55. Prescribed Punishments
٥٥۔ كِتَابُ الْحُدُودِ
A man from Bani Aslam came to Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was in the mosque and called (the Prophet ﷺ ) saying, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! I have committed illegal sexual intercourse." On that the Prophet ﷺ turned his face from him to the other side, whereupon the man moved to the side towards which the Prophet ﷺ had turned his face, and said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! I have committed illegal sexual intercourse." The Prophet turned his face (from him) to the other side whereupon the man moved to the side towards which the Prophet ﷺ had turned his face, and repeated his statement. The Prophet ﷺ turned his face (from him) to the other side again. The man moved again (and repeated his statement) for the fourth time. So when the man had given witness four times against himself, the Prophet ﷺ called him and said, "Are you insane?" He replied, "No." The Prophet ﷺ then said (to his companions), "Go and stone him to death." The man was a married one. Jabir bin ʿAbdullah Al-Ansari said: I was one of those who stoned him. We stoned him at the Musalla (ʿId praying place) in Medina. When the stones hit him with their sharp edges, he fled, but we caught him at Al-Harra and stoned him till he died. (Using translation from Bukhārī 5271)
أَتَى رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَسْلَمَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَنَادَاهُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ الْآخَرَ زَنَى يَعْنِي نَفْسَهُ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَتَنَحَّى لِشِقِّ وَجْهِهِ الَّذِي أَعْرَضَ قِبَلَهُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ الْآخَرَ زَنَى فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَتَنَحَّى لِشِقِّ وَجْهِهِ الَّذِي أَعْرَضَ قِبَلَهُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ الْآخَرَ زَنَى فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَتَنَحَّى الرَّابِعَةَ فَلَمَّا شَهِدَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ أَرْبَعَ شَهَادَاتٍ دَعَاهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ هَلْ بِكَ جُنُونٌ؟ فَقَالَ لَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اذْهَبُوا بِهِ فَارْجُمُوهُ وَكَانَ قَدْ أُحْصِنَ قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ فَأَخْبَرَنِي مَنْ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ قَالَ كُنْتُ فِيمَنْ رَجَمَهُ فَرَجَمْنَاهُ بِالْمُصَلَّى بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَلَمَّا أَذْلَقَتْهُ الْحِجَارَةُ جَمَزَ حَتَّى أَدْرَكْنَاهُ بِالْحَرَّةِ فَرَجَمْنَاهُ حَتَّى مَاتَ
[Machine] A goat came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have committed adultery. So, establish the punishment upon me according to the Book of Allah." The Prophet turned away from it. The goat repeated its statement four times, but the Prophet turned away from it each time. Then he said, "Take it and stone it." When the stones touched it, it became agitated and struggled. Abdullah ibn Unais came from his village and threw a piece of brick at it, causing its death. The people stoned it until it was killed. It was then mentioned to the Prophet ﷺ that it had run away. He said, "Why did you not leave it alone? Perhaps it would have repented, and Allah would have accepted its repentance." O Hazal, if only you had covered it with your garment, that would have been better for you than what you have done. Some narrations mention that Yazid ibn Nuaim threw a piece of camel dung, and others mention a piece of camel's beard.
جَاءَ مَاعِزٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي زَنَيْتُ فَأَقِمْ فِيَّ كِتَابَ اللهِ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنِّي زَنَيْتُ فَأَقِمْ فِيَّ كِتَابَ اللهِ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ حَتَّى ذَكَرَ أَرْبَعَ مَرَّاتٍ فَقَالَ اذْهَبُوا بِهِ فَارْجُمُوهُ فَلَمَّا مَسَّتْهُ الْحِجَارَةُ جَزِعَ فَاشْتَدَّ فَخَرَجَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أُنَيْسٍ مِنْ بَادِيَتِهِ فَرَمَاهُ بِوَظِيفِ حِمَارٍ فَصَرَعَهُ وَرَمَاهُ النَّاسُ حَتَّى قَتَلُوهُ فَذُكِرَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِرَارَهُ فَقَالَ هَلَّا تَرَكْتُمُوهُ فَلَعَلَّهُ يَتُوبُ فَيَتُوبَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ يَا هَزَّالُ لَوْ سَتَرْتَهُ بِثَوْبِكَ كَانَ خَيْرًا لَكَ مِمَّا صَنَعْتَ وَقَالَ غَيْرُهُ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ نُعَيْمٍ بِوَظِيفِ بَعِيرٍ وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ بِلَحْيِ بَعِيرٍ
