Narrated Anas: A funeral procession passed in front of the Prophet and the people praised the deceased. The Prophet said, "It has been affirmed (Paradise)." Then another funeral procession passed by and the people talked badly of the deceased. The Prophet said, "It has been affirmed (Hell)." Allah's Apostle was asked, "O Allah's Apostle! You said it has been affirmed for both?" The Prophet said, "The testimony of the people (is accepted), (for) the believer are Allah's witnesses on the earth."

Narrated Abu Al-Aswad: Once I went to Medina where there was an outbreak of disease and the people were dying rapidly. I was sitting with `Umar and a funeral procession passed by. The people praised the deceased. `Umar said, "It has been affirmed" (Paradise). Then another funeral procession passed by. The people praised the deceased. `Umar said, "It has been affirmed." (Paradise). Then another funeral procession passed by. The people praised the deceased. `Umar said, "It has been affirmed (Paradise)." Then a third funeral procession passed by and the people talked badly of the deceased. `Umar said, "It has been affirmed (Hell)." I asked `Umar, "O chief of the believers! What has been affirmed?" He said, "I have said what the Prophet said. He said, 'Allah will admit into paradise any Muslim whose good character is attested by four persons.' We asked the Prophet, 'If there were three witnesses only?' He said, 'Even three.' We asked, 'If there were two only?' He said, 'Even two.' But we did not ask him about one witness."

And the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said, "Thuwaibah (the slave woman of Abu Lahab) nursed me and Abu Salama, and be cautious regarding suckling (fosterage)."

Narrated Aisha: Aflah asked the permission to visit me but I did not allow him. He said, "Do you veil yourself before me although I am your uncle?" `Aisha said, "How is that?" Aflah replied, "You were suckled by my brother's wife with my brother's milk." I asked Allah's Apostle about it, and he said, "Aflah is right, so permit him to visit you."

Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet said about Hamza's daughter, "I am not legally permitted to marry her, as foster relations are treated like blood relations (in marital affairs). She is the daughter of my foster brother."

Narrated `Amra bint `Abdur-Rahman: That `Aisha the wife of the Prophet told her uncle that once, while the Prophet was in her house, she heard a man asking Hafsa's permission to enter her house. `Aisha said, "I said, 'O Allah's Apostle! I think the man is Hafsa's foster uncle.' " `Aisha added, "O Allah's Apostle! There is a man asking the permission to enter your house." Allah's Apostle replied, "I think the man is Hafsa's foster uncle." `Aisha said, "If so-and-so were living (i.e. her foster uncle) would he be allowed to visit me?" Allah's Apostle said, "Yes, he would, as the foster relations are treated like blood relations (in marital affairs).

Narrated Aisha: Once the Prophet came to me while a man was in my house. He said, "O `Aisha! Who is this (man)?" I replied, "My foster brothers" He said, "O `Aisha! Be sure about your foster brothers, as fostership is only valid if it takes place in the suckling period (before two years of age).

And Allah the Exalted said (in Surah An-Nur) «ولا تقبلوا لهم شهادة أبدا وأولئك هم الفاسقون * إلا الذين تابوا‏» "Never accept the testimony of such slanderers, they are indeed the wicked, except those who repent." So Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) administered the hadd punishment to Abu Bakrah, Shibl bin Ma'bad (his maternal brother), and Nafi' bin Harith for slandering Mughira. Then he made them repent and said, "Whoever repents, his testimony will be accepted." And Abdullah bin Utbah, Umar bin Abdul Aziz, Sa'id bin Jubair, Tawus, Mujahid, Sha'bi, Ikrimah, Zuhri, Muharib bin Dithar, Shurayh, and Mu'awiyah bin Qurrah also considered the testimony valid after repentance. And Abu Al-Zinad said, "According to us in Madinah Tayyibah, the ruling is that when «قاذف» retracts his statement and seeks forgiveness, his testimony will be accepted." And Sha'bi and Qatadah said, "When he denies himself and the hadd is carried out on him, his testimony will be accepted." And Sufyan Thawri said, "When a slave is given the hadd of qadhf and then is freed, his testimony will be accepted." And if someone who has received the hadd of qadhf is appointed as a judge, his judgment will be valid. And some people (Imam Abu Hanifah, may Allah have mercy on him) say, "The testimony of the slanderer will not be accepted even if he repents." Then they also say that a marriage is not valid without two witnesses, but if the marriage is conducted with the testimony of witnesses who have received the hadd of qadhf, the marriage will be valid. If it is conducted with the testimony of two slaves, it will not be valid. And these same people have considered the testimony of those who have received the hadd of qadhf and of slave women and men valid for the sighting of the Ramadan moon. And in this chapter, it is mentioned how the repentance of «قاذف» will be known. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) exiled the adulterer for one year, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade anyone from speaking to Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) and his two companions. Fifty nights passed in this manner.

Narrated `Urwa bin Az-Zubair: A woman committed theft in the Ghazwa of the Conquest (of Mecca) and she was taken to the Prophet who ordered her hand to be cut off. `Aisha said, "Her repentance was perfect and she was married (later) and used to come to me (after that) and I would present her needs to Allah's Apostle."

Narrated Zaid bin Khalid: Allah's Apostle ordered that an unmarried man who committed illegal sexual intercourse be scourged one hundred lashes and sent into exile for one year.