Narrated Abu Burda Al-Ansari:I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, ""Do not flog anyone more than ten stripes except if he is involved in a crime necessitating Allah's legal Punishment

Narrated Abu Huraira:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade Al-Wisal (fasting continuously for more than one day without taking any meals). A man from the Muslims said, ""But you do Al-Wisal, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)!"" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, ""Who among you is similar to me? I sleep and my Lord makes me eat and drink."" When the people refused to give up Al-Wisal, the Prophet (ﷺ) fasted along with them for one day, and did not break his fast but continued his fast for another day, and when they saw the crescent, the Prophet (ﷺ) said, ""If the crescent had not appeared, I would have made you continue your fast (for a third day),"" as if he wanted to punish them for they had refused to give up Al-Wisal

Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar:Those people who used to buy foodstuff at random (without weighing or measuring it) were beaten in the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) if they sold it at the very place where they had bought it, till they carried it to their dwelling places

Narrated `Aisha:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) never took revenge for his own self in any matter presented to him till Allah's limits were exceeded, in which case he would take revenge for Allah's sake

Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d:I witnessed the case of Lian (the case of a man who charged his wife for committing illegal sexual intercourse when I was fifteen years old. The Prophet (ﷺ) ordered that they be divorced, and the husband said, ""If I kept her, I would be a liar."" I remember that Az-Zubair also said, ""(It was said) that if that woman brought forth the child with such-and-such description, her husband would prove truthful, but if she brought it with such-and-such description looking like a Wahra (a red insect), he would prove untruthful."" I heard Az-Zubair also saying, ""Finally she gave birth to a child of description which her husband disliked

Narrated Al-Qasim bin Muhammad:Ibn `Abbas mentioned the couple who had taken the oath of Lian. `Abdullah bin Shaddad said (to him), ""Was this woman about whom Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, 'If I were ever to stone to death any woman without witnesses. (I would have stoned that woman to death)?' Ibn `Abbas replied,"" No, that lady exposed herself (by her suspicious behavior)

Narrated Ibn `Abbas:Lian was mentioned in the presence of the Prophet, `Asim bin Adi said a statement about it, and when he left, a man from his tribe came to him complaining that he had seen a man with his wife. `Asim said, ""I have been put to trial only because of my statement."" So he took the man to the Prophet (ﷺ) and the man told him about the incident. The man (husband) was of yellow complexion, thin, and of lank hair, while the man whom he had accused of having been with his wife, was reddish brown with fat thick legs and fat body. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ""O Allah! Reveal the truth."" Later on the lady delivered a child resembling the man whom the husband had accused of having been with her. So the Prophet (ﷺ) made them take the oath of Lian. A man said to Ibn `Abbas in the gathering, ""Was that the same lady about whom the Prophet (ﷺ) said, ""If I were to stone any lady (for committing illegal sexual intercourse) to death without witnesses, I would have stoned that lade to death?"" Ibn `Abbas said, ""No, that was another lady who used to behave in such a suspicious way among the Muslims that one might accuse her of committing illegal sexual intercourse

Narrated Abu Huraira:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ""Avoid the seven great destructive sins."" They (the people!) asked, ""O Allah's Apostle! What are they?"" He said, ""To join partners in worship with Allah; to practice sorcery; to kill the life which Allah has forbidden except for a just cause (according to Islamic law); to eat up usury (Riba), to eat up the property of an orphan; to give one's back to the enemy and fleeing from the battle-field at the time of fighting and to accuse chaste women who never even think of anything touching chastity and are good believers

Narrated Abu Huraira:I heard Abu-l-Qasim (the Prophet) saying, ""If somebody slanders his slave and the slave is free from what he says, he will be flogged on the Day of Resurrection unless the slave is really as he has described him

Narrated Abu Huraira and Zaid bin Khalid Al-Juhani:A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, ""I beseech you to judge us according to Allah's Laws."" Then his opponent who was wiser than he, got up and said, ""He has spoken the truth. So judge us according to Allah's Laws and please allow me (to speak), O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)."" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ""Speak."" He said, ""My son was a laborer for the family of this man and he committed illegal sexual intercourse with his wife, and I gave one-hundred sheep and a slave as a ransom (for my son), but I asked the religious learned people (regarding this case), and they informed me that my son should be flogged onehundred stripes, and be exiled for one year, and the wife of this man should be stoned (to death).""The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ""By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, I will Judge you (in this case) according to Allah's Laws. The one-hundred (sheep) and the slave shall be returned to you and your son shall be flogged one-hundred stripes and be exiled for one year. And O Unais! Go in the morning to the wife of this man and ask her, and if she confesses, stone her to death."" She confessed and he stoned her to death

