Hadith #4

Arabic Text

English Translation

ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Mahdī narrated to us saying: Mālik narrated to us, from al-Zuhrī, from ʿUbaydullāh ibn ʿAbdillāh, from Zayd ibn Khālid al-Juhanī and Abū Hurayrah رضي الله عنهما, that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was asked about a slave-girl who commits zinā and is not married. He said: "Flog her." Then if she commits zinā again: "Flog her." Then he said regarding the third or fourth time: "If she commits zinā, then sell her, even for a ḍafīr" — and al-ḍafīr means a rope. Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar narrated to us saying: Maʿmar narrated to us saying: Ibn Shihāb narrated to us, from ʿUbaydullāh ibn ʿAbdillāh ibn ʿUtbah — with the same meaning. ʿAbd al-Razzāq narrated to us, Maʿmar narrated to us, from al-Zuhrī, from ʿUbaydullāh ibn ʿAbdillāh ibn ʿUtbah, from Zayd ibn Khālid al-Juhanī and Abū Hurayrah رضي الله عنهما, who said: the Prophet ﷺ was asked about a slave-girl, and he mentioned the ḥadīth, and said regarding the third or fourth — al-Zuhrī was uncertain.