Muwatta' Malik 41-12

Translation

Malik related to me from Zayd ibn Aslam that a man confessed to fornication in the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ called for a whip, and he was brought a broken whip. He said, "Above this," and he was brought a new whip whose knots had not been cut yet. He said, "Below this," and he was brought a whip which had been used and made flexible. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave the order and he was flogged. Then he said, "People! The time has come for you to observe the limits of Allah. Whoever has had any of these ugly things befall him should cover them up with the veil of Allah. Whoever reveals to us his wrong action, we perform what is in the Book of Allah against him."

Grades by grader

What scholars said about it

In their own words, as Hadith Unlocked records them. They are shown, not summarised into a grade.

• Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr

  لم يختلف عن مالك في إرسال هذا الحديث ولا أعلمه يستند بهذا اللفظ من وجه من الوجوه

  in موطأ مالك, p. 1459
• Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr

  لا أعلمه موصولا بوجه

  in موطأ مالك, p. 1459
• Shafiʿī

  هذا حديث منقطع ليس مما تثبت به هو نفسه حجة

  in موطأ مالك, p. 1459
• Shafiʿī

  إسناده ضعيف ومتنه حجة

  in موطأ مالك, p. 1459

Other narrations of this report

Musannaf 'Abd al-Razzaq 13402al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 17678al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 17679al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7615al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 8158

Narrators

1. 1
   Zayd b. Aslam

   trustworthy (thiqah), a scholar, and he would narrate with omission of the Companion link (yursil)d. 135 AH or 136 AH
   زَيْدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَثقة عالم ، وكان يرسل
   عن
2. 2
   Mālik b. Anas

   The jurist (al-faqīh), the Imam of the Abode of Migration (Imām Dār al-Hijrah), the head of the proficient masters, and the foremost among the meticulous.d. 178 AH, or 179 AH
   مَالِكٌالفقيه ، إمام دار الهجرة ، رأس المتقنين ، وكبير المتثبتين

Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com

Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.