hadd when they drank wine. This shows that drinking alcohol is considered as an immoral act in Islam and it should not be taken lightly even if it is done by slaves or servants. It also teaches us that we should treat our servants with justice and fairness even when punishing them for wrongdoings.

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