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Riyad as-SalihinThe Book of Miscellany

A man who drank wine was brought to the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him), who said: Beat him

Chapter: Covering Faults of the Muslims

Authentic Riyad as-Salihin 243

Narrator:Abu Hurayrah

وعنه قال‏:‏ أتى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم برجل قد شرب خمرًا قال‏:‏ ‏"‏اضربوه‏"‏ قال أبو هريرة ‏:‏ فمنا الضارب بيده، والضارب بنعله، والضارب بثوبه‏.‏ فلما انصرف قال بعض القوم‏:‏ أخزاك الله قال‏:‏ ‏"‏لا تقولوا هكذا لا تعينوا عليه الشيطان‏"‏ ‏(‏‏(‏رواه البخاري‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏

Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that a man who drank wine was brought to the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him), who said: "Beat him." Abu Hurayrah added: "So some of us beat him with our hands, some with their sandals, and some with their garments (by twisting it like a lash). Then, when the man left, someone said: "May Allah disgrace you!" Upon that, the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not say this! Do not help the devil to overpower him."

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 6777), Abu Dawud (No. 4477, 4478) and Ahmad (No. 7645). Cited in Riyad as-Salihin (No. 243).

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The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) brought to the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) a man who was drinking alcohol. The Prophet ordered them to beat him without specifying the number of beats, so the Companions started beating him, some with their bare hands, some with their sandals to humiliate him, and others with their clothes. They did not use a whip which is used for a prescribed punishment. Then after they ceased beating him; one of them made a supplication against him, saying: "May Allah disgrace you", asking Allah to humiliate and expose him among the people. The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) instructed them not to say so as that would be helping the devil against him. If they supplicated Allah to disgrace him, perhaps Allah would answer their supplication, and the devil would thus achieve his purpose and overpower the man. Also, this supplication may alienate the man after he had received the punishment.

Explanation in Arabic

معنى الحديث: أن الصحابة -رضي الله تعالى عنهم- جاءوا إلى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم برجل قد شرب الخمر، فأمر النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم بضربه فضربه الصحابة، فبعضهم ضربه بيده دون استعمال أداة أخرى من أدوات الضرب، ومنهم الضارب بنعله وهذا من التنكيل به ومنهم الضارب بثوبه، ولم يستعملوا السوط الذي هو أداة الحد في الضرب، وجاء في رواية أنه أمر عشرين رجلًا فضربه كل رجل جلدتين بالجريد والنعال، وهذا يفسر أن الجلد أربعين، وما جاء عن الخلفاء الراشدين من زيادة على ذلك فهو تعزير راجع للإمام.

ثم لما فرغ الناس من ضربه، دعا عليه بعضهم بقوله : " أخزاك الله" أي: دعا عليه بالخزي، وهو الذل والمهانة والفضيحة بين الناس، فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم : "لا تقولوا له هكذا لا تعينوا عليه الشيطان"؛ لأنهم إذا دعوا عليه بالخزي ربما استجيب لهم، فبلغ الشيطان مأربه، ونال مقصده ومطلبه، وحتى لا ينفر العاصي وقد حد.

  • حصول حد شارب الخمر بالضرب باليد وأطراف الثوب والجريد والنعال.
  • الحدود زواجر جوابر فمن أقيم عليه الحد كان كفارة له.
  • أسلوب النبي -صلى الله عليه وسلم- في توجيه العصاة بعدم تعييرهم أو سبهم، مما يجعل ذلك أدعى إلى استجلابهم إلى ترك المعاصي.
  • لا ينبغي للمسلم أن يكون عوناً للشيطان على أخيه المسلم إذا فرط في حق من الحقوق.
  • على المسلمين أن يحرصوا على رد العصاة إلى جانب الحق و الصواب.
  • مرتكب الكبيرة لا يكفر بها لثبوت النهي عن لعنه، والأمر بالدعاء له.
  • فيه دليل على أن الإنسان إذا فعل ذنبًا وعوقب عليه في الدنيا، فإنه لا يجوز لنا أن ندعو عليه بالخزي والعار، بل نسأل الله له الهداية، ونسأل الله له المغفرة.
  • فيه تحريم شرب الخمر وأن من شربها عوقب.
  • فيه الرفع إلى ولي الأمر إذا اقتضى الأمر ذلك.
  • الدعاء للعاصي بعد إقامة الحد علية بالتوفيق والنجاة من الخذلان.

Scholars’ grades

Original grading term, without a named scholar: صحيح

Other versions

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 6777

Abu Huraira said, "A man who drank wine was brought to the Prophet. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'Beat him!" Abu Huraira added, "So some of us beat him with our hands, and some with their shoes, and some with their garments (by twisting it) like a lash, and then when we finished, someone said to him, 'May…

بِرَجُلٍ قَدْ شَرِبَ قَالَ ‏"‏ اضْرِبُوهُ ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ فَمِنَّا الضَّارِبُ بِيَدِهِ، وَالضَّارِبُ بِنَعْلِهِ، وَالضَّارِبُ بِثَوْبِهِ، فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قَالَ بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ أَخْزَاكَ اللَّهُ‏.‏…

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Authentic Sunan Abu Dawud 4478

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) then said to his Companions: Reproach him, and they faced him and said: You have not respected Allah, you have not feared Allah and you have not shown shame before the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). Then they released him. Some have also added similar words.

