To depute a person to carry out a (legal) Allāh's ordained punishment.
Darussalam · Volume 3
40 - THE BOOK OF REPRESENTATION(OR AUTHORIZATION)Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 2314 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 102
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2314, 2315. Narrated Zaid bin Khalid and Abū Hurairah: رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: The Prophet ﷺ said, "O Unais! Go to the wife of this (man) and if she confesses (that she has committed illegal sexual intercourse), then stone her to death."
2314 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الوَلِيدِ، أَخْبَرَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ، وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «وَاغْدُ يَا أُنَيْسُ إِلَى امْرَأَةِ هَذَا، فَإِنِ اعْتَرَفَتْ فَارْجُمْهَا»
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