And with the same chain of narration (it is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, ordered the (right) hand of the thief to be cut off who had stolen a shield worth three dirhams. Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said: "Mujann" refers to a shield made of leather or iron.

The wife of the Prophet, Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), said: Neither has a long time passed nor have I forgotten: for a quarter of a dinar or more (in theft), the hand is cut off.

And with this same chain of narration, it is reported from Urwah (bin Zubair) that Lady Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, said: Utbah bin Abi Waqqas entrusted his brother Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas (at the time of his death) with the responsibility that the son of Zam’ah (bin Qais bin Abd Shams)’s slave woman is from my seed, so keep him in your custody. In the year of the conquest of Makkah, Sa’d took the boy and said: This is my nephew; my brother entrusted me with responsibility regarding him. Then Abd bin Zam’ah stood up towards him and said: He is my brother and the son of my father’s slave woman, and he was born on his (my father’s) bed. Both of them presented themselves before the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. Sa’d said: O Messenger of Allah! This is my brother’s son; my brother made a bequest to me regarding him. Abd bin Zam’ah said: He is my brother and the son of my father’s slave woman, and he was born on his bed. So the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:“O Abd bin Zam’ah! He is assigned to you; the child will be attributed to the one on whose bed he was born, and for the adulterer there is the stone (i.e., stoning to death).”Then when the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, saw that the boy resembled Utbah (bin Abi Waqqas), he said to his wife Sawdah bint Zam’ah (bin Qais):“Observe veil from him.”Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, said: So that boy did not see Sawdah, may Allah be pleased with her, until her death.

And with this chain of narration, it is reported from ‘Ubaydullah bin ‘Abdullah bin ‘Utbah bin Mas‘ud (may Allah have mercy on him), that he was informed by Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Zayd bin Khalid al-Juhani (may Allah be pleased with him) that two men presented their dispute in the gathering of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). One of them said:“O Messenger of Allah! Decide between us according to the Book of Allah.”The other, who was more intelligent of the two, said:“Yes, O Messenger of Allah! Decide between us according to the Book of Allah, and allow me to speak.”The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:“Speak.”So he said:“My son was a «عسيف» laborer for this man, and he committed adultery with this man’s wife. Then it was reported that my son would be stoned. So I gave one hundred sheep and a slave-girl as ransom. Then afterwards, I asked the people of knowledge, and they informed me that my son should be given one hundred lashes and exiled for one year, and stoning is only for his wife.”The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:“By Him in Whose hand is my soul, I will judge between you both according to the Book of Allah. Your sheep and your slave-girl will be returned to you.”The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) ordered that his son be given one hundred lashes and exiled for one year, and he ordered Sayyiduna Anas al-Aslami (may Allah be pleased with him) to go to the wife of the other man, and if she confessed to adultery, then she should be stoned. The woman confessed, so she was stoned. Imam Malik said: «عسيف» refers to a laborer.

And with this same chain (it is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both) that Jews came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and informed him that a man and a woman among them had committed adultery with each other. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said to them: "What do you find about stoning in the Torah?" They said: "We disgrace (the adulterers) and flog them." Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Salam, may Allah be pleased with him, said: "You have lied; the verse of stoning is present in the Torah. Bring the Torah and read it." Then they opened the Torah, and one of them placed his hand over the verse of stoning, and he read from before and after it. Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Salam, may Allah be pleased with him, said to him: "Lift your hand." When he lifted his hand, there was the verse of stoning. The Jews said: "O Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), he has spoken the truth; here is the verse of stoning." Then the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, ordered, and they were stoned. Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said: "I saw that the man would bend over the woman to shield her from the stones."

And with this chain of narration, it is reported from ‘Ubaydullah bin ‘Abdullah bin ‘Utbah bin Mas‘ud (may Allah have mercy on him), that he was informed by Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Zayd bin Khalid al-Juhani (may Allah be pleased with him) that two men presented their dispute in the gathering of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). One of them said:“O Messenger of Allah! Decide between us according to the Book of Allah.”The other, who was more intelligent of the two, said:“Yes, O Messenger of Allah! Decide between us according to the Book of Allah, and allow me to speak.”The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:“Speak.”So he said:“My son was a «عسيف» laborer for this man, and he committed adultery with this man’s wife. Then it was reported that my son would be stoned. So I gave one hundred sheep and a slave-girl as ransom. Then afterwards, I asked the people of knowledge, and they informed me that my son should be given one hundred lashes and exiled for one year, and stoning is only for his wife.”The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:“By Him in Whose hand is my soul, I will judge between you both according to the Book of Allah. Your sheep and your slave-girl will be returned to you.”The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) ordered that his son be given one hundred lashes and exiled for one year, and he ordered Sayyiduna Anas al-Aslami (may Allah be pleased with him) to go to the wife of the other man, and if she confessed to adultery, then she should be stoned. The woman confessed, so she was stoned. Imam Malik said: «عسيف» refers to a laborer.

