Hadith 6838

If a lady-slave commits illegalsexual intercourse (then what is her legalpunishment?)

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Darussalam · Volume 8

86 - THE BOOK OF AL-HUDŪD

Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition

الجزء: 8 ¦ الصفحة: 171

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English translation

6837, 6838. Narrated Abū Hurairah andZaid bin Khālid رضي الله عنهما: The verdict ofAllāh's Messenger ﷺ was sought about anunmarried slave-girl guilty of illegal sexualintercourse. He replied, “If she commitsillegal sexual intercourse, then flog her (fiftystripes), and if she commits illegal sexualintercourse (after that for the second time),then flog her (fifty stripes), and if shecommits illegal sexual intercourse (for the (1) (Ch. 35) Female or male slaves (married or unmarried); if they commit adultery, theirpunishment is fifty (50) lashes; neither stoning to death nor exile. third time), then flog her (fifty stripes) and sell her for even a hair rope." Ibn Shihāb said, "I am not sure whether the Prophet ﷺ ordered that she be sold after the third or fourth time of committing illegal sexual intercourse."

Arabic text

٦٨٣٧ - ٦٨٣٨ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَزَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ ﵄: «أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنِ الْأَمَةِ إِذَا زَنَتْ وَلَمْ تُحْصَنْ؟ قَالَ: إِذَا زَنَتْ فَاجْلِدُوهَا، ثُمَّ إِنْ زَنَتْ فَاجْلِدُوهَا، ثُمَّ إِنْ زَنَتْ فَاجْلِدُوهَا ثُمَّ بِيعُوهَا وَلَوْ بِضَفِيرٍ» قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ: لَا أَدْرِي بَعْدَ الثَّالِثَةِ أَوِ الرَّابِعَةِ.

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