[Machine] That some people say that the caliphate of Abu Bakr was a mistake, but Allah protected it from harm. And there is no caliphate except by consultation. And whoever pledges allegiance to someone without consultation, he shall not be obeyed. It is not a surprise if they are both killed. Shu'bah said: I asked Sa'd, "Why would it be a surprise if they are killed?" He said: Their punishment is that neither of them shall be obeyed. And they say, "And stoning [to death] was done by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and we stoned [people], and Allah revealed in His book: 'If it was not that the people would say, 'He has added to the Book of Allah,' I would have written it with my own hand until its truth is established in the Book.'  

أَنَّ أُنَاسًا يَقُولُونَ إِنَّ خِلَافَةَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ كَانَتْ فَلْتَةً وَلَكِنْ وَقَى اللهُ شَرَّهَا وَإِنَّهُ لَا خِلَافَةَ إِلَّا عَنْ مَشُورَةٍ وَأَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ بَايَعَ رَجُلًا عَنْ غَيْرِ مَشُورَةٍ لَا يُؤَمَّرُ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمَا تَغِرَّةً أَنْ يُقْتَلَا قَالَ شُعْبَةُ قُلْتُ لِسَعْدٍ مَا تَغِرَّةً أَنْ يُقْتَلَا؟ قَالَ عُقُوبَتُهُمَا أَنْ لَا يُؤْمَرَ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمَا وَيَقُولُونَ وَالرَّجْمُ وَقَدْ رَجَمَ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَرَجَمْنَا وَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ فِي كِتَابِهِ وَلَوْلَا أَنَّ النَّاسَ يَقُولُونَ زَادَ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ لَكَتَبْتُهُ بِخَطِّي حَتَّى الْحِقَهُ بِالْكِتَابِ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has been stoned, and we stoned after him.  

«إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ رَجَمَ وَرَجَمْنَا بَعْدَهُ»  

[Machine] In his speech, he said, "Verily, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stoned, and we stoned after him."  

فِي خُطْبَتِهِ «أَلَا إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ رَجَمَ وَرَجَمْنَا بَعْدَهُ»  

[Machine] "He gathered the common folk and their followers around him. So, delay that until the people come to the city," he said. "When I arrived in the city, I approached the minbar (pulpit) and heard him saying, 'I have come to know that some people claim that Abu Bakr's caliphate was a sudden event, but Allah has protected it. There is no caliphate except through consultation, and no one should be ordered to kill either of them (referring to Abu Bakr and Umar). And there are people who ask, 'What about stoning? Isn't it only mentioned in the Book of Allah?' The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , stoned and we also stoned after him. If they were not to say, 'What is not mentioned in the Book of Allah is not established,' I would establish it as it was revealed.'" Abd Allah bin Muhammad bin Ishaq al-Adrami narrated to me that Ghundar narrated to us that Shu'bah narrated from Sa'd bin Ibrahim that he heard Ubayd Allah bin Abd Allah bin Utbah narrating from Ibn Abbas, from Abd al-Rahman bin Auf, who said, "Umar ibn al-Khattab performed Hajj and intended to address the people. Abd al-Rahman said, 'The common people have gathered, so delay it until they come.'"  

أَنَّهُ قَدِ اجْتَمَعَ عِنْدَكَ رَعَاعُ النَّاسِ وَسِفْلَتُهُمْ فَأَخِّرْ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى تَأْتِيَ الْمَدِينَةَ قَالَ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ دَنَوْتُ قَرِيبًا مِنَ الْمِنْبَرِ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ إِنِّي قَدْ عَرَفْتُ أَنَّ نَاسًا يَقُولُونَ إِنَّ خِلَافَةَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ كَانَتْ فَلْتَةً وَإِنَّ اللهَ وَقَى شَرَّهَا إِنَّهُ لَا خِلَافَةَ إِلَّا عَنْ مَشُورَةٍ فَلَا يُؤَمَّرُ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمَا تَغِرَّةَ أَنْ يُقْتَلَا وَأَنَّ نَاسًا يَقُولُونَ مَا بَالُ الرَّجْمِ وَإِنَّمَا فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ الْجَلْدُ؟ وَقَدْ رَجَمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَرَجَمْنَا بَعْدَهُ وَلَوْلَا أَنْ يَقُولُوا «أَثْبَتَ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ مَا لَيْسَ فِيهِ لَأَثْبَتُّهَا كَمَا أُنْزِلَتْ» 7117 أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ الْأَذْرَمِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُبَيْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ قَالَ حَجَّ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَخْطُبَ النَّاسَ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ إِنَّهُ قَدِ اجْتَمَعَ رِعَاعُ النَّاسِ فَأَخِّرْ ذَلِكَ نَحْوَهُ  

