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Sunan Ibn MajahThe Chapters on Legal Punishments

Sunan Ibn Majah 2570

Chapter: The Legal Punishment For Drunkenness

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 2570

Narrator:Anas ibn Mālik

حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ الدَّسْتَوَائِيِّ، جَمِيعًا عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم

يَضْرِبُ فِي الْخَمْرِ بِالنِّعَالِ وَالْجَرِيدِ ‏.‏

It was narrated that Anas bin Malik said:

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to beat (offenders) for drinking wine with sandals and date-palm stalks.”

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 2570).

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Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan Ibn Majah

قَوْله ( وَالْجَرِيد ) هُوَ غُصْن النَّخْلَة جُرِّدَ عَنْهُ الْوَرَق…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 2570
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 2570
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih - Agreed Upon The hadith No. 2570
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 2570

Other versions

Not graded Mishkat al-Masabih 3614

Anas told that the Prophet gave a beating with palm branches and sandals for drinking wine and that Abu Bakr gave forty lashes. (Bukhari and Muslim.) In a version on his authority it says that the Prophet used to give forty stripes with palm branches and sandals for drinking wine.

عَنْ أَنَسٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ضَرَبَ فِي الْخَمْرِ بِالْجَرِيدِ والنِّعالِ وجلَدَ أَبُو بكرٍ رَضِي الله عَنهُ أربعينَ وَفِي رِوَايَة عَنْهُ: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ…

Narrated by Anas ibn Mālik

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  • الإقناع لابن المنذر (116)جَلَدَ فِي الْخَمْرِ بِالنِّعَالِ وَالْجَرِيدِ
  • السنن الكبرى للبيهقي (16114)كَانَ يَضْرِبُ فِي الْخَمْرِ بِالنِّعَالِ وَالْجَرِيدِ أَرْبَعِينَ ، وَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ضَرَبَ أَرْبَعِينَ
  • معرفة السنن والآثار للبيهقي (4629)يَضْرِبُ فِي الْخَمْرِ بِالنِّعَالِ ، وَالْجَرِيدِ أَرْبَعِينَ

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A drunkard was brought to the Prophet (ﷺ). He said, "Give him a beating." Then some beat him with their hands, some with their shoes, and some with (a folded) piece of cloth. When he left, someone said to him: "May Allah disgrace you!" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Do not help Satan overcome him by…

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When a drinker was brought in the time of God’s Messenger, during Abu Bakr’s Caliphate and in the beginning of ‘Umar’s Caliphate, we beat him with our hands, sandals and cloaks, but at the end of ‘Umar’s Caliphate he inflicted forty stripes, and when people were immoderate and excessively wicked he…

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Authentic Bulugh al-Maram 1241

A man who had drunk alcohol was brought to the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) who hit him with a palm stalk with about forty lashes.

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