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The Chapters on Legal Punishments

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Covering (The Sin Of) The Believer And Warding Off Legal Punishments In The Case Of Doubt

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ENGLISH

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

“Carrying out one of the legal punishments prescribed by Allah (SWT) is better than if it were to rain for forty nights in the land of Allah (SWT), Glorified is He.”

ARABIC

‏ إِقَامَةُ حَدٍّ مِنْ حُدُودِ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ مَطَرِ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً فِي بِلاَدِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ‏