[Machine] They passed by the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , a Jew who had been whipped and his face was swollen. The Jews asked him, "Who is your most knowledgeable person?" They said, "Fulān." He sent for him and he came. He asked him, "What do you find to be the punishment for adultery in your book?" They said, "We find stoning, but adultery has spread among our nobles. So, when a noble commits adultery he is not stoned, but when a commoner commits adultery, he is stoned. As a result, we have agreed upon flogging and public shaming (for punishment)." The Prophet, ﷺ , ordered that he be stoned. Then he said, "O Allah, I bear witness that I am the first to revive a sunnah that they have let die."  

مَرُّوا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِيَهُودِيٍّ قَدْ جُلِدَ وَحُمِمَ وَجْهُهُ فَسَأَلَ الْيَهُودَ مَنْ عَالِمُكُمْ؟ فَقَالُوا فُلَانٌ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ فَجَاءَ فَقَالَ مَا تَجِدُونَ حَدَّ الزِّنَا فِي كِتَابِكُمْ؟ فَقَالُوا نَجِدُهُ الرَّجْمَ وَلَكِنْ فَشَا الزِّنَا فِي أَشْرَافِنَا فَكَانَ الشَّرِيفُ إِذَا زَنَى لَمْ يُرْجَمْ وَإِذَا زَنَى السَّفِيهُ رُجِمَ فَاصْطَلَحْنَا عَلَى الْجَلْدِ وَالتَّحْمِيمِ فَأَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِهِ فَرُجِمَ ثُمَّ قَالَ اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أُشْهِدُكَ أَنِّي أَوَّلُ مَنْ أَحْيَا سُنَّةً أَمَاتُوهَا