Sunan Ibn Majah 2602
سنن ابن ماجه#2602Hasanحَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لاَ تُعَزِّرُوا فَوْقَ عَشَرَةِ أَسْوَاطٍ " .
It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:“Do not punish with more than ten whips.”
Scholarly Authentication
The label above is the grade most of these scholars gave — one dissenting opinion no longer speaks for all of them. If any scholar calls a narration fabricated, that verdict is shown instead, whatever the others say. Each scholar's own wording:
Al-AlbaniHasan
Muhammad Fouad Abd al-BaqiHasan Lighairihi
Shuaib Al ArnautVery Daif
Zubair Ali ZaiDaif
In-book reference: 20:70