Carrying Out Legal Punishment On Slave Women
Darussalam · Volume 3
20. The Chapters On Legal PunishmentsSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 2566 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 857
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2566. 'Aishah narrated that the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: "If a slave woman commits fornication then whip her, and if she commits fornication then whip her, and if she commits fornication then whip her, and if she commits fornication then whip her, then sell her even if that is for a rope.”(Sahih) And Dafir means: rope.
2566 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحٍ قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ، عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ أَبِي فَرْوَةَ، أَنَّ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ مُسْلِمٍ، حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ عُرْوَةَ حَدَّثَهُ، أَنَّ عَمْرَةَ بِنْتَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَتْهُ، أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ حَدَّثَتْهَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «إِذَا زَنَتِ الْأَمَةُ فَاجْلِدُوهَا، فَإِنْ زَنَتْ فَاجْلِدُوهَا، فَإِنْ زَنَتْ فَاجْلِدُوهَا، فَإِنْ زَنَتْ فَاجْلِدُوهَا، ثُمَّ بِيعُوهَا وَلَوْ بِضَفِيرٍ» وَالضَّفِيرُ: الْحَبْلُ
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If a slave or slave woman commits fornication, punishment of stoning to death cannot be given to them. Punishment of a slave or slave woman for committing fornication is fifty lashes. The reason behind the principle of not applying the punishment of death to a slave or slave woman, is to save the damages of the master because he is not involved in the crime. He/she cannot be sent on exile for the same reason. It is better to sell the slave to some other person to make a change in their environment for the purpose of saving them from sin.