Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 641
Muhammad sa The Perfect Man 641 worried and sent Us a mah bin Zaid, a very dear person to H u du r sa with the recommendation to forgive this woman. When Us a mah stated his mission, the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa 's face turned red with anger and he said, "Do you ask for leniency in a law amongst the laws of God?" Us a mah requested the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa to beg pardon from God for him. In the evening the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa addressed the people and said, "People before you were destroyed because they used to connive at the crime of theft committed by a respectable person and punish this crime if it was committed by an ordinary person. In the name of the Being Who controls my life, if Mu h ammad's daughter F at imah had committed theft, I would have cut her hand. " Then on the orders from the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa this woman's hand was cut off. 19 The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa used to say, "It is unlawful to punish someone for the crime committed by another person. " Once while instructing a father and a son, he said, "No one should suffer transgression for someone else's deeds and then he recited this verse. " ﻻَﺗَﺰِرُوَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَاُﺧْﺮٰی "No soul would bear the burden of another soul. " 20