29/6. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 1703b — Repeated Zina and Sale Ruling
Stoning Jews and Ahl Adh-Dhimmah for Zina
Repeated Zina Ruling Hadith: Another Chain of Abu Huraira
Sahih Muslim : 1703b
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 1703b
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، جَمِيعًا عَنِ ابْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ الْبُرْسَانِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ، كِلاَهُمَا عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ مُوسَى، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، وَابْنُ، نُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، ح وَحَدَّثَنِي هَارُونُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الأَيْلِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أُسَامَةُ، بْنُ زَيْدٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ، وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبْدَةَ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، كُلُّ هَؤُلاَءِ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِلاَّ أَنَّ ابْنَ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ فِي حَدِيثِهِ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي جَلْدِ الأَمَةِ إِذَا زَنَتْ ثَلاَثًا " ثُمَّ لْيَبِعْهَا فِي الرَّابِعَةِ " .
Abu Hurairah Narrated from:
This hadith his been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira through another chain of transmitters with a slight variation of words.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1703bIn-book reference : Book 29, Hadith 49USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 17, Hadith 4220
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 1703b
This hadith is not a new full story. It is another narration of the same slave woman zina hadith from Abu Huraira, with a slight difference in wording. The main point remains tied to the ruling about flogging the slave-woman when her zina is clear. The narration also mentions the wording of Ibn Ishaq about flogging the slave-woman when she commits zina three times, then selling her in the fourth. So the focus here is the repeated offence and the point at which sale is mentioned. For readers searching for Sahih Muslim 1703b explanation, the safest reading is to stay with the text: it confirms the same legal theme, while noting a wording variation in the chain.
What we learn from this hadith
- Multiple chains can carry the same core ruling with small wording differences.
- The text keeps the focus on proven wrongdoing and the set response.
- The narration records a wording difference about whether sale is mentioned at the third or fourth stage.
