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Sunan Abi Dawud 40:64

Prescribed Punishments (Kitab Al-Hudud)

كتاب الحدود

Hadith 40:64

Hasan Maqtu' (Al-Albani)

Mujahid said:

“Apponting a way in the verse (iv.15) means prescribed punishment. Sufiyan said: “Punish them “refers to unmarried, and “confine them to houses” refers to the women who are married.

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ - عَنْ شِبْلٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، قَالَ السَّبِيلُ الْحَدُّ قَالَ سُفْيَانُ { فَآذُوهُمَا } الْبِكْرَانِ فَأَمْسِكُوهُنَّ فِي الْبُيُوتِ الثَّيِّبَاتِ .

Original Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 4414