[Machine] That people's time should pass until someone says, "We do not find stoning in the Book of Allah," and they stray by neglecting a duty that Allah has revealed. Verily, stoning is a punishment for those who commit adultery while being married, and evidence has been mentioned through a pregnancy, confession, or testimony. We have also read that if the sheikh and the sheikha commit adultery, then stone them to death. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stoned, and we have stoned after him. Abu Abdulrahman said, "I do not know of anyone who mentioned the sheikh and the sheikha being stoned to death except for Sufyan, and it is likely that he was mistaken. And Allah knows best."  

أَنْ يَطُولَ بِالنَّاسِ زَمَانٌ حَتَّى يَقُولَ قَائِلٌ مَا نَجِدُ الرَّجْمَ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ فَيَضِلُّوا بِتَرْكِ فَرِيضَةٍ أَنْزَلَهَا اللهُ أَلَا وَإِنَّ الرَّجْمَ حَقٌّ عَلَى مَنْ زَنَا إِذَا أُحْصِنَ وَكَانَتِ الْبَيِّنَةُ أَوْ كَانَ الْحَبَلُ أَوِ الِاعْتِرَافُ وَقَدْ قَرَأْنَاهَا الشَّيْخُ وَالشَّيْخَةُ إِذَا زَنَيَا فَارْجُمُوهُمَا أَلْبَتَّةَ وَقَدْ رَجَمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَرَجَمْنَا بَعْدَهُ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ لَا أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ أَحَدًا ذَكَرَ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ الشَّيْخُ وَالشَّيْخَةُ فَارْجُمُوهُمَا أَلْبَتَّةَ غَيْرَ سُفْيَانَ وَيَنْبَغِي أَنْ يَكُونَ وَهِمَ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ  

ʿUmar said: Allah, may He be exalted, sent Muhammad ﷺ and sent down the Book to him. Among that which was revealed to him was the verse of stoning. We recited it and understood it. But I fear that with the passage of time, some people will say: We do not find the verse of stoning in the Book of Allah, and as a result an obligation that Allah revealed will be forsaken. Stoning is the due punishment in the Book of Allah for those who commit zina, both men and women, if they have been married and if proof is established, or there is a pregnancy or a confession. (Using translation from Aḥmad 276)   

إِنَّ اللهَ بَعَثَ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ وَأَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْكِتَابَ فَكَانَ فِيمَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ فَقَرَأْنَاهَا وَوَعَيْنَاهَا وَرَجَمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَرَجَمْنَا بَعْدَهُ وَأَخْشَى إِنْ طَالَ بِالنَّاسِ زَمَانٌ أَنْ يَقُولَ قَائِلٌ «مَا نَجِدُ آيَةَ الرَّجْمِ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ فَيَتْرُكَ فَرِيضَةً أَنْزَلَهَا اللهُ وَإِنَّ الرَّجْمَ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ حَقٌّ عَلَى مَنْ زَنَا إِذَا أُحْصِنَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ إِذَا قَامَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْبَيِّنَةُ أَوْ كَانَ الْحَبَلُ أَوِ الِاعْتِرَافُ»  

Verily Allah sent Muhammad ﷺ with truth and He sent down the Book upon him, and the verse of stoning was included in what was sent down to him. We recited it, retained it in our memory and understood it. Messenger of Allah ﷺ awarded the punishment of stoning to death (to the married adulterer and adulteress) and, after him, we also awarded the punishment of stoning, I am afraid that with the lapse of time, the people (may forget it) and may say: We do not find the punishment of stoning in the Book of Allah, and thus go astray by abandoning this duty prescribed by Allah. Stoning is a duty laid down in Allah's Book for married men and women who commit adultery when proof is established, or it there is pregnancy, or a confession. (Using translation from Muslim 1691a)  

