Volume 8, Book 81, Number 775:
Narrated ‘Ubada bin As-Samit:
We were with the Prophet in a gathering and he said, ‘Swear allegiance to me that you will not
worship anything besides Allah, Will not steal, and will not commit illegal sexual intercourse.” And
then (the Prophet) recited the whole Verse (i.e. 60:12). The Prophet added, ‘And whoever among you
fulfills his pledge, his reward is with Allah; and whoever commits something of such sins and re –
ceives the legal punishment for it, that will be considered as the expiation for that sin, and whoever
commits something of such sins and Allah screens him, it is up to Allah whether to excuse or punish
him.”
Volume 8, Book 81, Number 774:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “Allah curses a man who steals an egg and gets his hand cut off, or steals a rope
and gets his hands cut off.” Al-A’mash said, “People used to interpret the Baida as an iron helmet, and
they used to think that the rope may cost a few dirhams.”
Volume 8, Book 81, Number 773:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
The Prophet said, “When (a person) an adulterer commits illegal sexual intercourse then he is not
a believer at the time he is doing it; and when somebody steals, then he is not a believer at the time
he is stealing.”
Volume 8, Book 81, Number 772:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
A drunk was brought to the Prophet and he ordered him to be beaten (lashed). Some of us beat
him with our hands, and some with their shoes, and some with their garments (twisted in the form
of a lash). When that drunk had left, a man said, “What is wrong with him? May Allah disgrace
him!” Allah’s Apostle said, “Do not help Satan against your (Muslim) brother.”
Volume 8, Book 81, Number 771:
Narrated ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab:
During the lifetime of the Prophet there was a man called ‘Abdullah whose nickname was Donkey,
and he used to make Allah’s Apostle laugh. The Prophet lashed him because of drinking (alcohol).
And one-day he was brought to the Prophet on the same charge and was lashed. On that, a man
among the people said, “O Allah, curse him ! How frequently he has been brought (to the Prophet on
such a charge)!” The Prophet said, “Do not curse him, for by Allah, I know for he loves Allah and His
Apostle.”
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SAHIH BUKHARI VOLUME 8 > BOOK 81: LIMITS AND PUNISHMENTS SET BY ALLAH (HUDOOD)
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.
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 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.’ “