Sahih al-Bukhari

Hadith 6837

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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

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الحديث: 6837 ¦ الجزء: 8 ¦ الصفحة: 171

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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

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6837 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، وَزَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ، رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سُئِلَ عَنِ الأَمَةِ إِذَا زَنَتْ وَلَمْ تُحْصَنْ؟ قَالَ: «إِذَا زَنَتْ فَاجْلِدُوهَا، ثُمَّ إِنْ زَنَتْ فَاجْلِدُوهَا، ثُمَّ إِنْ زَنَتْ فَاجْلِدُوهَا، ثُمَّ بِيعُوهَا وَلَوْ بِضَفِيرٍ» قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ: «لاَ أَدْرِي بَعْدَ الثَّالِثَةِ أَوِ الرَّابِعَةِ»

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