ʿUmar said, "I am afraid that after a long time has passed, people may say, "We do not find the Verses of the Rajam (stoning to death) in the Holy Book," and consequently they may go astray by leaving an obligation that Allah has revealed. Lo! I confirm that the penalty of Rajam be inflicted on him who commits illegal sexual intercourse, if he is already married and the crime is proved by witnesses or pregnancy or confession." Sufyan added, "I have memorized this narration in this way." ʿUmar added, "Surely Messenger of Allah ﷺ carried out the penalty of Rajam, and so did we after him."  

أَنْ يَطُولَ بِالنَّاسِ زَمَانٌ حَتَّى يَقُولَ قَائِلٌ لاَ نَجِدُ الرَّجْمَ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ فَيَضِلُّوا بِتَرْكِ فَرِيضَةٍ أَنْزَلَهَا اللَّهُ أَلاَ وَإِنَّ الرَّجْمَ حَقٌّ عَلَى مَنْ زَنَى وَقَدْ أَحْصَنَ إِذَا قَامَتِ الْبَيِّنَةُ أَوْ كَانَ الْحَمْلُ أَوْ الاِعْتِرَافُ قَالَ سُفْيَانُ كَذَا حَفِظْتُ أَلاَ وَقَدْ رَجَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَرَجَمْنَا بَعْدَهُ  

The Jews came to Messenger of Allah ﷺ and told him that a man and a woman from amongst them had committed illegal sexual intercourse. Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to them, "What do you find in the Torah (old Testament) about the legal punishment of Ar-Rajm (stoning)?" They replied, (But) we announce their crime and lash them." ʿAbdullah bin Salam said, "You are telling a lie; Torah contains the order of Rajm." They brought and opened the Torah and one of them solaced his hand on the Verse of Rajm and read the verses preceding and following it. ʿAbdullah bin Salam said to him, "Lift your hand." When he lifted his hand, the Verse of Rajm was written there. They said, "Muhammad has told the truth; the Torah has the Verse of Rajm. The Prophet ﷺ then gave the order that both of them should be stoned to death. (ʿAbdullah bin ʿUmar said, "I saw the man leaning over the woman to shelter her from the stones."  

أَنَّ الْيَهُودَ جَاءُوا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرُوا لَهُ أَنَّ رَجُلاً مِنْهُمْ وَامْرَأَةً زَنَيَا فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا تَجِدُونَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ فِي شَأْنِ الرَّجْمِ فَقَالُوا نَفْضَحُهُمْ وَيُجْلَدُونَ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ كَذَبْتُمْ إِنَّ فِيهَا الرَّجْمَ فَأَتَوْا بِالتَّوْرَاةِ فَنَشَرُوهَا فَوَضَعَ أَحَدُهُمْ يَدَهُ عَلَى آيَةِ الرَّجْمِ فَقَرَأَ مَا قَبْلَهَا وَمَا بَعْدَهَا فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ ارْفَعْ يَدَكَ فَرَفَعَ يَدَهُ فَإِذَا فِيهَا آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ فَقَالُوا صَدَقَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فِيهَا آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ فَأَمَرَ بِهِمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَرُجِمَا قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ فَرَأَيْتُ الرَّجُلَ يَجْنَأُ عَلَى الْمَرْأَةِ يَقِيهَا الْحِجَارَةَ  

The jews came to Messenger of Allah ﷺ and mentioned to him that a man and a lady among them had committed illegal sexual intercourse. Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to them, "What do you find in the Torah regarding the Rajam?" They replied, "We only disgrace and flog them with stripes." ʿAbdullah bin Salam said to them, 'You have told a lie the penalty of Rajam is in the Torah.' They brought the Torah and opened it. One of them put his hand over the verse of the Rajam and read what was before and after it. ʿAbdullah bin Salam said to him, "Lift up your hand." Where he lifted it there appeared the verse of the Rajam. So they said, "O Muhammad! He has said the truth, the verse of the Rajam is in it (Torah)." Then Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered that the two persons (guilty of illegal sexual intercourse) be stoned to death, and so they were stoned, and I saw the man bending over the woman so as to protect her from the stones.  

أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ جَاءُوا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرُوا لَهُ أَنَّ رَجُلاً مِنْهُمْ وَامْرَأَةً زَنَيَا فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا تَجِدُونَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ فِي شَأْنِ الرَّجْمِ فَقَالُوا نَفْضَحُهُمْ وَيُجْلَدُونَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ كَذَبْتُمْ إِنَّ فِيهَا الرَّجْمَ فَأَتَوْا بِالتَّوْرَاةِ فَنَشَرُوهَا فَوَضَعَ أَحَدُهُمْ يَدَهُ عَلَى آيَةِ الرَّجْمِ فَقَرَأَ مَا قَبْلَهَا وَمَا بَعْدَهَا فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ ارْفَعْ يَدَكَ فَرَفَعَ يَدَهُ فَإِذَا فِيهَا آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ قَالُوا صَدَقَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فِيهَا آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ فَأَمَرَ بِهِمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَرُجِمَا فَرَأَيْتُ الرَّجُلَ يَحْنِي عَلَى الْمَرْأَةِ يَقِيهَا الْحِجَارَةَ  

A Jew and a Jewess were brought to Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a charge of committing an illegal sexual intercourse. The Prophet ﷺ asked them. "What is the legal punishment (for this sin) in your Book (Torah)?" They replied, "Our priests have innovated the punishment of blackening the faces with charcoal and Tajbiya." ʿAbdullah bin Salam said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, tell them to bring the Torah." The Torah was brought, and then one of the Jews put his hand over the Divine Verse of the Rajam (stoning to death) and started reading what preceded and what followed it. On that, Ibn Salam said to the Jew, "Lift up your hand." Behold! The Divine Verse of the Rajam was under his hand. So Allah's Apostle ordered that the two (sinners) be stoned to death, and so they were stoned. Ibn ʿUmar added: So both of them were stoned at the Balat and I saw the Jew sheltering the Jewess.  

أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِيَهُودِيٍّ وَيَهُودِيَّةٍ قَدْ أَحْدَثَا جَمِيعًا فَقَالَ لَهُمْ مَا تَجِدُونَ فِي كِتَابِكُمْ قَالُوا إِنَّ أَحْبَارَنَا أَحْدَثُوا تَحْمِيمَ الْوَجْهِ وَالتَّجْبِيَةَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ ادْعُهُمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بِالتَّوْرَاةِ فَأُتِيَ بِهَا فَوَضَعَ أَحَدُهُمْ يَدَهُ عَلَى آيَةِ الرَّجْمِ وَجَعَلَ يَقْرَأُ مَا قَبْلَهَا وَمَا بَعْدَهَا فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ سَلاَمٍ ارْفَعْ يَدَكَ فَإِذَا آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ تَحْتَ يَدِهِ فَأَمَرَ بِهِمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَرُجِمَا قَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ فَرُجِمَا عِنْدَ الْبَلاَطِ فَرَأَيْتُ الْيَهُودِيَّ أَجْنَأَ عَلَيْهَا  

I used to teach Qur'an to 'Abdur-Rahman bin Auf. When Umar performed his last Hajj, 'Abdur-Rahman said (to me) at Mina, "Would that you had seen Chief of the believers today! A man came to him and said, "So-and-so has said, "If Chief of the Believers died, we will give the oath of allegiance to such-and-such person,' 'Umar said, 'I will get up tonight and warn those who want to usurp the people's rights.' I said, 'Do not do so, for the season (of Hajj) gathers the riffraff mob who will form the majority of your audience, and I am afraid that they will not understand (the meaning of) your saying properly and may spread (an incorrect statement) everywhere. You should wait till we reach Medina, the place of migration and the place of the Sunna (the Prophet's Traditions). There you will meet the companions of Messenger of Allah ﷺ from the Muhajirin and the Ansar who will understand your statement and place it in its proper position' 'Umar said, 'By Allah, I shall do so the first time I stand (to address the people) in Medina.' When we reached Medina, 'Umar (in a Friday Khutba-sermon) said, "No doubt, Allah sent Muhammad with the Truth and revealed to him the Book (Quran), and among what was revealed, was the Verse of Ar-Rajm (stoning adulterers to death).'" (See Hadith No. 817,Vol. 8)  

