Prescribed Punishments (Kitab Al-Hudud)
كتاب الحدود
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Hadith
Abu Burdah reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying:
No more than ten lashes are to be given, except in the case of one of the punishment prescribed by Allah, the Exalted.
لاَ يُجْلَدُ فَوْقَ عَشْرِ جَلَدَاتٍ إِلاَّ فِي حَدٍّ مِنْ حُدُودِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ
The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Abu Burdah al-Ansari through a different chain of narrators. This version has:
I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say. . . He then mentioned the tradition to the same effect.
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرٌو، أَنَّ بُكَيْرَ بْنَ الأَشَجِّ، حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ جَابِرٍ، أَنَّ أَبَاهُ، حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّهُ، سَمِعَ أَبَا بُرْدَةَ الأَنْصَارِيَّ، يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ فَذَكَرَ مَعْنَاهُ .
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When one of you inflicts a beating, he should avoid striking the face.
إِذَا ضَرَبَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَتَّقِ الْوَجْهَ