Mandatory and discretionary punishments

عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ قَالَ: بَايَعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي رَهْطٍ، فَقَالَ: «أُبَايِعُكُمْ عَلَى أَنْ لا تُشْرِكُوا بِاللَّهِ شَيْئًا، وَلا تَسْرِقُوا، وَلا تَزْنُوا، وَلا تَقْتُلُوا أَوْلاَدَكُمْ، وَلا تَأْتُوا بِبُهْتَانٍ تَفْتَرُونَهُ بَيْنَ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَأَرْجُلِكُمْ، وَلا تَعْصُونِي فِي مَعْرُوفٍ، فَمَنْ وَفَى مِنْكُمْ فَأَجْرُهُ عَلَى اللَّهِ، وَمَنْ أَصَابَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا فَأُخِذَ بِهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا، فَهُوَ كَفَّارَةٌ لَهُ وَطَهُورٌ، وَمَنْ سَتَرَهُ اللَّهُ فَذَلِكَ إِلَى اللَّهِ؛ إِنْ شَاءَ عَذَّبَهُ، وَإِنْ شَاءَ غَفَرَ لَهُ».

تحميل الملف الصوتي

‘Ubādah ibn al-Ṣāmit narrated saying:

1. I gave my pledge to God’s Messenger (peace be upon him) together with a group of people. He said to us:

I accept your pledge that you shall not associate any partner with God, steal, commit adultery, kill your own children, lie about a child’s parenthood, nor disobey me in anything reasonable.

2. Whoever of you fulfils his pledge shall have his reward granted by God, and whoever commits any violation and is punished for it in this life, [his punishment] will be a redemption and cleansing for him. Whoever is kept under God’s cover, his case is left to God: He may punish him for it or forgive him as He wills.

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Say: Come, let me tell you what your Lord has forbidden to you: Do not associate partners with Him; [do not offend against but, rather,] be kind to your parents; do not kill your children because of your poverty – We provide for you and for them; do not commit any shameful deed, whether open or secret; do not take any human being’s life – which God has made sacred, except in the course of justice. This He has enjoined upon you so that you may use your reason.

(6: 151)

Do not kill your children for fear of want. It is We who shall provide for them and for you. To kill them is indeed a great sin. (31) Do not come near adultery. It is indeed an abomination and an evil way.

(17: 31-32)

Prophet! When believing women come and pledge to you that they will not associate any partner with God, nor steal, nor commit adultery, nor kill their children, nor lie about who fathered their children, nor disobey you in anything reasonable, then accept their pledge of allegiance and pray to God to forgive them. God is much-forgiving, ever-merciful.

(60: 12)