Ibn Abi Nu'aym
ابن أبي نعيم
The satirist whose 'a judge who sees the hadd for zina but none for liwat' earned him exile to Sind 1.
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A poet satirised Yahya ibn Aktham in a verse saying that a judge sees the hadd penalty for fornication but sees no harm in sodomy. Al-Ma'mun lowered his head in shame, then said: Ibn Abi Nu'aym is to be exiled to Sind. Al-Mas'udi relates this. 2
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- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 415-416
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p.415-416
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