كُنْتُ أُقْرِئُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ عَوْفٍ فَلَمَّا كَانَ آخِرَ حَجَّةٍ حَجَّهَا عُمَرُ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بِمِنًى لَوْ شَهِدْتَ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ قَالَ إِنَّ فُلاَنًا يَقُولُ لَوْ مَاتَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لَبَايَعْنَا فُلاَنًا فَقَالَ عُمَرُ لأَقُومَنَّ الْعَشِيَّةَ فَأُحَذِّرَ هَؤُلاَءِ الرَّهْطَ الَّذِينَ يُرِيدُونَ أَنْ يَغْصِبُوهُمْ قُلْتُ لاَ تَفْعَلْ فَإِنَّ الْمَوْسِمَ يَجْمَعُ رَعَاعَ النَّاسِ يَغْلِبُونَ عَلَى مَجْلِسِكَ فَأَخَافُ أَنْ لاَ يُنْزِلُوهَا عَلَى وَجْهِهَا فَيُطِيرُ بِهَا كُلُّ مُطِيرٍ فَأَمْهِلْ حَتَّى تَقْدَمَ الْمَدِينَةَ دَارَ الْهِجْرَةِ وَدَارَ السُّنَّةِ فَتَخْلُصُ بِأَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَالأَنْصَارِ فَيَحْفَظُوا مَقَالَتَكَ وَيُنَزِّلُوهَا عَلَى وَجْهِهَا فَقَالَ وَاللَّهِ لأَقُومَنَّ بِهِ فِي أَوَّلِ مَقَامٍ أَقُومُهُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَقَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بَعَثَ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ بِالْحَقِّ وَأَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْكِتَابَ فَكَانَ فِيمَا أُنْزِلَ آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ  

The Jews brought to the Prophet ﷺ a man and a woman from among them who had committed illegal sexual intercourse. The Prophet ﷺ said to them, "How do you usually punish the one amongst you who has committed illegal sexual intercourse?" They replied, "We blacken their faces with coal and beat them," He said, "Don't you find the order of Ar-Rajm (i.e. stoning to death) in the Torah?" They replied, "We do not find anything in it." ʿAbdullah bin Salam (after hearing this conversation) said to them. "You have told a lie! Bring here the Torah and recite it if you are truthful." (So the Jews brought the Torah). And the religious teacher who was teaching it to them, put his hand over the Verse of Ar- Rajm and started reading what was written above and below the place hidden with his hand, but he did not read the Verse of Ar-Rajm. ʿAbdullah bin Salam removed his (i.e. the teacher's) hand from the Verse of Ar-Rajm and said, "What is this?" So when the Jews saw that Verse, they said, "This is the Verse of Ar-Rajm." So the Prophet ﷺ ordered the two adulterers to be stoned to death, and they were stoned to death near the place where biers used to be placed near the Mosque. I saw her companion (i.e. the adulterer) bowing over her so as to protect her from the stones.  

أَنَّ الْيَهُودَ جَاءُوا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِرَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ وَامْرَأَةٍ قَدْ زَنَيَا فَقَالَ لَهُمْ كَيْفَ تَفْعَلُونَ بِمَنْ زَنَى مِنْكُمْ قَالُوا نُحَمِّمُهُمَا وَنَضْرِبُهُمَا فَقَالَ لاَ تَجِدُونَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ الرَّجْمَ فَقَالُوا لاَ نَجِدُ فِيهَا شَيْئًا فَقَالَ لَهُمْ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ كَذَبْتُمْ {فَأْتُوا بِالتَّوْرَاةِ فَاتْلُوهَا إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ} فَوَضَعَ مِدْرَاسُهَا الَّذِي يُدَرِّسُهَا مِنْهُمْ كَفَّهُ عَلَى آيَةِ الرَّجْمِ فَطَفِقَ يَقْرَأُ مَا دُونَ يَدِهِ وَمَا وَرَاءَهَا وَلاَ يَقْرَأُ آيَةَ الرَّجْمِ فَنَزَعَ يَدَهُ عَنْ آيَةِ الرَّجْمِ فَقَالَ مَا هَذِهِ فَلَمَّا رَأَوْا ذَلِكَ قَالُوا هِيَ آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ فَأَمَرَ بِهِمَا فَرُجِمَا قَرِيبًا مِنْ حَيْثُ مَوْضِعُ الْجَنَائِزِ عِنْدَ الْمَسْجِدِ فَرَأَيْتُ صَاحِبَهَا يَجْنَأُ عَلَيْهَا يَقِيهَا الْحِجَارَةَ  

A Jew and Jewess were brought to the Prophet ﷺ on a charge of committing an illegal sexual intercourse. The Prophet ﷺ asked the Jews, "What do you (usually) do with them?" They said, "We blacken their faces and disgrace them." He said, "Bring here the Torah and recite it, if you are truthful." They (fetched it and) came and asked a one-eyed man to recite. He went on reciting till he reached a portion on which he put his hand. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Lift up your hand!" He lifted his hand up and behold, there appeared the verse of Ar-Rajm (stoning of the adulterers to death). Then he said, "O Muhammad! They should be stoned to death but we conceal this Divine Law among ourselves." Then the Prophet ﷺ ordered that the two sinners be stoned to death and, and they were stoned to death, and I saw the man protecting the woman from the stones. (See Hadith No. 809, Vol. 8)  

أُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِرَجُلٍ وَامْرَأَةٍ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ قَدْ زَنَيَا فَقَالَ لِلْيَهُودِ مَا تَصْنَعُونَ بِهِمَا قَالُوا نُسَخِّمُ وُجُوهَهُمَا وَنُخْزِيهِمَا قَالَ {فَأْتُوا بِالتَّوْرَاةِ فَاتْلُوهَا إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ} فَجَاءُوا فَقَالُوا لِرَجُلٍ مِمَّنْ يَرْضَوْنَ يَا أَعْوَرُ اقْرَأْ فَقَرَأَ حَتَّى انْتَهَى عَلَى مَوْضِعٍ مِنْهَا فَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ ارْفَعْ يَدَكَ فَرَفَعَ يَدَهُ فَإِذَا فِيهِ آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ تَلُوحُ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّ عَلَيْهِمَا الرَّجْمَ وَلَكِنَّا نُكَاتِمُهُ بَيْنَنَا فَأَمَرَ بِهِمَا فَرُجِمَا فَرَأَيْتُهُ يُجَانِئُ عَلَيْهَا الْحِجَارَةَ  

that a Jew and a Jewess were brought to Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ) who had committed adultery. Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ) came to the Jews and said: What do you find in Torah for one who commits adultery? They said: We darken their faces and make them ride on the donkey with their faces turned to the opposite direction (and their backs touching each other), and then they are taken round (the city). He said: Bring Torah if you are truthful. They brought it and recited it until when they came to the verse pertaining to stoning, the person who was reading placed his hand on the verse pertaining to stoning, and read (only that which was) between his hands and what was subsequent to that. Abdullah b. Salim who was at that time with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Command him (the reciter) to lift his hand. He lifted it and there was, underneath that, the verse pertaining to stoning. Messenger of Allah ﷺ pronounced judgment about both of them and they were stoned. Abdullah b. 'Umar said: I was one of those who stoned them, and I saw him (the Jew) protecting her (the Jewess) with his body.  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أُتِيَ بِيَهُودِيٍّ وَيَهُودِيَّةٍ قَدْ زَنَيَا فَانْطَلَقَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى جَاءَ يَهُودَ فَقَالَ: «مَا تَجِدُونَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ عَلَى مَنْ زَنَى؟» قَالُوا: نُسَوِّدُ وُجُوهَهُمَا وَنُحَمِّلُهُمَا وَنُخَالِفُ بَيْنَ وُجُوهِهِمَا وَيُطَافُ بِهِمَا قَالَ: «فَأْتُوا بِالتَّوْرَاةِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ۔» فَجَاءُوا بِهَا فَقَرَءُوهَا حَتَّى إِذَا مَرُّوا بِآيَةِ الرَّجْمِ وَضَعَ الْفَتَى الَّذِي يَقْرَأُ يَدَهُ عَلَى آيَةِ الرَّجْمِ وَقَرَأَ مَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا وَمَا وَرَاءَهَا فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ وَهْوَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ: مُرْهُ فَلْيَرْفَعْ يَدَهُ۔ فَرَفَعَهَا، فَإِذَا تَحْتَهَا آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ فَأَمَرَ بِهِمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَرُجِمَا۔ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ كُنْتُ فِيمَنْ رَجَمَهُمَا فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ يَقِيهَا مِنَ الْحِجَارَةِ بِنَفْسِهِ  

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.  

قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ عَلَى مِنْبَرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ بَعَثَ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ بِالْحَقِّ وَأَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْكِتَابَ فَكَانَ مِمَّا أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ قَرَأْنَاهَا وَوَعَيْنَاهَا وَعَقَلْنَاهَا فَرَجَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَرَجَمْنَا بَعْدَهُ فَأَخْشَى إِنْ طَالَ بِالنَّاسِ زَمَانٌ أَنْ يَقُولَ قَائِلٌ مَا نَجِدُ الرَّجْمَ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ فَيَضِلُّوا بِتَرْكِ فَرِيضَةٍ أَنْزَلَهَا اللَّهُ وَإِنَّ الرَّجْمَ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ حَقٌّ عَلَى مَنْ زَنَى إِذَا أَحْصَنَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ إِذَا قَامَتِ الْبَيِّنَةُ أَوْ كَانَ الْحَبَلُ أَوْ الاِعْتِرَافُ  

some jews came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and mentioned to him that a man and a women of their number had committed fornication. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked them: What do you find in the Torah about stoning? They replied: We disgrace them and they should be flogged. ‘Abd Allah b. Salam said: You lie; it contains (instruction for) stoning. So they brought the Torah and spread it out, and one of them put his hand over the verse of stoning and read what preceded it and what followed it. ‘Abd Allah b. Salam said to him: Lift your hand. When he did so, the verse of stoning was seen to be in it. They then said: He has spoken the truth, Muhammad, the verse of stoning is in it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then gave command regarding them, and they were stoned to death. ‘Abd Allah b. ‘Umar said: I saw the man leaning on the woman protecting her from the stones.  

أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ جَاءُوا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَذَكَرُوا لَهُ أَنَّ رَجُلاً مِنْهُمْ وَامْرَأَةً زَنَيَا فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا تَجِدُونَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ فِي شَأْنِ الزِّنَا فَقَالُوا نَفْضَحُهُمْ وَيُجْلَدُونَ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ كَذَبْتُمْ إِنَّ فِيهَا الرَّجْمَ فَأَتَوْا بِالتَّوْرَاةِ فَنَشَرُوهَا فَجَعَلَ أَحَدُهُمْ يَدَهُ عَلَى آيَةِ الرَّجْمِ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ يَقْرَأُ مَا قَبْلَهَا وَمَا بَعْدَهَا فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ ارْفَعْ يَدَكَ فَرَفَعَهَا فَإِذَا فِيهَا آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ فَقَالُوا صَدَقَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فِيهَا آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ فَأَمَرَ بِهِمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَرُجِمَا قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ فَرَأَيْتُ الرَّجُلَ يَحْنِي عَلَى الْمَرْأَةِ يَقِيهَا الْحِجَارَةَ  

‘Umar b. al-Khattab gave an address saying: Allah sent Muhammad ﷺ with truth and sent down the Books of him, and the verse of stoning was included in what He sent down to him. We read it and memorized it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had people stoned to death and we have done it also since his death. I am afraid the people might say with the passage of time: We do not find the verse of stoning in the Books of Allah, and thus they stray by abandoning a duty which Allah had received. Stoning is a duty laid down (by Allah) for married men and women who commit fornication when proof is established, or if there is pregnancy, or a confession. I swear by Allah, had it not been so that the people might say: ‘Umar made an addition to Allah’s Book, I would have written it (there).  

إِنَّ اللَّهَ بَعَثَ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ بِالْحَقِّ وَأَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْكِتَابَ فَكَانَ فِيمَا أَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ فَقَرَأْنَاهَا وَوَعَيْنَاهَا وَرَجَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَرَجَمْنَا مِنْ بَعْدِهِ وَإِنِّي خَشِيتُ إِنْ طَالَ بِالنَّاسِ الزَّمَانُ أَنْ يَقُولَ قَائِلٌ مَا نَجِدُ آيَةَ الرَّجْمِ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ فَيَضِلُّوا بِتَرْكِ فَرِيضَةٍ أَنْزَلَهَا اللَّهُ تَعَالَى فَالرَّجْمُ حَقٌّ عَلَى مَنْ زَنَى مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ إِذَا كَانَ مُحْصَنًا إِذَا قَامَتِ الْبَيِّنَةُ أَوْ كَانَ حَمْلٌ أَوِ اعْتِرَافٌ وَايْمُ اللَّهِ لَوْلاَ أَنْ يَقُولَ النَّاسُ زَادَ عُمَرُ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ ﷻ لَكَتَبْتُهَا  

"Verily Allah sent Muhammad ﷺ with the truth, and he revealed the Book to him. Among what was revealed to him was the Ayah of stoning. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stoned, and we stoned after him. I fear that time will pass over the people such that someone will say 'We do not see stoning in the Book of Allah.' They will be misguided by leaving an obligation which Allah revealed. Indeed stoning is the retribution for the adulterer if he was married and the evidence has been established, or due to pregnancy, or confession."  

إِنَّ اللَّهَ بَعَثَ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ بِالْحَقِّ وَأَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْكِتَابَ فَكَانَ فِيمَا أَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ فَرَجَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَرَجَمْنَا بَعْدَهُ وَإِنِّي خَائِفٌ أَنْ يَطُولَ بِالنَّاسِ زَمَانٌ فَيَقُولَ قَائِلٌ لاَ نَجِدُ الرَّجْمَ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ فَيَضِلُّوا بِتَرْكِ فَرِيضَةٍ أَنْزَلَهَا اللَّهُ أَلاَ وَإِنَّ الرَّجْمَ حَقٌّ عَلَى مَنْ زَنَى إِذَا أَحْصَنَ وَقَامَتِ الْبَيِّنَةُ أَوْ كَانَ حَبَلٌ أَوِ اعْتِرَافٌ  

“I fear that after a long time has passed, some will say: 'I do not find (the sentence of) stoning in the Book of Allah ﷺ,' and they will go astray by abandoning one of the obligations enjoined by Allah (SWT). Rather stoning is a must if a man is married (or previously married) and proof is established, or if pregnancy results or if he admits it. I have read it (in the Quran). “And if an old man and an old woman commit adultery, stone them both.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stoned (adulterers) and we stoned (them) after him.' ”  

أَنْ يَطُولَ بِالنَّاسِ زَمَانٌ حَتَّى يَقُولَ قَائِلٌ مَا أَجِدُ الرَّجْمَ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ فَيَضِلُّوا بِتَرْكِ فَرِيضَةٍ مِنْ فَرَائِضِ اللَّهِ أَلاَ وَإِنَّ الرَّجْمَ حَقٌّ إِذَا أُحْصِنَ الرَّجُلُ وَقَامَتِ الْبَيِّنَةُ أَوْ كَانَ حَمْلٌ أَوِ اعْتِرَافٌ وَقَدْ قَرَأْتُهَا الشَّيْخُ وَالشَّيْخَةُ إِذَا زَنَيَا فَارْجُمُوهُمَا الْبَتَّةَ رَجَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَرَجَمْنَا بَعْدَهُ  

“The Verse of stoning and of breastfeeding an adult ten times was revealed[^1], and the paper was with me under my pillow. When the Messenger of Allah died, we were preoccupied with his death, and a tame sheep came in and ate it.”  

لَقَدْ نَزَلَتْ آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ وَرَضَاعَةُ الْكَبِيرِ عَشْرًا وَلَقَدْ كَانَ فِي صَحِيفَةٍ تَحْتَ سَرِيرِي فَلَمَّا مَاتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَتَشَاغَلْنَا بِمَوْتِهِ دَخَلَ دَاجِنٌ فَأَكَلَهَا  

Malik related to me that Yahya ibn Said heard Said ibn al- Musayyab say, "When Umar ibn al-Khattab came from Mina, he made his camel kneel at al-Abtah, and then he gathered a pile of small stones and cast his cloak over them and dropped to the ground. Then he raised his hands to the sky and said, 'O Allah! I have become old and my strength has weakened. My flock is scattered. Take me to You with nothing missed out and without having neglected anything.' Then he went to Madina and addressed the people. He said, 'People! Sunan have been laid down for you. Obligations have been placed upon you. You have been left with a clear way unless you lead people astray right and left.' He struck one of his hands on the other and then said, 'Take care lest you destroy the ayat of stoning so that one will say, "We do not find two hadds in the Book of Allah." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stoned, so we have stoned. By He in Whose Hand my self is, had it not been that people would say that Umar ibn al-Khattab has added to the Book of Allah ta- ala, we would have written it, "The full-grown man and the full-grown woman, stone them absolutely." We have certainly recited that.'" Malik said, "Yahya ibn Said said Said ibn al-Musayyab said, 'Dhu'l-Hijja had not passed before Umar was murdered, may Allah have mercy on him.' " Yahya said that he had heard Malik say, "As for his words 'The full-grown man and the full-grown woman' he meant, 'The man and the woman who have been married, stone them absolutely.' "  