Narrated Abu Huraira and Zaid bin Khalid Al-Juhani:A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, ""I beseech you to judge us according to Allah's Laws."" Then his opponent who was wiser than he, got up and said, ""He has spoken the truth. So judge us according to Allah's Laws and please allow me (to speak), O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)."" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ""Speak."" He said, ""My son was a laborer for the family of this man and he committed illegal sexual intercourse with his wife, and I gave one-hundred sheep and a slave as a ransom (for my son), but I asked the religious learned people (regarding this case), and they informed me that my son should be flogged onehundred stripes, and be exiled for one year, and the wife of this man should be stoned (to death).""The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ""By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, I will Judge you (in this case) according to Allah's Laws. The one-hundred (sheep) and the slave shall be returned to you and your son shall be flogged one-hundred stripes and be exiled for one year. And O Unais! Go in the morning to the wife of this man and ask her, and if she confesses, stone her to death."" She confessed and he stoned her to death

Narrated `Abdullah:A man said, ""O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Which sin is the greatest in Allah's Sight?"" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ""To set up a rival unto Allah though He Alone created you . "" The man said, ""What is next?"" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ""To kill your son lest he should share your food with you."" The man said, ""What is next?"" The Prophet said, ""To commit illegal sexual intercourse with the wife of your neighbor."" So Allah revealed in confirmation of this narration:-- 'And those who invoke not with Allah, any other god. Nor kill, such life as Allah has forbidden except for just cause nor commit illegal sexual intercourse. And whoever does this shall receive the punishment

Narrated Ibn `Umar:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, ""A faithful believer remains at liberty regarding his religion unless he kills somebody unlawfully

Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar:One of the evil deeds with bad consequence from which there is no escape for the one who is involved in it is to kill someone unlawfully

Narrated `Abdullah:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ""The first cases to be decided among the people (on the Day of Resurrection) will be those of blood-shed

Narrated Al-Miqdad bin `Amr Al-Kindi:An ally of Bani Zuhra who took part in the battle of Badr with the Prophet, that he said, ""O Allah's Apostle! If I meet an unbeliever and we have a fight, and he strikes my hand with the sword and cuts it off, and then takes refuge from me under a tree, and says, 'I have surrendered to Allah (i.e. embraced Islam),' may I kill him after he has said so?"" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, ""Do not kill him."" Al- Miqdad said, ""But O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! He had chopped off one of my hands and he said that after he had cut it off. May I kill him?"" The Prophet (ﷺ) said. ""Do not kill him for if you kill him, he would be in the position in which you had been before you kill him, and you would be in the position in which he was before he said the sentence."" The Prophet (ﷺ) also said to Al-Miqdad, ""If a faithful believer conceals his faith (Islam) from the disbelievers, and then when he declares his Islam, you kill him, (you will be sinful). Remember that you were also concealing your faith (Islam) at Mecca before

Narrated Al-Miqdad bin `Amr Al-Kindi:An ally of Bani Zuhra who took part in the battle of Badr with the Prophet, that he said, ""O Allah's Apostle! If I meet an unbeliever and we have a fight, and he strikes my hand with the sword and cuts it off, and then takes refuge from me under a tree, and says, 'I have surrendered to Allah (i.e. embraced Islam),' may I kill him after he has said so?"" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, ""Do not kill him."" Al- Miqdad said, ""But O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! He had chopped off one of my hands and he said that after he had cut it off. May I kill him?"" The Prophet (ﷺ) said. ""Do not kill him for if you kill him, he would be in the position in which you had been before you kill him, and you would be in the position in which he was before he said the sentence."" The Prophet (ﷺ) also said to Al-Miqdad, ""If a faithful believer conceals his faith (Islam) from the disbelievers, and then when he declares his Islam, you kill him, (you will be sinful). Remember that you were also concealing your faith (Islam) at Mecca before

Narrated `Abdullah:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ""No human being is killed unjustly, but a part of responsibility for the crime is laid on the first son of Adam who invented the tradition of killing (murdering) on the earth. (It is said that he was Qabil)

Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ""After me (i.e. after my death), do not become disbelievers, by striking (cutting) the necks of one another

Narrated Abu Zur'a bin `Amr bin Jarir:The Prophet (ﷺ) said during Hajjat-al-Wada`, ""Let the people be quiet and listen to me. After me, do not become disbelievers, by striking (cutting) the necks of one another

Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ""Al-Ka`ba'ir (the biggest sins) are: To join others (as partners) in worship with Allah, to be undutiful to one's parents,"" or said, ""to take a false oath."" (The sub-narrator, Shu`ba is not sure) Mu`adh said: Shu`ba said, ""Al-Ka`ba'ir (the biggest sins) are: (1) Joining others as partners in worship with Allah, (2) to take a false oath (3) and to be undutiful to one's parents,"" or said, ""to murder (someone unlawfully)

Narrated Anas bin Malik:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ""The biggest of Al-Ka`ba'ir (the great sins) are (1) to join others as partners in worship with Allah, (2) to murder a human being, (3) to be undutiful to one's parents (4) and to make a false statement,"" or said, ""to give a false witness

Narrated Usama bin Zaid bin Haritha:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) sent us (to fight) against Al-Huraqa (one of the sub-tribes) of Juhaina. We reached those people in the morning and defeated them. A man from the Ansar and I chased one of their men and when we attacked him, he said, ""None has the right to be worshipped but Allah."" The Ansari refrained from killing him but I stabbed him with my spear till I killed him. When we reached (Medina), this news reached the Prophet. He said to me, ""O Usama! You killed him after he had said, 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah?""' I said, ""O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! He said so in order to save himself."" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ""You killed him after he had said, 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah."" The Prophet (ﷺ) kept on repeating that statement till I wished I had not been a Muslim before that day

Narrated 'Ubada bin As-Samat:I was among those Naqibs (selected leaders) who gave the Pledge of allegiance to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). We gave the oath of allegiance, that we would not join partners in worship besides Allah, would not steal, would not commit illegal sexual intercourse, would not kill a life which Allah has forbidden, would not commit robbery, would not disobey (Allah and His Apostle), and if we fulfilled this pledge we would have Paradise, but if we committed any one of these (sins), then our case will be decided by Allah

Narrated `Abdullah:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ""Whoever carries arms against us, is not from us

Narrated Al-Ahnaf bin Qais:I went to help that man (i.e., `Ali), and on the way I met Abu Bakra who asked me, ""Where are you going?"" I replied, ""I am going to help that man."" He said, ""Go back, for I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, 'If two Muslims meet each other with their swords then (both) the killer and the killed one are in the (Hell) Fire.' I said, 'O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! It is alright for the killer, but what about the killed one?' He said, 'The killed one was eager to kill his opponent

Narrated Anas bin Malik:A Jew crushed the head of a girl between two stones, and the girl was asked, ""Who has done that to you, so-and-so or so and so?"" (Some names were mentioned for her) till the name of that Jew was mentioned (whereupon she agreed). The Jew was brought to the Prophet (ﷺ) and the Prophet (ﷺ) kept on questioning him till he confessed, whereupon his head was crushed with stones

Narrated Anas bin Malik:A girl wearing ornaments, went out at Medina. Somebody struck her with a stone. She was brought to the Prophet (ﷺ) while she was still alive. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) asked her, ""Did such-and-such a person strike you?"" She raised her head, denying that. He asked her a second time, saying, ""Did so-and-so strike you?"" She raised her head, denying that. He said for the third time, ""Did so-and-so strike you?"" She lowered her head, agreeing. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) then sent for the killer and killed him between two stones

Narrated `Abdullah:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, ""The blood of a Muslim who confesses that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and that I am His Apostle, cannot be shed except in three cases: In Qisas for murder, a married person who commits illegal sexual intercourse and the one who reverts from Islam (apostate) and leaves the Muslims

Narrated Anas:A Jew killed a girl so that he may steal her ornaments. He struck her with a stone, and she was brought to the Prophet (ﷺ) while she was still alive. The Prophet (ﷺ) asked her, ""Did such-and-such person strike you?"" She gestured with her head, expressing denial. He asked her for the second time, and she again gestured with her head, expressing denial. When he asked her for the third time, she beckoned, ""Yes."" So the Prophet (ﷺ) killed him (the Jew) with two stones