أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَی الْمَرْوَزِيُّ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَبِي زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ لَا يَزْنِي الزَّانِي حِينَ يَزْنِي وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ وَلَا يَسْرِقُ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ وَلَا يَشْرَبُ الْخَمْرَ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ وَذَکَرَ رَابِعَةً فَنَسِيتُهَا فَإِذَا فَعَلَ ذَلِکَ خَلَعَ رِبْقَةَ الْإِسْلَامِ مِنْ عُنُقِهِ فَإِنْ تَابَ تَابَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 4887
It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said: “No one who commits Zinais a believer at the moment when he is committing Zina; no one who steals is a believer at the moment when he is stealing; no one who drinks wine is a believer at the moment when he is drinking it.” — And he mentioned a fourth but I (the narrator) have forgotten it. — “When he does that the yoke of Islam is shed from his neck, but if he repents, Allah accepts his repentance.” (Sahih).
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020