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَهُ يَقُولُ لَمَّا صَدَرَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ مِنْ مِنًى أَنَاخَ بِالأَبْطَحِ ثُمَّ كَوَّمَ كَوْمَةً بَطْحَاءَ ثُمَّ طَرَحَ عَلَيْهَا رِدَاءَهُ وَاسْتَلْقَى ثُمَّ مَدَّ يَدَيْهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ كَبِرَتْ سِنِّي وَضَعُفَتْ قُوَّتِي وَانْتَشَرَتْ رَعِيَّتِي فَاقْبِضْنِي إِلَيْكَ غَيْرَ مُضَيِّعٍ وَلاَ مُفَرِّطٍ ثُمَّ قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ فَخَطَبَ النَّاسَ فَقَالَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ قَدْ سُنَّتْ لَكُمُ السُّنَنُ وَفُرِضَتْ لَكُمُ الْفَرَائِضُ وَتُرِكْتُمْ عَلَى الْوَاضِحَةِ إِلاَّ أَنْ تَضِلُّوا بِالنَّاسِ يَمِينًا وَشِمَالاً وَضَرَبَ بِإِحْدَى يَدَيْهِ عَلَى الأُخْرَى ثُمَّ قَالَ إِيَّاكُمْ أَنْ تَهْلِكُوا عَنْ آيَةِ الرَّجْمِ أَنْ يَقُولَ قَائِلٌ لاَ نَجِدُ حَدَّيْنِ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ فَقَدْ رَجَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَرَجَمْنَا وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَوْلاَ أَنْ يَقُولَ النَّاسُ زَادَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى لَكَتَبْتُهَا الشَّيْخُ وَالشَّيْخَةُ فَارْجُمُوهُمَا الْبَتَّةَ فَإِنَّا قَدْ قَرَأْنَاهَا قَالَ مَالِكٌ قَالَ يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ فَمَا انْسَلَخَ ذُو الْحِجَّةِ حَتَّى قُتِلَ عُمَرُ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ يَحْيَى سَمِعْتُ مَالِكًا يَقُولُ قَوْلُهُ الشَّيْخُ وَالشَّيْخَةُ يَعْنِي الثَّيِّبَ وَالثَّيِّبَةَ فَارْجُمُوهُمَا الْبَتَّةَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ ابْنَ شِهَابٍ عَنِ الَّذِي يَعْمَلُ عَمَلَ قَوْمِ لُوطٍ فَقَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ عَلَيْهِ الرَّجْمُ أَحْصَنَ أَوْ لَمْ يُحْصِنْ  

Malik related to me from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar said, "The Jews came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and mentioned to him that a man and woman from among them had committed adultery. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked them, 'What do you find in the Torah about stoning?' They said, 'We make their wrong action known and flog them.' Abdullah ibn Salam said, 'You have lied! It has stoning for it, so bring the Torah.' They spread it out and one of them placed his hand over the ayat of stoning. Then he read what was before it and what was after it. Abdullah ibn Salam told him to lift his hand. He lifted his hand and there was the ayat of stoning. They said, 'He has spoken the truth, Muhammad. The ayat of stoning is in it.' So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave the order and they were stoned . " Abdullah ibn Umar added, "I saw the man leaning over the woman to protect her from the stones." Malik commented, "By leaning he meant throwing himself over her so that the stones fell on him."  

أَنَّهُ قَالَ جَاءَتِ الْيَهُودُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرُوا لَهُ أَنَّ رَجُلاً مِنْهُمْ وَامْرَأَةً زَنَيَا فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا تَجِدُونَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ فِي شَأْنِ الرَّجْمِ فَقَالُوا نَفْضَحُهُمْ وَيُجْلَدُونَ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ كَذَبْتُمْ إِنَّ فِيهَا الرَّجْمَ فَأَتَوْا بِالتَّوْرَاةِ فَنَشَرُوهَا فَوَضَعَ أَحَدُهُمْ يَدَهُ عَلَى آيَةِ الرَّجْمِ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ مَا قَبْلَهَا وَمَا بَعْدَهَا فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ ارْفَعْ يَدَكَ فَرَفَعَ يَدَهُ فَإِذَا فِيهَا آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ فَقَالُوا صَدَقَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فِيهَا آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ فَأَمَرَ بِهِمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَرُجِمَا فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ فَرَأَيْتُ الرَّجُلَ يَحْنِي عَلَى الْمَرْأَةِ يَقِيهَا الْحِجَارَةَ  

I heard Saʿeed bin al-Musayyab (say) that ʿUmar (ؓ ) said: Beware of neglecting the verse of stoning, lest someone say, We do not find two hadd punishments in the Book of Allah, for I saw the Prophet ﷺ stone [adulterers] and we stoned [adulterers] too.  

إِيَّاكُمْ أَنْ تَهْلِكُوا عَنْ آيَةِ الرَّجْمِ [وَأَنْ يَقُولَ قَائِلٌ]  

Beware of overlooking the verse of stoning and (do not let) anyone say: “We do not find two hadd punishments in the Book of Allah, for I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stone [adulterers] and we stoned [them] after he was gone.  

أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ إِيَّاكُمْ أَنْ تَهْلِكُوا عَنْ آيَةِ الرَّجْمِ وَأَنْيَقُولَ قَائِلٌ لَا نَجِدُ حَدَّيْنِ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ رَجَمَ وَرَجَمْنَا بَعْدَهُ  

[Machine] I have read it with the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , similar to Al-Baqarah or more than it, and indeed it contains the verse of stoning.  

قَالَ كَمْ تَقْرَءُونَ سُورَةَ الْأَحْزَابِ؟ قَالَ بِضْعًا وَسَبْعِينَ آيَةً قَالَ لَقَدْ قَرَأْتُهَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِثْلَ الْبَقَرَةِ أَوْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْهَا وَإِنَّ فِيهَا آيَةَ الرَّجْمِ  

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.  

قَالَ عُمَرُ إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى بَعَثَ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ وَأَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْكِتَابَ فَكَانَ فِيمَا أَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ فَقَرَأْنَا بِهَا وَعَقَلْنَاهَا وَوَعَيْنَاهَا فَأَخْشَى أَنْ يَطُولَ بِالنَّاسِ عَهْدٌ فَيَقُولُوا إِنَّا لَا نَجِدُ آيَةَ الرَّجْمِ فَتُتْرَكَ فَرِيضَةٌ أَنْزَلَهَا اللهُ وَإِنَّ الرَّجْمَ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ تَعَالَى حَقٌّ عَلَى مَنْ زَنَى إِذَا أَحْصَنَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ إِذَا قَامَتِ الْبَيِّنَةُ أَوْ كَانَ الْحَبَلُ أَوِ الِاعْتِرَافُ  

Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, sent Muhammad ﷺ with the truth, and He sent down with him the Book. One of the things that were revealed to him was the verse of stoning. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stoned [adulterers] and we stoned [them] after him. Then he said: We used to recite, ʿDo not forsake your real father (and attribute yourself to someone else), for this is an act of kufr, if you do that, or it is an act of kufr to forsake your real father (and attribute yourself to someone else).ʿ And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ʿDo not praise me as the son of Maryam was praised; rather I am a slave, so say: His slave and His Messenger.ʿ Perhaps Maʿmar said: ʿAs the Christians praised the son of Maryam.”  

أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ بَعَثَ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ بِالْحَقِّ وَأَنْزَلَ مَعَهُ الْكِتَابَ فَكَانَ مِمَّا أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ فَرَجَمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَرَجَمْنَا بَعْدَهُثُمَّ قَالَ قَدْ كُنَّا نَقْرَأُ وَلا تَرْغَبُوا عَنْ آبَائِكُمْ فَإِنَّهُ كُفْرٌ بِكُمْ أَوْ إِنَّ كُفْرًا بِكُمْ أَنْ تَرْغَبُوا عَنْ آبَائِكُمْثُمَّ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَا تُطْرُونِي كَمَا أُطْرِيَ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ وَإِنَّمَا أَنَا عَبْدٌ فَقُولُوا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ مَعْمَرٌ كَمَا أَطْرَتِ النَّصَارَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ  

[Machine] "Indeed, the Jews came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with a man and a woman from among them who had committed adultery. The Messenger said, 'What should be done with those who have committed adultery among you?' They replied, 'We do not find anything mentioned about it in our scripture.' Abdullah bin Salam said, 'You have lied regarding stoning in the Torah. Bring the Torah and recite it if you are truthful.' So they brought the Torah, and he placed his hand on the verse of stoning and asked, 'What is this?' When they saw that, they said, 'It is the verse of stoning.' So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered that they be stoned near the site where funeral processions are placed near the mosque.' Abdullah said, 'I saw the man shielding the woman with his body from the stones.'"  

أَنَّ الْيَهُودَ جَاءُوا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِرَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ وَامْرَأَةٍ قَدْ زَنَيَا فَقَالَ «كَيْفَ تَفْعَلُونَ بِمَنْ زَنَى مِنْكُمْ؟» قَالُوا لَا نَجِدُ فِيهَا شَيْئًا فَقَالَ لَهُمْ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ كَذَبْتُمْ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ الرَّجْمُ فَأْتُوا بِالتَّوْرَاةِ فَاتْلُوهَا إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ فَجَاءُوا بِالتَّوْرَاةِ فَوَضَعَ مِدْرَاسُهَا الَّذِي يَدْرُسُهَا مِنْهُمْ كَفَّهُ عَلَى آيَةِ الرَّجْمِ فَقَالَ «مَا هَذِهِ؟» فَلَمَّا رَأَوْا ذَلِكَ قَالُوا هِيَ آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ فَأَمَرَ بِهِمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَرُجِمَا قَرِيبًا مِنْ حَيْثُ تُوضَعُ الْجَنَائِزُ عِنْدَ الْمَسْجِدِ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ فَرَأَيْتُ صَاحِبَهَا يَجْنَأُ عَلَيْهَا يَقِيهَا الْحِجَارَةَ  

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)   

عُمَرُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى بَعَثَ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ بِالْحَقِّ وَأَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْكِتَابَ وَكَانَ فِيمَا أَنْزَلَ آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ فَقَرَأْنَاهَا وَوَعَيْنَاهَا وَعَقَلْنَاهَا وَرَجَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَرَجَمْنَا بَعْدَهُ فَأَخْشَى إِنْ طَالَ بِالنَّاسِ زَمَانٌ أَنْ يَقُولَ الْقَائِلُ لَا نَجِدُ حَدَّ آيَةِ الرَّجْمِ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ وَالرَّجْمُ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ حَقٌّ عَلَى مَنْ زَنَى مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ إِذَا أُحْصِنَ إِذَا قَامَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْبَيِّنَةُ أَوْ كَانَ الْحَبَلُ أَوِ الِاعْتِرَافُ  

she said, the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ recited the Āyah of Stoning to us: "al-shaykhu wa-al-shaykhah idhā zanayā fārjumūhumā al-battata bimā qaḍayā min al-ladhhah (The ˹married˺ man and a woman, if they commit adultery, then absolutely stone them for what they spent in ˹seeking˺ pleasure.)"  

