1080 — Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “When any one of you strikes, let him avoid the face.” Agreed upon. (1)

1081 — Ibn ʿAbbās (may Allah be pleased with them) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Prescribed penalties are not to be carried out in the mosques.” Related by al-Tirmidhī and al-Ḥākim. (2)

— Ḥadith grading —
This ḥadith is ḥasan li-ghayrih (sound owing to supporting chains). It was transmitted by al-Tirmidhī, al-Ḥākim and Ibn Mājah, and in its chain appears Ismāʿīl ibn Muslim al-Makkī, who is weak with respect to retention. It was also collected by Abū Dāwūd, al-Ḥākim, Ibn al-Sakan, al-Dāraquṭnī and al-Bayhaqī through the narration of Ḥakīm ibn Ḥizām, and that isnād is unobjectionable. Additional routes exist, all of which reinforce one another, and the Rightly Guided Caliphs acted upon it.

Points derived from the two ḥadiths
1 – Implementing the ḥudūd is not intended to disgrace a Muslim or to destroy or kill him. Rather, its purpose is to purify him of the sin he has committed, to deter him from returning to it, and to restrain anyone whose soul might tempt him to do the same. Such are some of the divine wisdoms behind enforcing the ḥadd upon a sinning Muslim.

2 – Shaykh al-Islām said: The ḥudūd issue forth from the Creator’s mercy toward His servants and His desire to show them kindness; therefore, whoever punishes people for their sins should intend thereby