Volume 8, Book 81, Number 779:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
The Quraish people became very worried about the Makhzumiya lady who had committed theft.
They said, “Nobody can speak (in favor of the lady) to Allah’s Apostle and nobody dares do that ex –
cept Usama who is the favorite of Allah’s Apostle. ” When Usama spoke to Allah’s Apostle about that
matter, Allah’s Apostle said, “Do you intercede (with me) to violate one of the legal punishment of Al –
lah?” Then he got up and addressed the people, saying, “O people! The nations before you went
astray because if a noble person committed theft, they used to leave him, but if a weak person among
them committed theft, they used to inflict the legal punishment on him. By Allah, if Fatima, the
daughter of Muhammad committed theft, Muhammad will cut off her hand.!”
Volume 8, Book 81, Number 780:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
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The Prophet said, “The hand should be cut off for stealing something that is worth a quarter of a
Dinar or more.”
Volume 8, Book 81, Number 781:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
The Prophet said, “The hand of a thief should be cut off for stealing a quarter of a Dinar.”
Volume 8, Book 81, Number 766:
Narrated’ Uqba bin Al-Harith:
An-Nu’man or the son of An-Nu’man was brought to the Prophet in a state of intoxication. The
Prophet felt it hard (was angry) and ordered all those who were present in the house, to beat him.
And they beat him, using palm-leaf stalks and shoes, and I was among those who beat him.
Volume 8, Book 81, Number 767:
Narrated Anas:
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The Prophet lashed a drunk with dateleaf stalks and shoes. And Abu Bakr gave a drunk forty
lashes.
Volume 8, Book 81, Number 768:
Narrated Abu Salama:
Abu Huraira said, “A man who drank wine was brought to the Prophet. The Prophet said, ‘Beat
him!” Abu Huraira added, “So some of us beat him with our hands, and some with their shoes, and
some with their garments (by twisting it) like a lash, and then when we finished, someone said to
him, ‘May Allah disgrace you!’ On that the Prophet said, ‘Do not say so, for you are helping Satan to
overpower him.’ “
Volume 8, Book 81, Number 769:
Narrated ‘Ali bin Abi Talib:
I would not feel sorry for one who dies because of receiving a legal punishment, except the drunk,
for if he should die (when being punished), I would give blood money to his family because no fixed
punishment has been ordered by Allah’s Apostle for the drunk.
Volume 8, Book 81, Number 770:
Narrated As-Sa’ib bin Yazid:
We used to strike the drunks with our hands, shoes, clothes (by twisting it into the shape of lashes)
during the lifetime of the Prophet, Abu Bakr and the early part of ‘Umar’s caliphate. But during the
last period of ‘Umar’s caliphate, he used to give the drunk forty lashes; and when drunks became
mischievous and disobedient, he used to scourge them eighty lashes.