عُمَرُ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ عَلَى مِنْبَرِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللهَ بَعَثَ يَعْنِي مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ بِالْحَقِّ وَأَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْكِتَابَ فَكَانَ فِيمَا أَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ قَرَأْنَاهَا وَوَعَيْنَاهَا وَعَقِلْنَاهَا وَرَجَمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَرَجَمْنَا بَعْدَهُ فَأَخْشَى إِنْ طَالَ بِالنَّاسِ زَمَانٌ أَنْ يَقُولَ قَائِلٌ «وَاللهِ مَا نَجِدُ الرَّجْمَ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ فَيَضِلُّوا بِتَرْكِ فَرِيضَةٍ أَنْزَلَهَا اللهُ وَإِنَّ الرَّجْمَ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ حَقٌّ عَلَى مَنْ زَنَا إِذَا أُحْصِنَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ إِذَا قَامَتِ الْبَيِّنَةُ أَوْ كَانَ الْحَبَلُ أَوْ الِاعْتِرَافُ»  

ʿUmar said: Allah, may He be exalted, sent Muhammad ﷺ and sent down the Book to him. Among that which was revealed to him was the verse of stoning. We recited it and understood it. But I fear that with the passage of time, some people will say: We do not find the verse of stoning in the Book of Allah, and as a result an obligation that Allah revealed will be forsaken. Stoning is the due punishment in the Book of Allah for those who commit zina, both men and women, if they have been married and if proof is established, or there is a pregnancy or a confession. (Using translation from Aḥmad 276)   

إِنَّ اللهَ بَعَثَ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ بِالْحَقِّ وَأَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْكِتَابَ فَكَانَ مِمَّا أُنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ فَقَرَأْنَاهَا وَوَعَيْنَاهَا وَعَقِلْنَاهَا وَرَجَمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَرَجَمْنَا بَعْدَهُ فَأَخْشَى إِنْ طَالَ بِالنَّاسِ زَمَانٌ أَنْ يَقُولَ قَائِلٌ «وَاللهِ مَا نَجِدُ الرَّجْمَ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ فَيَضِلُّوا بِتَرْكِ فَرِيضَةٍ أَنْزَلَهَا اللهُ وَإِنَّ الرَّجْمَ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ حَقٌّ عَلَى مَنْ زَنَا إِذَا أُحْصِنَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ إِذَا كَانَتِ الْبَيِّنَةُ أَوْ كَانَ الْحَبَلُ أَوِ الِاعْتِرَافُ»  

[Machine] Omar, I am staying the night if God wills. I am warning them against those people who oppress them in their affairs," said Abdulrahman. So I said, "Oh Amir al-Mu'minin, do not do that on this day. The season gathers the masses and their chaos. I fear that you might say something that they would take and fly off with, and not put it in its proper place. Wait until you enter the city, as it is the abode of migration, Sunnah, and faith. Purify yourself with the scholars and their leaders. Say what you want to say in a way that they understand it and put it in its proper place," said Omar. "If I enter the city safely, I will speak to the people there in the first gathering I establish, if God wills," he added. According to Ibn Abbas, when I arrived at the city, I migrated to Jumaa and found Sa'id ibn Zayd had already proceeded me in migration. He sat next to the pulpit and I sat next to him. Omar did not ascend the pulpit, so I ascended it and performed the prayer of witness and praised Allah for what He deserves. Then he said, "As for what follows, I will say something to you which I do not know if it will remain with you until my death. Whoever understands it and preserves it, let him speak it wherever his journey ends. And whoever fears that he will not understand it, then it is not allowed for anyone to accuse me of lying. Indeed, Allah sent Muhammad ﷺ with the truth and revealed the book to him. In what was revealed to him was the verse of stoning, so we recited it and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ carried it out, and we carried it out after him. I fear that if a long time passes, someone might say, ‘We do not find the stoning in the book of Allah,’ and they will go astray by abandoning an obligation that Allah has revealed. Indeed, stoning is prescribed in the book of Allah for the one who committed adultery, if he is married, be it from the males or females, when clear evidence is established or if a confession is made."  