And with this same chain (it is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both) that Jews came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and informed him that a man and a woman among them had committed adultery with each other. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said to them: "What do you find about stoning in the Torah?" They said: "We disgrace (the adulterers) and flog them." Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Salam, may Allah be pleased with him, said: "You have lied; the verse of stoning is present in the Torah. Bring the Torah and read it." Then they opened the Torah, and one of them placed his hand over the verse of stoning, and he read from before and after it. Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Salam, may Allah be pleased with him, said to him: "Lift your hand." When he lifted his hand, there was the verse of stoning. The Jews said: "O Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), he has spoken the truth; here is the verse of stoning." Then the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, ordered, and they were stoned. Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said: "I saw that the man would bend over the woman to shield her from the stones."

And with this same chain (it is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah and Sayyiduna Zayd bin Khalid, may Allah be pleased with them) that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was asked about a slave-girl who commits adultery and she is not muhsanah (not married), so the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "When she commits adultery, flog her; then if she commits adultery, flog her; then if she commits adultery, flog her; then sell her even if (her price) is «ضيفر» (a rope)." Zuhri said: I do not know whether the Prophet said this the third time or the fourth time? And «ضيفر» means a rope.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sahl bin Sa’d al-Sa’idi (may Allah be pleased with him) that ‘Uwaymir al-‘Ajlani (may Allah be pleased with him) came to ‘Asim bin ‘Adi al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) and said to him: O ‘Asim! What is your opinion if a man sees another man with his wife? Should he kill him, and then you would kill (the killer)? Or what should he do? O ‘Asim! Ask the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about this issue. Then ‘Asim (may Allah be pleased with him) asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about the issue, but the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) disliked such matters and considered them blameworthy. Hearing the words of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), ‘Asim (may Allah be pleased with him) felt a burden upon himself. When ‘Asim returned home, ‘Uwaymir came to him and asked: O ‘Asim! What answer did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) give you? ‘Asim said to ‘Uwaymir: You did not come to me with good. When I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about the issue, he disliked it. ‘Uwaymir said: By Allah! I will not stop until I ask him myself. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was sitting among the people when ‘Uwaymir came and said: O Messenger of Allah! What is your opinion if a man sees another man with his wife? Should he kill him, and then you would kill (the killer)? Or what should he do? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The (ruling) has been revealed regarding you and your wife, go and bring her. Sahl (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Then both of them performed li’an, and I was with the people in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Then when both of them finished (the li’an), ‘Uwaymir said: O Messenger of Allah! If I keep her (as my wife), then I have lied against her? Then, before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave a ruling, he gave her three divorces. Ibn Shihab (al-Zuhri) said: Thus, this became the established Sunnah for those who perform li’an.

The elders of the tribe of Sayyiduna Sahl bin Abi Hathma (may Allah be pleased with him) informed him that Abdullah bin Sahl and Muhayyisa both went to Khaybar due to hunger. Muhayyisa came and reported that Abdullah bin Sahl had been killed and thrown near a well or a spring. Then he went to the Jews and said: "By Allah! You have killed him (Abdullah bin Sahl)." The Jews replied: "By Allah! We did not kill him." Then he returned to his people and informed them of this. Afterwards, he, his elder brother Huwayyisa (may Allah be pleased with him), and Abdur Rahman bin Sahl (may Allah be pleased with him) came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). When Muhayyisa, who had gone to Khaybar, tried to speak, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Muhayyisa: "Let the elder speak, let the older one speak." So Huwayyisa spoke, then Muhayyisa spoke. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Either they pay the blood money for your companion or be prepared for war." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) wrote to the Jews, and they replied in writing: "By Allah! We did not kill him." Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Huwayyisa, Muhayyisa, and Abdur Rahman: "Will you swear an oath and thus become entitled to your companion's blood?" They said: "No." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Will you let the Jews swear an oath for you?" They said: "They are not Muslims." So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) paid the blood money from his own side. He sent one hundred camels to them until they were brought into their home. Sahl (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "One of the red she-camels kicked me."