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Encouragement To Carry Out Hadd Punishments

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Darussalam · Volume 5

46. The Book Of Cutting Off The Hand Of The Thief

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الحديث: 4904 ¦ الجزء: 8 ¦ الصفحة: 75

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4908. Abū Hurairah said: “The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: ‘A Hadd punishment that is carried out on earth is better for the people of earth than if it were to rain for thirty mornings.” (Da’if)

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4904 - أَخْبَرَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ، قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ يَزِيدَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي جَرِيرُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا زُرْعَةَ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ جَرِيرٍ يُحَدِّثُ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «حَدٌّ يُعْمَلُ فِي الْأَرْضِ خَيْرٌ لِأَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ مِنْ أَنْ يُمْطَرُوا ثَلَاثِينَ صَبَاحًا»

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‘Better’, because implementation of the prescribed legal punishment (Hudūd) ushers in an atmosphere of peace, security, tranquillity, and contentment. It brings an end to fighting, quarrels, and bloodshed. The benefit of rain is momentary, whereas the benefit of the implementation of the prescribed legal punishments is permanent. Moreover, rain is beneficial only in the life of this world; the execution of prescribed legal punishments would be beneficial in the Afterlife too.