It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), those who drank wine used to be beaten with hands, sandals and sticks until the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away. During the caliphate of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) the number of such people grew compared with the era of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), so Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Would that we fixed a (set) prescribed punishment for them." So he adopted the same manner in which they used to be beaten in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) continued giving them forty lashes until his death. Then after him Sayyiduna Umar al-Faruq (may Allah be pleased with him) became caliph, and he too continued giving forty lashes in the same way, until a man from the earliest Muhajirun who had drunk wine was brought. He ordered him to be flogged, and the man said: "Why are you flogging me? Between me and you is the Book of Allah!" Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: "Where in the Book of Allah do you find that I should not flog you?" He said: "Indeed, Allah Almighty says in His Book: 'There is no sin upon those who believe and do righteous deeds for what they have eaten (or drunk)' [Surah al-Ma'idah: 93] , and I am of those who believed and did righteous deeds, then feared (Allah) and believed, then feared (Allah) and did good; I was present with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) at Badr, Hudaybiyah, the Trench and the other battles." At this Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said (to the Companions): "Will you not answer what he says?" So Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "These verses were revealed as an excuse for those who had passed away and as a proof against those who remain. Allah excused those who had gone before, because they met Allah before the prohibition of wine was revealed, while it is a proof against those who remain, because Allah Almighty says: 'O you who believe, wine, gambling, idols and divining arrows are only an abomination from the work of Satan' [Surah al-Ma'idah: 90] ." Then he recited until he completed the next verse (and said) that as for those who believed, did righteous deeds, then feared (Allah), believed and did good, Allah Almighty has forbidden (them too) from drinking wine. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "You have spoken the truth. Now what is your view?" Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Our view is that when he drinks he becomes intoxicated, when he becomes intoxicated he raves, and when he raves he fabricates slander (against people), and upon the slanderer are eighty lashes." So Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) gave the order, and he was given eighty lashes. This hadith is sahih al-isnad (its chain is authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mughaffal (may Allah be pleased with him) that in the time of Ignorance (Jahiliyyah) there was a woman who was a prostitute. A man passed by her, reached out his hand towards her and flirted with her. The woman said: "Stop! Allah Almighty has done away with polytheism and brought Islam." So the man left her, turned his back and walked away, but he kept turning to look at her until (because his attention was diverted) his face struck a wall. The narrator said: The man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and mentioned the incident to him, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You are a servant for whom Allah has willed good. Indeed, when Allah wills good for a servant, He hastens the punishment of his sin for him in this very world; and when He wills evil for a servant, He withholds the punishment of his sin (in this world) until he is given his full recompense for it on the Day of Resurrection, as though he were a burden-bearing donkey." This hadith is sahih al-isnad (its chain is authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Abu Shahm (may Allah be pleased with him); he said: I was in Madinah when a slave-girl passed by me, and I seized her by her waist. Then I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while he (peace and blessings be upon him) was taking the pledge of allegiance from the people. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "Are you not the one who seized her yesterday?" I said: O Messenger of Allah, I will not do it again. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) accepted my pledge of allegiance. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man came to him and said: "What do you say about al-Walid bin Uqbah, while drops of wine are dripping from his beard?" He said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade us from spying (probing to uncover faults); but if some offence becomes apparent to us (without spying), we will take him to account for it." This hadith is sahih al-isnad (its chain is authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) that he kept watch one night with Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) in Madinah. As they were walking, they suddenly saw a lamp burning in a house, so they went towards it until, when they came near, they saw that the door was closed and from inside came the noise of people's loud voices. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) took Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman (may Allah be pleased with him) by the hand and said: "Do you know whose house this is?" He said: "No." He said: "This is the house of Rabi'ah bin Umayyah bin Khalaf, and they are drinking wine right now. So what is your view?" Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "My view is that we have committed what Allah has forbidden; Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, forbade us, saying: 'And do not spy' [Surah al-Hujurat: 12] , and we have spied." So Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) turned back from them and left them alone. This hadith is sahih al-isnad (its chain is authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Jubayr bin Nufayr, Kathir bin Murrah, Sayyiduna al-Miqdam bin Ma'dikarib and Sayyiduna Abu Umamah al-Bahili (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, when the ruler (amir) goes looking for suspicion among the people, he corrupts them."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Hakim bin Hizam (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not recite poetry in the mosques, and do not carry out the prescribed punishments (hudud) in them."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not cut off a hand for (theft of) less than the value of a shield, whether a leather shield or an iron one, and both of them had a value in those days (corresponding to the minimum threshold for theft). This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "May Allah curse the thief who steals an egg and has his hand cut off, and who steals a rope and has his hand cut off." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cut off a hand for the theft of a baydah (an egg-shaped iron helmet) whose value was twenty dirhams. This hadith is sahih al-isnad (its chain is authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.