Chapter 86: Limits and Punishments set by Allah (Hudood)
Narrated Abu Huraira and Zaid bin Khalid: While we were with the Prophet (ﷺ), a man stood up and said (to the Prophet (ﷺ) ), "I beseech you by Allah,
that you should judge us according to Allah' s Laws." Then the man' s opponent who was wiser than
him, got up saying (to Allah' s Messenger (ﷺ)) "Judge us according to Allah' s Law and kindly allow me (to
speak)." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "' Speak." He said, "My son was a laborer working for this man and he
committed an illegal sexual intercourse with his wife, and I gave one-hundred sheep and a slave as a
ransom for my son' s sin. Then I asked a learned man about this case and he informed me that my son
should receive one hundred lashes and be exiled for one year, and the man' s wife should be stoned to
death." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, I will judge you according to the Laws
of Allah. Your one-hundred sheep and the slave are to be returned to you, and your son has to receive
one-hundred lashes and be exiled for one year. O Unais! Go to the wife of this man, and if she
confesses, then stone her to death." Unais went to her and she confessed. He then stoned her to death.
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