Abdullah ibn Umar reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Avoid these filthy crimes that Allah has prohibited. Whoever commits one, let him seek concealment from Allah and repent to Allah. Verily, whoever shows us his deed, we will retaliate according to the Book of Allah.” Source: Sharḥ Mushkil al-Āthār …
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‘Ubadah ibn al-Samit reported: I pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, along with a group of people. The Prophet said, “I take your pledge that you will not commit any idolatry with Allah, you will not steal, you will not commit adultery, you will not kill your children, …
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Aisha reported: Something of hers was stolen, so she began to supplicate against the thief. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Do not lighten his sin.” Source: Sunan Abī Dāwūd 4909 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani Al-Subki said, “For the curse and the theft will be weighed on the …
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Al-Muharrir reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever suffers injury to his body by someone in any way and he leaves it for the sake of Allah, it will be an expiation for him.” Source: Musnad Aḥmad 23494 Grade: Sahih li ghayrihi (authentic due to external evidence) according to Al-Arna’ut عَنْ …
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‘Imran ibn Husayn reported: A woman of Juhaynah came to the Prophet of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, while she was pregnant from adultery. She said, “O Prophet of Allah, I have committed a legal offense, so impose it upon me.” The Prophet called for her guardian and he said, “Be kind to …
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Abdullah ibn Abbas reported: A man presented a water-skin filled with wine to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. The Prophet said, “Do you know that Allah has forbidden it?” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1579 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Muslim Ibn Abdul Barr said, “In this tradition is further evidence that …
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Ibn Abbas reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The one murdered will come with the scalp and head of his killer in his hand on the Day of Resurrection, his jugular vein flowing with blood and saying: O Lord! This one has killed me! And he will draw near to the …
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Anas reported: Whenever a man was brought to Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, who had divorced his wife three times in one sitting, he would flog his back. Source: Sharḥ Maʻānī al-Āthār 4488 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Ibn Hajar عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ كَانَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ رضي الله عنه إِذَا …
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Ubayy ibn Ka’b reported: On the day of the battle of Uhud, sixty-four of the Ansar and six of the Muhajirun had fallen, one of whom was Hamza, and the enemy mutilated their bodies. The Ansar said, “If we kill any of them in the future, we will do the same to them by twice …
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Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever accuses of adultery one under custodianship of his right hand, he will be flogged on the Day of Resurrection unless it is as he claimed.” In another narration, the Prophet said, “The hadd punishment will be enforced upon him on …
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Zayd ibn Wahb reported: A man was brought to Ibn Mas’ud, may Allah be pleased with him, and it was said, “This man was found with wine dripping from his beard!” Ibn Mas’ud said, “Verily, we have been prohibited from spying, but if he shows it to us publicly, we will hold him accountable.” Source: …
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Anas ibn Malik reported: I said, “O commander of the faithful, some people have turned renegade against Islam and joined the idolaters. What is to be done to them other than killing?” Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “That I take hold of them on peaceful terms is more beloved to …
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Abu Sufyan reported: A man was absent from his wife for two years and he returned to find her pregnant. Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, came and he considered stoning her. Mu’adh said to him, “Even if you have a legal case against her, you have no case against what is in her …
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Ibn Abbas reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “A day of just leadership is better than sixty years of worship, and a legal limit properly established in the land is more pure for it than forty days of rain.” Source: al-Sunan al-Kubrá 16139 Grade: Hasan (fair) according to Al-Mundhiri …
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Ali ibn Abi Talib reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The pen is lifted from three people: a sleeping person until he awakens, a child until he becomes an adult, and an insane person until he regains his sanity.” Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhī 1423 Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani …
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Ibn al-Musayyib reported: Three men testified against Al-Mughirah that he had committed adultery, while an additional witness abstained. Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, punished the three men and he said to them, “Repent and I will accept your testimony.” Two men repented and Abu Bakrah did not repent, so Umar did not accept …
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Ali reported: A servant girl belonging to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, committed adultery and he ordered me to whip her. She was enduring post-natal bleeding and I feared that if I whipped her I would kill her. I mentioned that to the Prophet and he said, “You have done …
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Salamah ibn al-Muhabbiq reported: A man had intercourse with the servant girl of his wife, so the matter was referred to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. The Prophet said, “If she had done so willingly, then she belongs to him and he must pay the likes of her price. If he had …
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Malik reported: Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, was presented with a servant woman who had been struck by her master with a piece of fire or had been injured by it, so he ordered him to emancipate her. Source: al-Muwaṭṭa’ 2/403 Al-Shawkani said, “Malik, Al-Awza’i, and Al-Layth adhered to the opinion …
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Abu al-Zubayr reported: Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, was presented with a marriage which no one had witnessed but one man and one woman. Umar said, “This is a secret marriage and I do not permit it. If I had known of it beforehand, I would have stoned them.” Source: al-Muwaṭṭa’ 1136 …
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