لَقَدْ أَقْرَأَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ آيَةَ الرَّجْمِ «الشَّيْخُ وَالشَّيْخَةُ إِذَا زَنَيَا فَارْجُمُوهُمَا الْبَتَّةَ بِمَا قَضَيَا مِنَ اللَّذَّةِ۔»  

some jews came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and mentioned to him that a man and a women of their number had committed fornication. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked them: What do you find in the Torah about stoning? They replied: We disgrace them and they should be flogged. ‘Abd Allah b. Salam said: You lie; it contains (instruction for) stoning. So they brought the Torah and spread it out, and one of them put his hand over the verse of stoning and read what preceded it and what followed it. ‘Abd Allah b. Salam said to him: Lift your hand. When he did so, the verse of stoning was seen to be in it. They then said: He has spoken the truth, Muhammad, the verse of stoning is in it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then gave command regarding them, and they were stoned to death. ‘Abd Allah b. ‘Umar said: I saw the man leaning on the woman protecting her from the stones. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4446)   

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَجَمَ يَهُودِيَّيْنِ رَجُلًا وَامْرَأَةً زَنَيَا فَأَتَتْ بِهِمَا الْيَهُودُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالُوا إِنَّ هَذَيْنِ زَنَيَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَا تَجِدُونَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ؟ » قَالُوا نَفْضَحْهُمَا وَنَجْلِدُهُمَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «كَذَبْتُمْ وَاللَّهِ إِنَّ فِيهَا آيَةَ الرَّجْمِ فَأَتَوْا بِالتَّوْرَاةِ فَاتْلُوهَا إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ» وَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلَّامٍ كَذَبْتُمْ وَاللَّهِ إِنَّ فِيهَا آيَةَ الرَّجْمِ قَالَ فَأَتَوْا بِالتَّوْرَاةِ فَنَشَرُوهَا وَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ يُقَالُ لَهُ ابْنُ صُورِيَا أَعْوَرُ فَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى آيَةِ الرَّجْمِ وَجَعَلَ يَقْرَأُ مَا قَبْلَهَا وَمَا بَعْدَهَا فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلَّامٍ ارْفَعْ يَدَكَ فَرَفَعَ يَدَهُ فَوَجَدَ آيَةَ الرَّجْمِ فَقَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ نَعَمْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فِيهَا الرَّجْمُ فَأَمَرَ بِهِمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَرُجِمَا قَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ «وَأَنَا فِيمَنْ رَجَمَهُمَا يَوْمَئِذٍ»  

[Machine] I met Ubayy ibn Ka'b and said to him, "Ibn Mas'ud used to erase the two protective surahs (Al-Mu'awwidhatayn) from the Qur'ans and say they are not part of the Qur'an, so do not include in it what is not part of it." Ubayy replied, "It was said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , so he told us, and we say, 'How many verses do you consider in Surah Al-Ahzab?' I said, 'Seventy-three.' Ubayy then said, 'By Him in whose name oaths are taken, it was equivalent to Surah Al-Baqarah, and we used to read in it the verse of stoning: "The older man and the older woman, stone them absolutely as a deterrent punishment from Allah. And Allah is Mighty, Wise."'"  

لَقِيتُ أُبَيَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ إِنَّ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ كَانَ يَحُكُّ الْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ مِنَ الْمَصَاحِفِ وَيَقُولُ إِنَّهُمَا لَيْسَتَا مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ فَلَا تَجْعَلُوا فِيهِ مَا لَيْسَ مِنْهُ قَالَ أُبَيٌّ قِيلَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَنَا فَنَحْنُ نَقُولُ «كَمْ تَعُدُّونَ سُورَةَ الْأَحْزَابِ مِنْ آيَةٍ؟ » قَالَ قُلْتُ ثَلَاثًا وَسَبْعِينَ قَالَ أُبَيٌّ وَالَّذِي يُحْلَفُ بِهِ إِنْ كَانَتْ لَتَعْدِلُ سُورَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ وَلَقَدْ قَرَأْنَا فِيهَا آيَةَ الرَّجْمِ الشَّيْخُ وَالشَّيْخَةُ فَارْجُمُوهُمَا الْبَتَّةَ نَكَالًا مِنَ اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ  

some jews came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and mentioned to him that a man and a women of their number had committed fornication. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked them: What do you find in the Torah about stoning? They replied: We disgrace them and they should be flogged. ‘Abd Allah b. Salam said: You lie; it contains (instruction for) stoning. So they brought the Torah and spread it out, and one of them put his hand over the verse of stoning and read what preceded it and what followed it. ‘Abd Allah b. Salam said to him: Lift your hand. When he did so, the verse of stoning was seen to be in it. They then said: He has spoken the truth, Muhammad, the verse of stoning is in it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then gave command regarding them, and they were stoned to death. ‘Abd Allah b. ‘Umar said: I saw the man leaning on the woman protecting her from the stones. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4446)  

أَنَّ الْيَهُودَ جَاءُوا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرُوا لَهُ أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْهُمْ وَامْرَأَةً زَنَيَا فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَا تَجِدُونَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ فِي شَأْنِ الرَّجْمِ؟ » فَقَالُوا نَفْضَحُهُمْ وَيُجْلَدُونَ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلَّامٍ كَذَبْتُمْ إِنَّ فِيهَا لَآيَةَ الرَّجْمِ فَأَتَوْا بِالتَّوْرَاةِ فَنَشَرُوهَا فَوَضَعَ أَحَدُهُمْ يَدَهُ عَلَى آيَةِ الرَّجْمِ فَقَرَأَ مَا قَبْلَهَا وَمَا بَعْدَهَا فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلَّامٍ ارْفَعْ يَدَكَ فَرَفَعَ يَدَهُ فَإِذَا فِيهَا آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ فَقَالُوا صَدَقَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّ فِيهَا آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ فَأَمَرَ بِهِمَا ﷺ فَرُجِمَا قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ فَرَأَيْتُ الرَّجُلَ يَجْنِئُ عَلَى الْمَرْأَةِ يَقِيهَا الْحِجَارَةَ  

[Machine] The Jews came to the Prophet ﷺ with a man and a woman from among them who had committed adultery. He said to them, "How do you deal with someone who has committed adultery among you?" They replied, "We strike them." The Prophet ﷺ said, "And what do you find in the Torah?" They said, "We do not find anything in it regarding this matter." Abdullah ibn Salam said to them, "You have lied; in the Torah, there is stoning. Bring the Torah and recite it if you are truthful." So the Torah was brought, and the part that he had studied from them was placed on his hand while he covered the verse about stoning. He then asked, "What is this?" When they saw that, they said, "It is stoning." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded that they be stoned where the graves were. Abdullah said, "I saw her companion leaning over her to protect her from the stones."  

أَنَّ الْيَهُودَ جَاءُوا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِرَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ وَامْرَأَةٍ قَدْ زَنَيَا فَقَالَ لَهُمْ «كَيْفَ تَفْعَلُونَ بِمَنْ زَنَى مِنْكُمْ؟» فَقَالُوا نَضْرِبُهُمَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «فَمَا تَجِدُونَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ؟» قَالُوا مَا نَجِدُ فِيهَا شَيْئًا فَقَالَ لَهُمْ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ كَذَبْتُمْ؛ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ الرَّجْمُ فَائْتُوا بِالتَّوْرَاةِ فَاقْرَؤُوا إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ فَأُتِيَ بِالتَّوْرَاةِ فَوَضَعَ مِدْرَاسُهَا الَّذِي دَرَسَهَا مِنْهُمْ كَفَّهُ عَلَى آيَةِ الرَّجْمِ فَطَفِقَ يَقْرَأَ مَا دُونَ يَدِهِ وَمَا وَرَاءَهَا وَلَا يَقْرَأُ آيَةَ الرَّجْمِ فَنَتَرَ عَبْدُ اللهِ يَدَهُ عَلَى آيَةِ الرَّجْمِ فَقَالَ مَا هَذِهِ؟ فَلَمَّا رَأَوْا ذَلِكَ قَالُوا هِيَ الرَّجْمُ فَأَمَرَ بِهِمَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَرُجِمَا حَيْثُ يُوجَدُ الْجِنَائِزُ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ فَرَأَيْتُ صَاحِبَهَا يَحْنُو عَلَيْهَا لِيَقِيَهَا الْحِجَارَةَ  

she said, the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ recited the Āyah of Stoning to us: "al-shaykhu wa-al-shaykhah idhā zanayā fārjumūhumā al-battata bimā qaḍayā min al-ladhhah (The ˹married˺ man and a woman, if they commit adultery, then absolutely stone them for what they spent in ˹seeking˺ pleasure.)" (Using translation from Ḥākim 8070)  

لَقَدْ أَقْرَأَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ آيَةَ الرَّجْمِ «الشَّيْخُ وَالشَّيْخَةُ إِذَا زَنَيَا فَارْجُمُوهُمَا الْبَتَّةَ بِمَا قَضَيَا مِنَ اللَّذَّةِ»  

[Machine] I will go to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , if Allah wills, and mention this and that. When he mentions the verse of stoning, I say, "O Messenger of Allah, write down the verse of stoning for me." He said, "I cannot."  

