Hazrat Qasim narrates that a person was brought to Hazrat Abu Bakr who had disowned his father. Upon this, Hazrat Abu Bakr said: "Strike him on the head, for Satan is in the head."

Hazrat Isa bin Abi Azza narrates that I was present with Hazrat Sha'bi, and he forbade striking a man on the head who had falsely accused someone, while he was administering lashes to him.