al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 8163
✧ The Boundaries: Explanation of the Hadith of Shurahbil b. Aws
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أَخْبَرَنَا الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ السَّيَّارِيُّ أَنْبَأَ أَبُو الْمُوَجَّهِ أَنْبَأَ عَبْدَانُ أَنْبَأَ الْفَضْلُ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ زِيَادٍ الْأَشْجَعِيِّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ
«ادْرَءُوا الْحُدُودَ عَنِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ فَإِنْ وَجَدْتُمْ لِمُسْلِمٍ مَخْرَجًا فَخَلُّوا سَبِيلَهُ فَإِنَّ الْإِمَامَ أَنْ يُخْطِئَ فِي الْعَفْوِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ يُخْطِئَ بِالْعُقُوبَةِ»
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Chain of narrators
- al-Qāsim b. al-Qāsim al-Sayyārī Anbaʾ Abū al-Muwajjah Anbaʾ ʿAbdān Anbaʾ al-Faḍl b. Mūsá
- Yazīd b. Ziyād al-Ashjaʿī
- al-Zuhrī
- ʿUrwah
- ʿĀʾishah
- Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
✧ “Ward off the prescribed punishments from the Muslims as much as you can. If you find a way out for a Muslim, then let him go, for it is better for the ruler to err in pardon than to err in punishment.”
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