أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا إِسْمَعِيلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ جَرِيرِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ إِقَامَةُ حَدٍّ بِأَرْضٍ خَيْرٌ لِأَهْلِهَا مِنْ مَطَرِ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً
سنن نسائی · Hadith 4920
It was narrated that Abu Zur’ah said: “Abu Hurairah said: ‘Carrying out a Hadd punishment in a land is better for its people than if it were to rain for forty nights.” (Da’if)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020