English translation
4489. (There is another chain) from 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Azhar, who said: "I saw the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ on the morning of the Conquest of Makkah, when I was a young boy. He was walking among the people, asking about the camp of Khālid bin Al-Walīd. A drinker was brought to him, and he ordered them to beat him with whatever they had in their hands. Some beat him with whips, some with sticks, and some with their shoes, and the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ threw dust in his face. When Abū Bakr was Khalifah, a drinker was brought to him, and he asked them how the Prophet ﷺ had beaten the one whom he beat, and they counted it as forty lashes. So Abū Bakr gave forty lashes. When ‘Umar was Khalifah, Khālid bin Al-Walīd wrote to him, and told him that the people had begun to drink a great deal, and they thought little of the Hadd (punishment). He said: ‘They are with you, so ask them’ – as the early Muhājirīn were with him. So he asked them, and they agreed that he should be given eighty lashes. ‘Alī said: ‘If a man drinks he will tell lies, so I think that it should be like the Hadd (punishment) for telling lies (slander).’” (Hasan) Abū Dāwūd said: ‘Uqail bin Khālid included “‘Abdullāh bin ‘Abdur-Raḥmān bin Al-Azhar from his father” between Az-Zuhri and Ibn Al-Azhar in this Hadīth.