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ بْنِ أَبِي نَاجِيَةَ الإِسْكَنْدَرَانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ، وَحَيْوَةُ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ، وَابْنُ، لَهِيعَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ الْهَادِ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ…

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

Not graded Riyad as-Salihin 1562

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…

وعنه قال‏:‏ أتي النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم برجل قد شرب قال‏:‏ ‏"‏اضربوه‏"‏ قال أبو هريرة‏:‏ فمنا الضارب بيده، والضارب بنعله، والضارب بثوبه‏.‏ فلما انصرف، قال بعض القوم‏:‏ أخزاك الله، قال‏:‏ ‏"‏لا تقولوا هذا، لا تُعينوا…

Not graded Mishkat al-Masabih 3621

When a man who had drunk wine was brought to God’s Messenger he told us to beat him, and some struck him with their hands, some with their garments and some with their sandals. He then told them to reproach him, and they faced him and said, “You have not respected God, you have not feared God, and…

" لَا تَقُولُوا هَكَذَا لَا تُعِينُوا عَلَيْهِ الشَّيْطَانَ وَلَكِنْ قُولُوا: اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ اللَّهُمَّ ارْحَمْهُ "

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

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Authentic Mishkat al-Masabih 3626

When a man who had been drinking was brought to the Prophet he told those present to beat him, so some of us beat him with their hands, some with their sandals and some with their garments. Then when the man went away and one of those present said, “God shame you!’' the Prophet said, “Do not say…

وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: أَتَى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِرَجُلٍ قَدْ شَرِبَ الْخَمْرَ فَقَالَ: «اضْرِبُوهُ» فَمِنَّا الضَّارِبُ بِيَدِهِ وَالضَّارِبُ بِنَعْلِهِ وَالضَّارِبُ بِثَوْبِهِ…

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

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  • السنن الكبرى للنسائي (5104)اضْرِبُوهُ ، فَمِنَّا الضَّارِبُ بِيَدِهِ ، وَالضَّارِبُ بِنَعْلِهِ ، وَالضَّارِبُ بِثَوْبِهِ ، فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ ، قَالَ : يَعْنِي : الْقَوْمَ أَخْزَاهُ اللَّهُ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ : لا تَقُولُوا هَكَذَا ، لا تُعِينُوا عَلَيْهِ الشَّيْطَانَ ، وَلَكِنْ قُولُوا : رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ
  • المحلى بالآثار لابن حزم (1661)بِرَجُلٍ شَرِبَ ، فَقَالَ : اضْرِبُوهُ ، قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ : فَمِنَّا الضَّارِبُ بِيَدِهِ ، وَمِنَّا الضَّارِبُ بِنَعْلِهِ ، وَالضَّارِبُ بِثَوْبِهِ ، فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قَالَ بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ : أَخْزَاكَ اللَّهُ ، قَالَ : لَا تَقُولُوا هَذَا ، لَا تُعِينُوا عَلَيْهِ الشَّيْطَانَ
  • شرح السنة (2612)بِرَجُلٍ قَدْ شَرِبَ فَقَالَ : اضْرِبُوهُ ، قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ : فَمِنَّا الضَّارِبُ بِيَدِهِ ، وَالضَّارِبُ بِنَعْلِهِ ، وَالضَّارِبُ بِثَوْبِهِ ، فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ ، قَالَ بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ : أَخْزَاكَ اللَّهُ . قَالَ : لا تَقُولُوا هَكَذَا ، لا تُعِينُوا عَلَيْهِ الشَّيْطَانَ
  • صحيح ابن حبان (5848)لا تَقُولُوا هَكَذَا ، لا تُعِينُوا الشَّيْطَانَ عَلَيْهِ

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Not graded Bulugh al-Maram 1242

Muslim transmitted on the authority of 'Ali (RAA) concerning the story of al-Walid bin 'Uqbah that the Messenger of Allah inflicted forty lashes, Abu Bakr (RAA) forty lashes and 'Umar (RAA) eighty. All of them are in accordance with the Sunnah of the Prophet (ﷺ) but this one (the eighty lashes) is…

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Not graded Mishkat al-Masabih 3616

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…

وَعَنِ السَّائِبِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ: كَانَ يُؤْتَى بِالشَّارِبِ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَإِمْرَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَصَدْرًا مِنْ خِلَافَةِ عُمَرَ فَنَقُومُ عَلَيْهِ بِأَيْدِينَا…

Narrated by As-Sā'ib ibn Yazīd + 2 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…

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Not graded Mishkat al-Masabih 3620

I can still picture myself looking at God’s Messenger when a man who had drunk wine was brought before him and he told the people to beat him. Some struck him with sandals, some with sticks and some with mitakhas. Ibn Wahb said this means green palm fronds. Then God’s Messenger took some dust from…

وَعَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْأَزْهَرِ قَالَ: كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذْ أُتِيَ بِرَجُلٍ قَدْ شَرِبَ الْخَمْرَ فَقَالَ لِلنَّاسِ: «اضْرِبُوهُ» فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ…

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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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