English translation
4417. This Hadīth was narrated from Al-Faḍl bin Dalham, from Al-Ḥasan, from Salamah bin Al-Muḥabbaq, from 'Ubādah bin Aṣ-Ṣāmit, from the Prophet ﷺ. Some people said to Sa'd bin 'Ubādah: "O Abū Thābit, the Hudūd (punishments) have been revealed. If you found a man with your wife, what would you do?" He said: "I would strike them with the sword until they became silent (dead). Would I go and gather four witnesses? By then he would have fulfilled his desire." He left and they met with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and said: "O Messenger of Allāh, do you not know that Abū Thābit said such and such?" The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "The sword is sufficient as a witness." Then he said: "No, no. I fear that those who are hot-tempered or jealous may follow that course." (Da'if) Abū Dāwud said: Waki' narrated the first part of this Hadīth from Al-Faḍl bin Dalham, from Al-Ḥasan, from Qabiṣah bin Huraith, from Salamah bin Al-Muḥabbaq from the Prophet ﷺ. But this is the chain of the Hadīth of Ibn Al-Muḥabbaq, which says that a man had intercourse with his wife's slave girl. Abū Dāwud said: Al-Faḍl bin Dalham is not good at memorizing, he was a butcher in Wāsiṭ.