Abu Burdah reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying:No more than ten lashes are to be given, except in the case of one of the punishment prescribed by Allah, the Exalted
The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Abu Burdah al-Ansari through a different chain of narrators. This version has:I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say. . . He then mentioned the tradition to the same effect
Hadith 4493 — Sunan Abu Dawud 40:143
SahihSahih
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ عُمَرَ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ - عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " إِذَا ضَرَبَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَتَّقِ الْوَجْهَ " .
Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When one of you inflicts a beating, he should avoid striking the face