If A Man Finds A Man With His Wife, Should He Kill Him?
Darussalam · Volume 5
38. THE BOOK OF AD-DIYĀT (BLOOD MONEY)Sunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 4533 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 181
Source no. 4533 · Volume 1 · Page 2
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4533. It was narrated from Mālik, from Suhail bin Abi Sāliḥ, from his father, from Abū Hurairah, that Sa’d bin ‘Ubādah said to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ: “Do you think that if I find a man with my wife, I should give him time until I bring four witnesses?” He said: “Yes.” (Saḥīh)
4533 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ سَعْدَ بْنَ عُبَادَةَ، قَالَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ وَجَدْتُ مَعَ امْرَأَتِي رَجُلًا أُمْهِلُهُ حَتَّى آتِيَ بِأَرْبَعَةِ شُهَدَاءَ؟ قَالَ: «نَعَمْ»
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(يحيى): ٧٣٧/٢. If there are not four witnesses, and the woman denies the allegation, then there will be no punishment of stoning to death, but the process of Li'an as preceded, see no. 2245 and the narrations that follow it.