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ahmad:1317 – ʿAffān > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Salamah b. Kuhayl > al-Shaʿbī > ʿAlī > Lisharāḥah Laʿallak Āstukriht Laʿal Zawjak Atāk Laʿallak

Perhaps you were forced? Perhaps your husband came to you? Perhaps...? She said: No. When she gave birth, he slogged her then he stoned her. It was said to him: Why did you flog her then stone her? He said: I flogged her in accordance with the Book of Allah and I stoned her in accordance with the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.  

أحمد:١٣١٧ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا قَالَ

لِشَرَاحَةَ لَعَلَّكِ اسْتُكْرِهْتِ لَعَلَّ زَوْجَكِ أَتَاكِ لَعَلَّكِ قَالَتْ لا فَلَمَّا وَضَعَتْ جَلَدَهَا ثُمَّ رَجَمَهَا فَقِيلَ لَهُ لِمَ جَلَدْتَهَا ثُمَّ رَجَمْتَهَا؟ قَالَ جَلَدْتُهَا بِكِتَابِ اللهِ وَرَجَمْتُهَا بِسُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ  

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ahmad:1185 – Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Saʿīd > Qatādah > al-Shaʿbī > Sharāḥah al-Hamdāniyyah Atat ʿAlī > Innī Zanayt

I have committed zina. Perhaps you are jealous, or perhaps you dreamt something, or perhaps you were forced? So he flogged her on Thursday and stoned her on Friday, and he said: I flogged her in accordance with the book of Allah and I stoned her in accordance with the sunnah of the Prophet of Allah ﷺ.  

أحمد:١١٨٥ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ أَنَّ شَرَاحَةَ الْهَمْدَانِيَّةَ أَتَتْ عَلِيًّا فَقَالَتْ إِنِّي زَنَيْتُ فَقَالَ

لَعَلَّكِ غَيْرَى لَعَلَّكِ رَأَيْتِ فِي مَنَامِكِ لَعَلَّكِ اسْتُكْرِهْتِ وَكُلٌّ ذَلِكَ تَقُولُ لَافَجَلَدَهَا يَوْمَ الْخَمِيسِ وَرَجَمَهَا يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَقَالَ جَلَدْتُهَا بِكِتَابِ اللهِ وَرَجَمْتُهَا بِسُنَّةِ نَبِيِّ اللهِ ﷺ  

ahmad:1190 – Bahz > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Salamah b. Kuhayl > al-Shaʿbī > ʿAlī > Lisharāḥah Laʿallak Āstukriht Laʿal Zawjak Atāk Laʿallak Laʿallak > Lā

Perhaps you were forced? Perhaps your husband came to you? Perhaps... perhaps...? She said: No. He said: When she gave birth to what was in her womb, he flogged her then he stoned her. It was said to him: You flogged her then you stoned her? He said: l flogged her in accordance with the Book of Allah and I stoned her in accordance with the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.  

أحمد:١١٩٠ – حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ أَخْبَرَنَا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ كُهَيْلٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا قَالَ

لِشَرَاحَةَ لَعَلَّكِ اسْتُكْرِهْتِ لَعَلَّ زَوْجَكِ أَتَاكِ لَعَلَّكِ لَعَلَّكِ قَالَتْ لَا قَالَ فَلَمَّا وَضَعَتْ مَا فِي بَطْنِهَا جَلَدَهَا ثُمَّ رَجَمَهَا فَقِيلَ لَهُ جَلَدْتَهَا ثُمَّ رَجَمْتَهَا؟ قَالَ جَلَدْتُهَا بِكِتَابِ اللهِ وَرَجَمْتُهَا بِسُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