The Chapters on Legal Punishments

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SELECTED CHAPTER

: The Hand Is Not To Be Cut Off For (Stealing) Produce Or The Spadix (Marrow) of Palm Tree

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Hadith 11

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ENGLISH

It was narrated from Ibn`Abbas that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

“If I were to stone anyone without proof, I would have stoned so-and-so, for there is obviously doubt concerning her speech, her appearance and those who enter upon her.”

ARABIC

‏ لَوْ كُنْتُ رَاجِمًا أَحَدًا بِغَيْرِ بَيِّنَةٍ لَرَجَمْتُ فُلاَنَةَ فَقَدْ ظَهَرَ فِيهَا الرِّيبَةُ فِي مَنْطِقِهَا وَهَيْئَتِهَا وَمَنْ يَدْخُلُ عَلَيْهَا ‏