Sahih al-Bukhari · The Book of Al-Maharbeen

27- بَابُ إِذَا أَقَرَّ بِالْحَدِّ وَلَمْ يُبَيِّنْ، هَلْ لِلإِمَامِ أَنْ يَسْتُرَ عَلَيْهِ:

(27) Chapter. If a person confesses that he has committed a sin that is punishement with one of the legal punishement but does not specify what sin it has been, can the ruler screen it for him?

1 hadith · references 6823–6823

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Bukhari · 6823كُنْتُ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَجَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ ، فَقَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، إِنِّي أَصَبْتُ حَدًّا فَأَقِمْهُ عَلَيَّ ، قَالَ : وَلَمْ يَسْأَلْهُ عَنْهُ ، قَالَ : وَحَضَرَتِ الصَّلَاةُWhile I was with the Prophet (ﷺ) a man came and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I have committed a legally punishable sin; please inflict the legal punishment on me'.' The Prophet (ﷺ) did not ask him what he had done. Th5 narrators