55. Prescribed Punishments
٥٥۔ كِتَابُ الْحُدُودِ
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ called for Ma'iz ibn Malik, a man who was rahter short, with strong muscles, and confessed to him about committing adultery. The Messenger turned away from him, but he came to him from another angle, and again the Messenger turned away from him. He said, "I don't know if it happened twice or thrice." Then, he ordered for him to be stoned. The Messenger ﷺ said, "Whenever we go out for battle, one of them will follow behind someone, his neck like that of a goat, and he would grant one of them permission to have intercourse. Indeed, Allah (SWT) would not allow me to spare anyone of them without making him an example for them or punishing him on their behalf." Saeed ibn Jubair mentioned this to me and said, "Reject it four times."
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أُتِيَ بِمَاعِزِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ رَجُلٍ أَشْعَرَ قَصِيرٍ ذِي عَضَلَاتٍ فَأَقَرَّ لَهُ بِالزِّنَا فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ فَأَتَاهُ مِنْ وَجْهِهِ الْآخَرِ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ قَالَ لَا أَدْرِي مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا فَأَمَرَ بِهِ فَرُجِمَ وَقَالَ كُلَّمَا نَفَرْنَا غَازِينَ خَلَفَ أَحَدُهُمْ يَنِبُّ نَبِيبَ التَّيْسِ يَمْنَحُ إِحْدَاهُنَّ الْكُثْبَةَ إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ لَا يُمَكِّنُنِي مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا جَعَلْتُهُ نَكَالًا عَنْهُنَّ أَوْ نَكَّلْتُهُ عَنْهُنَّ قَالَ فَذَكَرْتُهُ لِسَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ فَقَالَ رَدَّهُ أَرْبَعَ مَرَّاتٍ
[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ stoned a she-goat and did not mention the hide.
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَجَمَ مَاعِزًا وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ جَلْدًا
Two men brought a dispute before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. One of them said: Pronounce judgement between us in accordance with Allah’s Book, Messenger of Allah! The other who had more understanding said: Yes, Messenger of Allah! Pronounce judgement between us in accordance with Allah’s Book, and allow me to speak. He (the Prophet) said: Speak, He then said: My son who was a hired servant with this(man) committed fornication with his wife, and when I was told that my son must be stoned to death, I ransomed him with a hundred sheep and a slave girl of mine; but when I asked the learned, they told me that my son should receive a hundred lashes and be banished for a year, and that stoning to death applied only to man’s wife. The apostle of Allah ﷺ replied: By him in whose hand my soul is, I shall certainly pronounce judgment between you in accordance with Allah’s Book. Your sheep and your slave girl must be returned to you, and your son shall receive a hundred lashes and be banished for a year. And he commanded Unias al-Aslami go to that man’s wife, and if she confessed, he should stone her to death. She confessed and he stoned her. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4445)
أَنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ اخْتَصَمَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ اقْضِ بَيْنَنَا بِكِتَابِ اللهِ وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ وَكَانَ أَفْقَهَهُمَا أَجَلْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ اقْضِ بَيْنَنَا بِكِتَابِ اللهِ وَأْذَنْ لِي فِي أَنْ أَتَكَلَّمَ قَالَ تَكَلَّمْ قَالَ إِنَّ ابْنِي كَانَ عَسِيفًا عَلَى هَذَا فَزَنَى بِامْرَأَتِهِ فَأَخْبَرُونِي أَنَّ عَلَى ابْنِي الرَّجْمَ فَافْتَدَيْتُ مِنْهُ بِمِائَةِ شَاةٍ وَجَارِيَةٍ لِي ثُمَّ إِنِّي سَأَلْتُ أَهْلَ الْعِلْمِ فأَخْبَرُونِي أَنَّ عَلَى ابْنِي جَلْدَ مِائَةٍ وَتَغْرِيبَ عَامٍ إِنَّمَا الرَّجْمُ عَلَى امْرَأَتِهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَا وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَأَقْضِيَنَّ بَيْنَكُمَا بِكِتَابِ اللهِ أَمَّا غَنَمُكَ وَجَارِيَتُكَ فَرَدٌّ إِلَيْكَ وَجَلَدَ ابْنَهُ مِائَةً وَغَرَّبَهُ عَامًا وَأَمَرَ أُنَيْسًا الْأَسْلَمِيَّ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ امْرَأَةَ الْآخَرِ فَإِنِ اعْتَرَفَتْ رَجَمَهَا فَاعْتَرَفَتْ فَرَجَمَهَا لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ الْقَعْنَبِيِّ وَزَادَ فِي حَدِيثِهِ وَالْعَسِيفُ الْأَجِيرُ 16918 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْقَطَّانُ أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ ثنا ابْنُ قَعْنَبٍ وَابْنُ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ فَذَكَرَهُ بِإِسْنَادِهِ نَحْوَهُ قَالَ وَالْعَسِيفُ الْأَجِيرُ
[Machine] He said, "I heard Umar ibn Al-Khattab say: Stoning (to death) is a punishment prescribed in the book of Allah for those who commit adultery, when they are married and when proof is established against them, whether it be through witness testimony, pregnancy, or confession."
أَنَّهُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ يَقُولُ الرَّجْمُ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ ﷻ حَقٌّ عَلَى مَنْ زَنَى إِذَا أُحْصِنَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ إِذَا قَامَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْبَيِّنَةُ أَوْ كَانَ الْحَبَلُ أَوِ الِاعْتِرَافُ
[Machine] "That a person say, 'We do not find two limits in the Book of Allah, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ has stoned and we have stoned. By the One in whose hand is my soul, if people were not to say that Umar has added to the Book of Allah in the case of the Sheikh and Sheikha when they committed adultery, I would have written it.' Shaykh and Sheikha mean an older man and an older woman from the men and women."
أَنْ يَقُولَ قَائِلٌ لَا نَجِدُ حَدَّيْنِ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ ﷻ فَقَدْ رَجَمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَرَجَمْنَا فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَوْلَا أَنْ يَقُولَ النَّاسُ زَادَ عُمَرُ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ لَكَتَبْتُهَا الشَّيْخُ وَالشَّيْخَةُ إِذَا زَنَيَا فَارْجُمُوهُمَا الْبَتَّةَ فَإِنَّا قَدْ قَرَأْنَاهَا 16921 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ الْمِهْرَجَانِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْمُزَكِّي ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ثنا ابْنُ بُكَيْرٍ ثنا مَالِكٌ فَذَكَرَهُ بِنَحْوِهِ زَادَ قَالَ مَالِكٌ يُرِيدُ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ بِالشَّيْخِ وَالشَّيْخَةِ الثَّيِّبَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَالثَّيِّبَةَ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ
[Machine] Umar said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stoned, Abu Bakr stoned, and I stoned. But I do not want to increase anything in the Book of Allah. If it were not for the fact that I fear that people will come and not find it, so they will not believe it."
قَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ رَجَمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَرَجَمَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَرَجَمْتُ وَلَوْلَا أَنِّي أَكْرَهُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ لَكَتَبْتُهُ فِي الْمُصْحَفِ فَإِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ أَقْوَامٌ فَلَا يَجِدُونَهُ فَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