Volume 8, Book 82, Number 818:
Narrated Zaid bin Khalid Al-Jihani:
I heard the Prophet ordering that an unmarried person guilty of illegal sexual intercourse be
flogged one-hundred stripes and be exiled for one year. Umar bin Al-Khattab also exiled such a per –
son, and this tradition is still valid.
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 819:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle judged that the unmarried person who was guilty of illegal sexual intercourse be
exiled for one year and receive the legal punishment (i.e., be flogged with one-hundred stripes) .
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 820:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
The Prophet cursed the effeminate men and those women who assume the similitude (manners) of
men. He also said, “Turn them out of your houses.” He turned such-and-such person out, and ‘Umar
also turned out such-and-such person.
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 821:
Narrated Abu Huraira and Zaid bin Khalid:
A bedouin came to the Prophet while he (the Prophet) was sitting, and said, “O Allah’s Apostle!
Give your verdict according to Allah’s Laws (in our case).” Then his opponent got up and said, “He
has told the truth, O Allah’s Apostle! Decide his case according to Allah’s Laws. My son was a laborer
working for this person, and he committed illegal sexual intercourse with his wife, and the people
told me that my son should be stoned to death, but I offered one-hundred sheep and a slave girl as a
ransom for him. Then I asked the religious learned people, and they told me that my son should be
flogged with one-hundred stripes and be exiled for one year.” The Prophet said, “By Him in Whose
Hand my soul is, I will judge you according to Allah’s Laws. The sheep and the slave girl will be re –
turned to you and your son will be flogged one-hundred stripes and be exiled for one year. And you,
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O Unais! Go to the wife of this man (and if she confesses), stone her to death.” So Unais went in the
morning and stoned her to death (after she had confessed).
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 822:
Narrated Abu Huraira and Said bin Khalid:
The verdict of Allah’s Apostle was sought about an unmarried slave girl guilty of illegal inter –
course. He replied, “If she commits illegal sexual intercourse, then flog her (fifty stripes), and if she
commits illegal sexual intercourse (after that for the second time), then flog her (fifty stripes), and if
she commits illegal sexual intercourse (for the third time), then flog her (fifty stripes) and sell her for
even a hair rope.” Ibn Shihab said, “I am not sure whether the Prophet ordered that she be sold after
the third or fourth time of committing illegal intercourse.”
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 823:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “If a lady slave commits illegal sexual intercourse and she is proved guilty of il –
legal sexual intercourse, then she should be flogged (fifty stripes) but she should not be admonished;
and if she commits illegal sexual intercourse again, then she should be flogged again but should not
be admonished; and if she commits illegal sexual intercourse for the third time, then she should be
sold even for a hair rope.”
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 824:
Narrated Ash-Shaibani:
I asked ‘Abdullah bin Abi ‘Aufa about the Rajam (stoning somebody to death for committing illegal
sexual intercourse). He replied, “The Prophet carried out the penalty of Rajam,” I asked, “Was that be –
fore or after the revelation of Surat-an-Nur?” He replied, “I do not know.”
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 825:
Narrated Abdullah bin Umar:
The jews came to Allah’s Apostle and mentioned to him that a man and a lady among them had
committed illegal sexual intercourse. Allah’s Apostle said to them, “What do you find in the Torah re –
garding the Rajam?” They replied, “We only disgrace and flog them with stripes.” ‘Abdullah bin Salam
said to them, ‘You have told a lie the penalty of Rajam is in the Torah.’ They brought the Torah and
opened it. One of them put his hand over the verse of the Rajam and read what was before and after
it. Abdullah bin Salam said to him, “Lift up your hand.” Where he lifted it there appeared the verse of
the Rajam. So they said, “O Muhammad! He has said the truth, the verse of the Rajam is in it (Torah).”
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Then Allah’s Apostle ordered that the two persons (guilty of illegal sexual intercourse) be stoned to
death, and so they were stoned, and I saw the man bending over the woman so as to protect her from
the stones.