A bedouin came to Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "O Allah's apostle! I ask you by Allah to judge My case according to Allah's Laws." His opponent, who was more learned than he, said, "Yes, judge between us according to Allah's Laws, and allow me to speak." Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Speak." He (i .e. the bedouin or the other man) said, "My son was working as a laborer for this (man) and he committed illegal sexual intercourse with his wife. The people told me that it was obligatory that my son should be stoned to death, so in lieu of that I ransomed my son by paying one hundred sheep and a slave girl. Then I asked the religious scholars about it, and they informed me that my son must be lashed one hundred lashes, and be exiled for one year, and the wife of this (man) must be stoned to death." Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "By Him in Whose Hands my soul is, I will judge between you according to Allah's Laws. The slave-girl and the sheep are to be returned to you, your son is to receive a hundred lashes and be exiled for one year. You, Unais, go to the wife of this (man) and if she confesses her guilt, stone her to death." Unais went to that woman next morning and she confessed. Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered that she be stoned to death. (Using translation from Bukhārī 2724)
عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَشِبْلٍ قَالُوا كُنَّا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَنْشُدُكَ اللهَ إِلَّا قَضَيْتَ بَيْنَنَا بِكِتَابِ اللهِ فَقَامَ خَصْمُهُ وَكَانَ أَفْقَهَ مِنْهُ فَقَالَ أَجَلْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ اقْضِ بَيْنَنَا بِكِتَابِ اللهِ وَأْذَنْ فَلْأَقُلْ قَالَ قُلْ قَالَ إِنَّ ابْنِي كَانَ عَسِيفًا عَلَى هَذَا وَإِنَّهُ زَنَى بِامْرَأَتِهِ فَأُخْبِرْتُ أَنَّ عَلَى ابْنِي الرَّجْمَ فَافْتَدَيْتُ مِنْهُ بِمِائَةِ شَاةٍ وَخَادِمٍ ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُ رِجَالًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ فَأَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّ عَلَى ابْنِي جَلْدَ مِائَةٍ وَتَغْرِيبَ عَامٍ وَأَنَّ عَلَى امْرَأَةِ هَذَا الرَّجْمَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَأَقْضِيَنَّ بَيْنَكُمَا بِكِتَابِ اللهِ الْمِائَةُ شَاةٍ وَالْخَادِمُ رَدٌّ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَى ابْنِكَ جَلْدُ مِائَةٍ وَتَغْرِيبُ عَامٍ وَاغْدُ يَا أُنَيْسُ عَلَى امْرَأَةِ هَذَا فَإِنِ اعْتَرَفَتْ فَارْجُمْهَا قَالَ فَغَدَا عَلَيْهَا فَاعْتَرَفَتْ فَرَجَمَهَا قَالَ الْحُمَيْدِيُّ قَالَ سُفْيَانُ وَأُنَيْسٌ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَسْلَمَ هَذَا لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ الْحُمَيْدِيِّ
[Machine] It is not accepted by his words, and he made her repeat it several times in order to withdraw from it, but she refused to withdraw and remained steadfast in her confession. Umar ibn al-Khattab commanded her, so she was stoned to death. Al-Shafi'i said in the book that he did not say, "Inform me, bring her." Indeed, Uthman ibn Affan commanded the stoning of a woman, and she was stoned to death, although she did not testify against herself. Abu Ahmad al-Miharjani informed us, Abu Bakr ibn Ja'far informed us, Muhammad ibn Ibrahim informed us, Ibn Bukayr informed us, Malik informed us that it reached him that Uthman ibn Affan was brought a woman, and he mentioned the hadith regarding his ordering her stoning, and it was found that she had already been stoned.
أَنَّهَا لَا تُؤْخَذُ بِقَوْلِهِ وَجَعَلَ يُلَقِّنُهَا أَشْبَاهَ ذَلِكَ لِتَنْزِعَ فَأَبَتْ أَنْ تَنْزِعَ وَثَبَتَتْ عَلَى الِاعْتِرَافِ فَأَمَرَ بِهَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ فَرُجِمَتْ قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ فِي الْكِتَابِ وَلَمْ يَقُلْ أَعْلِمْنِي أَحْضِرْهَا وَلَقَدْ أَمَرَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ ؓ بِرَجْمِ امْرَأَةٍ فَرُجِمَتْ وَمَا حَضَرَهَا 16961 أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو أَحْمَدَ الْمِهْرَجَانِيُّ أَنْبَأَ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ثنا ابْنُ بُكَيْرٍ ثنا مَالِكٌ أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ ؓ أُتِيَ بِامْرَأَةٍ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ فِي أَمْرِهِ بِرَجْمِهَا وَأَنَّهُ أَمَرَ بِرَدِّهَا فَوُجِدَتْ قَدْ رُجِمَتْ