إِنَّ فِي كِتَابِ عَلِيٍّ ( عليه السلام ) أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَضْرِبُ بِالسَّوْطِ وَ بِنِصْفِ السَّوْطِ وَ بِبَعْضِهِ فِي الْحُدُودِ وَ كَانَ إِذَا أُتِيَ بِغُلَامٍ وَ جَارِيَةٍ لَمْ يُدْرِكَا لَا يُبْطِلُ حَدّاً مِنْ حُدُودِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ قِيلَ لَهُ وَ كَيْفَ كَانَ يَضْرِبُ قَالَ كَانَ يَأْخُذُ السَّوْطَ بِيَدِهِ مِنْ وَسَطِهِ أَوْ مِنْ ثُلُثِهِ ثُمَّ يَضْرِبُ بِهِ عَلَى قَدْرِ أَسْنَانِهِمْ وَ لَا يُبْطِلُ حَدّاً مِنْ حُدُودِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Ayoub Al Khazaz, from Al Halby, Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘In the Book of Ali<sup>asws</sup>, he<sup>asws</sup> used to strike with the whip, and by half the whip, and part of it regarding the Penalties. And when they came with a boy and girl who had yet to mature, he<sup>asws</sup> would not invalidate a single Penalty (<span class="iTxt">Hadd</span>) from the Penalties of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic’. It was said to him<sup>asws</sup>: ‘And how did he<sup>asws</sup> used to whip?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘He<sup>asws</sup> used to take the whip with his<sup>asws</sup> hands, from its middle or from its third, then strike with it upon the measurement of their respective ages, and he<sup>asws</sup> would not invalidate a single Penalty (<span class="iTxt">Hadd</span>) from the Penalties of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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