Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The verse The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger, and strive with might and main for mischief through the land is execution, or crucifixion, or the cutting off of hands and feet from opposite side or exile from the land. . . most merciful was revealed about polytheists. If any of them repents before they are arrested, it does not prevent from inflicting on him the prescribed punishment which he deserves.
Read More..Aishah said: The Quraish were anxious about the Makhzumi woman who had committed theft, They said: Who will speak to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم about her ? Then they said: Who will be bold enough for it but Uasmah bin Zaid, the prophet’s صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم friend! So Usamah spoke to him, and the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: Are you interceding regarding one of the punishments prescribed by Allah ? He then got up and gave an address, saying: What destroyed your predecessors was just that when a person of rank among them committed a theft, They left him alone, and when a weak one of them committed a theft, they inflicted the prescribed punishment on him. I swear by Allah that if Fatimah daughter of Muhammad should steal, I would have her hand cut off.
Read More..Aishah said: A Makhzumi woman used to borrow goods and deny having received them, so the prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم gave orders that her hand should be cut off. The narrator than transmitted the rest of the tradition like that of al-laith, saying: So the prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم had her hand cut off. Abu dawud said: Ibn Wahb transmitted this tradition from Yunus on the authority of al-Zuhri, and in this version he said al-Laith has said: A woman committed theft during the lifetime of the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم on the occasion of the Conquest (of Makkah). It has been transmitted by al-Laith from Yunus on the authority of Ibn Shihab through his chain of narrators. He said in this version: A woman borrowed goods. Masud bin al-Aswad also transmitted a similar tradition from the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم and said: A velvet was stolen from the house of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم. Abu Dawud said: Abu al-Zubair reported on the authority of Jabir: A woman committed theft and took refuge with Zainab daughter of Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم.
Read More..Narrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم Said: Forgive the people of good qualities their slips, but not faults to which prescribed penalties apply.
Read More..Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: Forgive the infliction of prescribed penalties among yourselves, for any prescribed penalty of which I hear must be carried out.
Read More..Narrated Nuaym: Maiz came to the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم and admitted (having committed adultery) four times in his presence so he ordered him to be stoned to death, but said to Huzzal: If you had covered him with your garment, it would have been better for you.
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