كُنَّا عِنْدَ مَرْوَانَ وَفِينَا زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ فَقَالَ زَيْدٌ كُنَّا نَقْرَأُ «§الشَّيْخُ وَالشَّيْخَةُ فَارْجُمُوهُمَا أَلْبَتَّةَ» فَقَالُ مَرْوَانُ أَلَا تَجْعَلْهُ فِي الْمُصْحَفِ قَالَ قَالَ أَلَا تَرَى أَنَّ الشَّابَّيْنِ الثَّيَّبِيَنِ يُرْجَمَانِ؟ ذَكَرْنَا ذَلِكَ وَفِينَا عُمَرُ فَقَالَ أَنَا أَشْفِيكُمْ قُلْنَا وَكَيْفَ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ أَذْهَبُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ فَأَذْكُرُ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَإِذَا ذَكَرَ أَيَّةَ الرَّجْمِ فَأَقُولُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَكْتِبْنِي آيَةَ الرَّجْمِ قَالَ فَأَتَاهُ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَذَكَرَ آيَةَ الرَّجْمِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَكْتِبْنِي آيَةَ الرَّجْمِ قَالَ «لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ»  

[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."  

قَدْ خَشِيتُ 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  

she said, the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ recited the Āyah of Stoning to us: "al-shaykhu wa-al-shaykhah idhā zanayā fārjumūhumā al-battata bimā qaḍayā min al-ladhhah (The ˹married˺ man and a woman, if they commit adultery, then absolutely stone them for what they spent in ˹seeking˺ pleasure.)" (Using translation from Ḥākim 8070)   

لَقَدْ أَقَرَأَنَاهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ آيَةَ الرَّجْمِ «الشَّيْخُ وَالشَّيْخَةُ فَارْجُمُوهُمَا أَلْبَتَّةَ بِمَا قَضَيَا مِنَ اللَّذَّةِ»  

some jews came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and mentioned to him that a man and a women of their number had committed fornication. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked them: What do you find in the Torah about stoning? They replied: We disgrace them and they should be flogged. ‘Abd Allah b. Salam said: You lie; it contains (instruction for) stoning. So they brought the Torah and spread it out, and one of them put his hand over the verse of stoning and read what preceded it and what followed it. ‘Abd Allah b. Salam said to him: Lift your hand. When he did so, the verse of stoning was seen to be in it. They then said: He has spoken the truth, Muhammad, the verse of stoning is in it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then gave command regarding them, and they were stoned to death. ‘Abd Allah b. ‘Umar said: I saw the man leaning on the woman protecting her from the stones. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4446)  

أَنَّ الْيَهُودَ جَاءُوا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرُوا لَهُ أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْهُمْ وَامْرَأَةً زَنَيَا فَقَالَ لَهُمْ «مَا تَجِدُونَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ فِي شَأْنِ الرَّجْمِ؟» فَقَالُوا نَفْضَحُهُمْ وَيُجْلَدُونَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ إِنَّ فِيهَا الرَّجْمَ فَأَتَوْا بِالتَّوْرَاةِ فَنَظَرُوهَا فَوَضَعَ أَحَدُهُمْ يَدَهُ عَلَى آيَةِ الرَّجْمِ فَقْرَأَ مَا قَبْلَهَا وَمَا بَعْدَهَا فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ ارْفَعْ يَدَكَ فَرَفَعَ يَدَهُ فَإِذَا فِيهَا آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ قَالُوا صِدْقٌ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فِيهَا آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ فَأَمَرَ بِهِمَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَرُجِمَا قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ فَرَأَيْتُ الرَّجُلَ يَحْنِي عَلَى الْمَرْأَةِ يَقِيهَا الْحِجَارَةَ  

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»  

[Machine] Ubayy said, "She used to recite Surah Al-Baqarah and it was the longest. And indeed, it contained the verse of stoning." The sheikh and the sheikha stoned them both as a punishment from Allah. And Allah is powerful and wise.  

قَالَ أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ كَمْ تَعُدُّونَ سُورَةَ الْأَحْزَابِ آيَةً؟ قُلْنَا ثَلَاثًا وَسَبْعِينَ فَقَالَ أُبَيٌّ «كَانَتْ لَتَعْدِلُ سُورَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ وَأَطْوَلَ وَلَقَدْ كَانَ فِيهَا آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ» الشَّيْخُ وَالشَّيْخَةُ فَارْجُمُوهُمَا أَلْبَتَّةَ نَكَالًا مِنَ اللهِ وَاللهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ  

she said, the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ recited the Āyah of Stoning to us: "al-shaykhu wa-al-shaykhah idhā zanayā fārjumūhumā al-battata bimā qaḍayā min al-ladhhah (The ˹married˺ man and a woman, if they commit adultery, then absolutely stone them for what they spent in ˹seeking˺ pleasure.)" (Using translation from Ḥākim 8070)   

لَقَدْ أَقْرَأَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ آيَةَ الرَّجْمِ «الشَّيْخُ وَالشَّيْخَةُ فَارْجُمُوهُمَا أَلْبَتَّةَ بِمَا قَضَيَا مِنَ اللَّذَّةِ»  

The Jews brought to the Prophet ﷺ a man and a woman from among them who had committed illegal sexual intercourse. The Prophet ﷺ said to them, "How do you usually punish the one amongst you who has committed illegal sexual intercourse?" They replied, "We blacken their faces with coal and beat them," He said, "Don't you find the order of Ar-Rajm (i.e. stoning to death) in the Torah?" They replied, "We do not find anything in it." ʿAbdullah bin Salam (after hearing this conversation) said to them. "You have told a lie! Bring here the Torah and recite it if you are truthful." (So the Jews brought the Torah). And the religious teacher who was teaching it to them, put his hand over the Verse of Ar- Rajm and started reading what was written above and below the place hidden with his hand, but he did not read the Verse of Ar-Rajm. ʿAbdullah bin Salam removed his (i.e. the teacher's) hand from the Verse of Ar-Rajm and said, "What is this?" So when the Jews saw that Verse, they said, "This is the Verse of Ar-Rajm." So the Prophet ﷺ ordered the two adulterers to be stoned to death, and they were stoned to death near the place where biers used to be placed near the Mosque. I saw her companion (i.e. the adulterer) bowing over her so as to protect her from the stones. (Using translation from Bukhārī 4556)   

أَنَّ الْيَهُودَ جَاءُوا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِرَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ وَامْرَأَةٍ قَدْ زَنَيَا قَالَ فَقَالَ «كَيْفَ تَفْعَلُونَ بِمَنْ زَنَا مِنْكُمْ؟» قَالَ نَضْرِبُهُمَا قَالَ «مَا تَجِدُونَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ؟» قَالُوا مَا نَجِدُ فِيهَا شَيْئًا فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ كَذَبُوا فِي التَّوْرَاةِ الرَّجْمُ فَائْتُوا بِالتَّوْرَاةِ فَاتْلُوهَا إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ فَجَاءُوا بِالتَّوْرَاةِ فَوَضَعَ مُدَرِّسُهَا الَّذِي يُدَرِّسُهَا مِنْهُمْ كَفَّهُ عَلَى آيَةِ الرَّجْمِ فَطَفِقَ يَقْرَأُ مَا دُونَ يَدِهِ وَمَا وَرَاءَهَا لَا يَقْرَأُ آيَةَ الرَّجْمِ فَضَرَبَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ يَدَهُ فَقَالَ مَا هَذِهِ؟ قَالَ هِيَ آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ فَأَمَرَ بِهِمَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَرُجِمَا قَرِيبًا مِنْ حَيْثُ تُوضَعُ الْجَنَائِزُ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ فَرَأَيْتُ صَاحِبَهَا يَحْنِي عَلَيْهَا لِيَقِيَهَا الْحِجَارَةَ  

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»  

[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."  

