The ruling on combining two branches in the punishment of flogging
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, is it understood from the hadith of Anas that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) flogged with approximately forty strokes using two branches, meaning each branch had eighty?
Answer:
No, he flogged with approximately forty strokes; it did not reach eighty. If he had reached eighty, 'Umar ibn al-Khattab would not have needed to consult the people about it. So their statement that it was with two branches, meaning it became eighty, is incorrect. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, is it understood from the hadith of Anas that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) flogged with approximately forty strokes using two branches, meaning each branch had eighty?
Answer:
No, he flogged with approximately forty strokes; it did not reach eighty. If he had reached eighty, 'Umar ibn al-Khattab would not have needed to consult the people about it. So their statement that it was with two branches, meaning it became eighty, is incorrect. Yes.
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