عُمَرُ إِنِّي قَائِمٌ الْعَشِيَّةَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ فَمُحَذِّرُهُمْ هَؤُلَاءِ النَّفَرَ الَّذِينَ يَغْصِبُونَهُمْ أَمْرَهُمْ قَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لَا تَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ يَوْمَكَ هَذَا فَإِنَّ الْمَوْسِمَ يَجْمَعُ رَعَاعَ النَّاسِ وَغَوْغَاءَهُمْ فَأَخْشَى أَنْ تَقُولَ مَقَالَةً يُطَّيَّرُونَ بِهَا كُلَّ مُطِّيَّرٍ وَلَا يَضَعُونَهَا عَلَى مَوْضِعَهَا أَمْهِلْ حَتَّى تَقْدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ فَإِنَّهَا دَارُ الْهِجْرَةِ وَالسُّنَّةِ وَالْإِيمَانِ فَتَخْلُصُ بِفُقَهَاءِ النَّاسِ وَأَشْرَافِهِمْ تَقُولُ مَا قُلْتَ مُتَمَكِّنًا فَيَفْهَمُونَ مَقَالَتَكَ وَيَضَعُونَهَا عَلَى مَوَاضِعِهَا قَالَ عُمَرُ لَئِنْ قَدِمَتُ الْمَدِينَةَ صَالِحًا لَأُكَلِّمَنَّ النَّاسَ بِهَا فِي أَوَّلِ مَقَامٍ أَقُومُهُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَتُ الْمَدِينَةَ هَجَّرْتُ إِلَى الْجُمُعَةِ فَوَجَدْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ زَيْدٍ قَدْ سَبَقَنِي بِالتَّهْجِيرِ فَجَلَسَ إِلَى جَنْبِ الْمِنْبَرِ فَجَلَسْتُ إِلَى جَنْبِهِ فَلَمْ يَنْشَبْ عُمَرُ أَنْ خَرَجَ فَجَلَسَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَتَشَهَّدَ فَأَثْنَى عَلَى اللهِ بِمَا هُوَ أَهْلُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنِّي قَائِلٌ لَكُمْ مَقَالَةً لَا أَدْرِي لَعَلَّهَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ أَجَلِي فَمَنْ عَقِلَهَا وَوَعَاهَا فَلْيُحَدِّثْ بِهَا حَيْثُ تَنْتَهِي بِهِ رَاحِلَتُهُ وَمَنْ خَشِيَ أَنْ لَا يُعِيَهَا فَلَا أُحِلُّ لِأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَكْذِبَ عَلَيَّ إِنَّ اللهَ بَعَثَ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ بِالْحَقِّ وَأَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْكِتَابَ فَكَانَ فِيمَا أَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ فَقَرَأْنَاهَا وَرَجَمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَرَجَمْنَا بَعْدَهُ فَأَخْشَى إِنْ طَالَ بِالنَّاسِ زَمَانٌ أَنْ يَقُولَ قَائِلٌ مَا نَجِدُ الرَّجْمَ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ فَيَضِلُّونَ بِتَرْكِ فَرِيضَةٍ أَنْزَلَهَا اللهُ وَإِنَّ الرَّجْمَ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ حَقٌّ عَلَى مَنْ زَنَا إِذَا أُحْصِنَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ إِذَا قَامَتِ الْبَيِّنَةُ أَوْ كَانَ الْحَبَلُ أَوِ الِاعْتِرَافُ  

[Machine] Umar said from the pulpit, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was stoned and we stoned."  

قَالَ عُمَرُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ «لَقَدْ رَجَمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَرَجَمْنَا»  

[Machine] "Whoever denies stoning has indeed denied the Quran, where they do not expect it." The saying comes from the verse "O People of the Scripture, there has come to you Our Messenger making clear to you much of what you used to conceal of the Scripture." [Al-Ma'idah 15] So stoning was one of the things they used to conceal.  

«مَنْ كَفَرَ بِالرَّجْمِ فَقَدْ كَفَرَ بِالْقُرْآنِ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَحْتَسِبُ» قَوْلُ {يَا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ قَدْ جَاءَكُمْ رَسُولُنَا يُبَيِّنُ لَكُمْ كَثِيرًا مِمَّا كُنْتُمْ تُخْفُونَ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ} [المائدة 15] فَكَانَ الرَّجْمُ مِمَّا أَخْفُوا