إِيَّاكُمْ أَنْ تَهْلِكُوا عَنْ آيَةِ الرَّجْمِ 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] Zaid, we used to read that if the Sheikh and the Sheikha commit adultery, then stone them immediately. Marwan said, "Should we not mention it in the Quran?" He replied, "Don't you see the two young, unmarried individuals being stoned?" Marwan said, "And they mentioned that in front of Umar ibn Al-Khattab." Umar said, "I can cure you of that." We asked, "How?" He said, "I will go to the Prophet, ﷺ , and mention such and such, and when I mention stoning, I will say, 'O Messenger of Allah, write for me the verse of stoning.'" He said, "So I went to him and reminded him, and he mentioned the verse of stoning." He said, "And he said, 'O Messenger of Allah, write for me the verse of stoning.'" He said, "I cannot do that in this and the previous conditions. This indicates that the ruling of the verse of stoning is established, while its recitation has been abrogated. And this is something I do not know about a difference of opinion."  

كُنَّا عِنْدَ مَرْوَانَ وَفِينَا زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ زَيْدٌ كُنَّا نَقْرَأُ الشَّيْخُ وَالشَّيْخَةُ إِذَا زَنَيَا فَارْجُمُوهُمَا الْبَتَّةَ قَالَ فَقَالَ مَرْوَانُ أَفَلَا نَجْعَلُهُ فِي الْمُصْحَفِ؟ قَالَ لَا أَلَا تَرَى الشَّابَّيْنِ الثَّيِّبَيْنِ يُرْجَمَانِ؟ قَالَ وَقَالَ ذَكَرُوا ذَلِكَ وَفِينَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ قَالَ أَنَا أَشْفِيكُمْ مِنْ ذَاكَ قَالَ قُلْنَا كَيْفَ؟ قَالَ آتِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَذْكُرُ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَإِذَا ذَكَرَ الرَّجْمَ أَقُولُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَكْتِبْنِي آيَةَ الرَّجْمِ قَالَ فَأتَيْتُهُ فَذَكَّرْتُهُ قَالَ فَذَكَرَ آيَةَ الرَّجْمِ قَالَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَكْتِبْنِي آيَةَ الرَّجْمِ قَالَ لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ ذَاكَ فِي هَذَا وَمَا قَبْلَهُ دَلَالَةٌ عَلَى أَنَّ آيَةَ الرَّجْمِ حُكْمُهَا ثَابِتٌ وَتِلَاوَتُهَا مَنْسُوخَةٌ وَهَذَا مِمَّا لَا أَعْلَمُ فِيهِ خِلَافًا  

The Jews brought to the Prophet ﷺ a man and a woman from among them who had committed illegal sexual intercourse. The Prophet ﷺ said to them, "How do you usually punish the one amongst you who has committed illegal sexual intercourse?" They replied, "We blacken their faces with coal and beat them," He said, "Don't you find the order of Ar-Rajm (i.e. stoning to death) in the Torah?" They replied, "We do not find anything in it." ʿAbdullah bin Salam (after hearing this conversation) said to them. "You have told a lie! Bring here the Torah and recite it if you are truthful." (So the Jews brought the Torah). And the religious teacher who was teaching it to them, put his hand over the Verse of Ar- Rajm and started reading what was written above and below the place hidden with his hand, but he did not read the Verse of Ar-Rajm. ʿAbdullah bin Salam removed his (i.e. the teacher's) hand from the Verse of Ar-Rajm and said, "What is this?" So when the Jews saw that Verse, they said, "This is the Verse of Ar-Rajm." So the Prophet ﷺ ordered the two adulterers to be stoned to death, and they were stoned to death near the place where biers used to be placed near the Mosque. I saw her companion (i.e. the adulterer) bowing over her so as to protect her from the stones. (Using translation from Bukhārī 4556)   

أَنَّ الْيَهُودَ جَاءُوا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِرَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ وَامْرَأَةٍ زَنَيَا فَقَالَ كَيْفَ تَعْمَلُونَ بِمَنْ زَنَى مِنْكُمْ؟ قَالُوا نَضْرِبُهُمَا وَنُحَمِّمُهُمَا بِأَيْدِينَا فَقَالَ مَا تَجِدُونَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ؟ قَالُوا لَا نَجْدُ فِيهَا شَيْئًا فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ كَذَبْتُمْ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ الرَّجْمُ فَأْتُوا بِالتَّوْرَاةِ فَاتْلُوهَا إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ فَجَاءُوا بِالتَّوْرَاةِ فَوَضَعَ مِدْرَاسُهَا الَّذِي يَدْرُسُهَا كَفَّهُ عَلَى آيَةِ الرَّجْمِ فَطَفِقَ يَقْرَأُ مَا دُونَ يَدِهِ وَمَا وَرَاءَهَا وَلَا يَقْرَأُ آيَةَ الرَّجْمِ فَضَرَبَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ يَدَهُ فَقَالَ مَا هَذَا؟ قَالَ هِيَ آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ فَأَمَرَ بِهِمَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَرُجِمَا قَرِيبٌ مِنْ حَيْثُ تُوضَعُ الْجَنَائِزُ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ فَرَأَيْتُ صَاحِبَهَا يَحْنِي عَلَيْهَا يَقِيهَا الْحِجَارَةَ  

[Machine] Umar ibn Al-Khattab, while sitting on the pulpit of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, said, "Indeed, Allah sent Muhammad ﷺ with the truth and revealed the Book to him. Among what Allah revealed upon him was the verse of stoning, which we recited, understood, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ implemented it, and we implemented it after him. I fear that if time prolongs, some people may say, 'We do not find the punishment of stoning in the Book of Allah,' thus leading astray by neglecting a duty that Allah has revealed. Indeed, the punishment of stoning is an obligation upon anyone who commits adultery when married, whether male or female, when there is clear evidence, or through pregnancy or confession." Ibn Shihab said, "So we see chastity when a woman marries and then the punishment of stoning is imposed upon her if she commits adultery. He said, 'And if he commits adultery and has not touched his wife, he should not be stoned, but he is to be whipped a hundred times if he is free and to be exiled for a year."  

قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ عَلَى مِنْبَرِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ اللهَ بَعَثَ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ بِالْحَقِّ وَأَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْكِتَابَ فَكَانَ فِيمَا أَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ قَرَأْنَاهَا وَوَعَيْنَاهَا 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 كُلِّ مَنْ زَنَى إِذَا أُحْصِنَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ أَوِ النِّسَاءِ إِذَا قَامَتِ الْبَيِّنَةُ أَوْ كَانَ الْحَبَلُ أَوِ الِاعْتِرَافُ قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ فَنَرَى الْإِحْصَانَ إِذَا تَزَوَّجَ الْمَرْأَةَ ثُمَّ مَسَّهَا عَلَيْهِ الرَّجْمُ إِنْ زَنَى قَالَ وَإِنْ زَنَى وَلَمْ يَمَسَّ امْرَأَتَهُ فَلَا يُرْجَمُ وَلَكِنْ يُجْلَدُ مِائَةً إِذَا كَانَ حُرًّا وَيُغَرَّبُ عَامًا  

some jews came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and mentioned to him that a man and a women of their number had committed fornication. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked them: What do you find in the Torah about stoning? They replied: We disgrace them and they should be flogged. ‘Abd Allah b. Salam said: You lie; it contains (instruction for) stoning. So they brought the Torah and spread it out, and one of them put his hand over the verse of stoning and read what preceded it and what followed it. ‘Abd Allah b. Salam said to him: Lift your hand. When he did so, the verse of stoning was seen to be in it. They then said: He has spoken the truth, Muhammad, the verse of stoning is in it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then gave command regarding them, and they were stoned to death. ‘Abd Allah b. ‘Umar said: I saw the man leaning on the woman protecting her from the stones. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4446)   

أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ جَاءُوا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَذَكَرُوا لَهُ أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْهُمْ وَامْرَأَةً زَنَيَا فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا تَجِدُونَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ مِنْ شَأْنِ الزِّنَا؟ قَالُوا نَفْضَحُهُمْ وَيُجْلَدُونَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ كَذَبْتُمْ إِنَّ فِيهَا الرَّجْمَ فَأَتَوْا بِالتَّوْرَاةِ فَنَشَرُوهَا فَجَعَلَ أَحَدُهُمْ يَدَهُ عَلَى آيَةِ الرَّجْمِ وَجَعَلَ يَقْرَأُ مَا قَبْلَهَا وَمَا بَعْدَهَا فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ ارْفَعْ يَدَكَ فَرَفَعَهَا فَإِذَا فِيهَا آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ فَقَالُوا صَدَقَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فِيهَا آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ فَأَمَرَ بِهِمَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَرُجِمَا قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ فَرَأَيْتُ الرَّجُلَ يَحْنِي عَلَى الْمَرْأَةِ يَقِيهَا الْحِجَارَةَ  

"عَنْ كَثيرِ بْنِ الصَّلْتِ قَالَ: كَانَ ابْنُ الْعَاصِ وَزَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِت يَكْتُبَانِ الْمَصَاحِفَ، فَمَرَّا عَلَى هَذِهِ الآيَةِ، فَقَالَ زَيْدٌ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّه ﷺ يَقُولُ: الشَّيْخُ وَالشَّيْخَةُ فَارجُمُوهَما الْبَتَّةَ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِىَّ ﷺ فَقلْتُ: اكتُبْنِيها، فَكَأَنَّهُ كَرِهَ ذَلِكَ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: أَلَا تَرَى أَنَّ الشَّيْخَ إِذَا زَنَى وَقَدْ أُحْصِنَ جُلِدَ وَرُجِمَ، وَإِذَا لَمْ يُحْصَنْ جُلِدَ، وَأَنَّ الشَّابَّ إِذَا زَنَى وَقَدْ أُحْصِنَ رُجِمَ؟ ! ".  

"عَنْ سعيدِ بن المسيِّب أن عمر خطب فقال: إيَّاكُمْ أَنْ تَهْلِكُوا عَنْ آيَةِ الرَّجْمِ أَنْ يَقُولَ قَائِلٌ: لَا نَجِدُ الرَّجْمَ فِى كِتَابِ الله، فَقَدْ رَجَمَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ وَرَجَمْنَا بَعْدَهُ، وَإِنِّى وَالَّذِى نَفْسِى بِيَدهِ لَوْلَا أَنْ يَقُولَ قَائِلٌ: أَحْدَثَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الخَطَّابِ فِى كِتَابِ الله لَكَتَبْتُهَا، وَلَقَدْ قَرَأنَاهَا: الشَّيْخُ وَالشَّيْخَةُ فَارْجُمُوهُمَا البَتَّةَ".  

"عَنْ زيد بن ثابت قال: قَدْ كُنَّا نَقْرأُ (الشَّيْخُ والشَّيْخَةُ فَارجُمُوهُمَا البَتَّة) فقال له مروانُ: يا زيدُ أَفَلَا تكْتُبُها؟ قال: ذَكَرْنَا ذَلِكَ وَفينا عُمَرُ، فقال: أُسْعِفُكُمْ؟ قُلْنَا: وَكَيْفَ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ: آتِى النَّبِىَّ ﷺ فَأَذْكُرُ ذاكَ، فَأَتَاهُ فَذَكَرَ آيَةَ الرَّجْمِ قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ الله اكتُبْنِى آيةَ الرَّجْمِ، فَأَبَى وقال: لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ الآنَ".  

"عَنْ عُمَرَ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِرسُولِ الله ﷺ لَمَّا نزلت آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ: أَكْتُبُهَا يَا رَسُولَ الله؟ قَالَ: لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ ذَلِكَ".  

(عَنْ عُمَرَ قَالَ) (*): "إِنَّ اللهَ بَعَثَ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ بِالْحَقَّ، وَأَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ الكِتَابَ فَكَانَ فيمَا أُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ فَقَرَأنَاهَا وَوَعَيْنَاهَا، وَرَجَمَ رسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَرَجَمْنَا بَعْدَهُ، فَأَخشَى إِنْ طَالَ بِالنَّاسِ أَنْ يَقُولَ قَائِلٌ: لَا نَجِدُ آيَةَ الرَّجمِ فِى كِتَابِ اللهِ فَتَضِلُّوا بِتَرْكِ فَرِيضَةٍ قَدْ أَنْزَلَهَا اللهُ، فَالرَّجمُ فِى كِتَابِ الله حَقٌّ عَلَى مَنْ زَنَى إِذَا أُحْصِنَ مِنَ الرِّجالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ إِذَا قَامَت الْبَيَّنَةُ أَوْ الْحَبَلُ أو الاعْتِرَافُ، أَلَا وَإِنَّا قَدْ كُنَّا نَقْرَأُ: (لَا تَرْغَبُوا عَنْ آبَائِكُمْ فَإِنَّهُ كُفْرٌ بِكُمْ أَن تَرْغَبُوا عَنْ آبَائِكُم).

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"عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ أَنَّ عُمَرَ لَمَّا أفَاضَ مِنْ مِنًى أَنَاخَ بِالأَبْطَح، فَكَوَّمَ كَوْمَةً مِنْ بَطْحَاءَ فَطَرَحَ عَلَيهَا طَرَفَ ثَوْبِهِ ثُمَّ اسْتَلقَى عَلَيْهَا، وَرَفَعَ يَديْهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَقَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ كَبِرَتْ سِنِّى، وَضَعُفَتْ قُوَّتِى، وَانْتَشَرَتْ رَعيَّتِى، فَاقْبِضْنِى إِلَيْكَ غَيْرَ مُضَيِّع وَلَا مَفَرِّطٍ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ خَطَبَ النَّاسَ فَقَالَ: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ قَدْ فُرضتْ لَكُمُ الْفَرَائِضُ، وَسُنَّتْ لَكُمُ السُّنَنُ، وَتُرِكْتُمْ عَلَى الْوَاضحَةِ ثُمَّ صَفَّقَ بِيَمينِهِ عَلَى شِمَالِهِ إِلَّا أَنْ تَضلُّوا بِالنَّاسِ يَمِينًا وَشِمَالًا، ثُمَّ إِيَّاكُمْ أَنْ تَهْلِكُوا عَنْ آيَةِ الرَّجْم، وَأَنْ يَقُولَ قَائِلٌ: لَا نُحَدُّ حَدَّيْنِ فِى كِتَابِ اللَّه فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّه ﷺ رَجَمَ وَرَجَمْنَا بَعْدَهُ، فَوَاللَّه لَولَا أَنْ يَقُولَ النَّاسُ أحْدَثَ عُمَرُ فِى كتَابِ اللَّه لَكَتَبْتُهَا فِى الْمُصْحَفِ، فَقَدْ قَرَأنَاهَا الشَّيْخُ وَالشَّيْخَةُ إِذَا زَنَيَا فَارْجُمُوهُمَا (الْبَتَّةَ) قَالَ سَعِيدٌ: فَمَا انْسَلَخَ ذُو الْحَجَّةِ حَتَّى طُعِنَ".  

"عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: أَمَرَ عُمَر بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ مُنَادِيًا فَنَادَى: إِنَّ الصَّلاةَ جَامِعَةٌ، ثُمَّ صَعِدَ الْمِنْبَرَ فَحِمدَ الله وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ لَا تُخْدَعُنَّ عَن آيةِ الرَّجْمِ فَإِنَّها أُنْزِلَتْ فِى كِتَابِ الله وَقَرَأنَاهَا، وَلَكِنَّهَا ذَهَبَتْ فِى قُرْآنٍ كَثِيرٍ ذَهَبَ مَعَ مُحَمَّدٍ، وآيَةُ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ النَّبِىَّ ﷺ قَدْ رَجَمَ، وأن أبا بكر قد رجم، ورجمت بعدهما، وَأَنَّهُ سَيَجِئُ قَوْمٌ مِنْ هَذِه الأُمَّةِ يُكَذِّبونَ بِالرَّجْمِ، وَيُكَذِّبُونَ بِطُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ مِنْ مَغْرِبِهَا، وَيُكَذِّبُونَ بالشَّفَاعَة، وَيُكَذِّبُونَ بِالْحوْضِ، ويُكَذِّبُونَ بالدَّجَّالِ، وَيُكَذِّبُونَ بِعذَابِ الْقَبْرِ، وَيُكَذِّبُونَ بِقَوْمٍ يَخْرُجُونَ مِن النَّارِ بَعْدَ مَا دَخلُوهَا".  

" إنَّ الْيَهُودَ جَاءوا النَّبىَّ ﷺ بِرَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ وامرأة قَد زنيا، فَقَالَ لَهُم النَّبِىُّ ﷺ كيْفَ تَفْعَلُونَ بِمَنْ زَنَا مِنْكُمْ؟ قَالُوا: نَضْرِبُهُمَا، فَقَالَ النَّبِىُّ ﷺ : فَمَا تَجِدُونَ فِى التَّوْرَاة؟ قَالُوا: لاَ نجد فِيهَا شَيْئًا، فَقَالَ عَبْدُ الله بْنُ سَلاَمٍ: كَذَبْتمْ، فِى التَّوْرَاةِ الرَّجْمُ فَأتُوا بِالتَّورَاةِ فَاتْلُوهَا إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادقِينَ، فَأتُوا بِالتَّوْراةِ فَوضَع مدْراسُهَا (* * * *) الَّذى يَدْرسُهَا كَفَّهُ عَلَى آيَةِ الرَّجْم، فَطَفِقَ يَقْرَأُ مَا دُونَ يَدِهِ وَمَا وَرَاءهَا وَلاَ يَقْرَأُ آيَةَ الرَّجم، فَنَزَعَ عَبْدُ الله بْنُ سَلاَمٍ يَدَهُ عَلَى آيَة الرَّجْمِ فَقَالَ: مَا هَذِهِ؟ فَلَمَّا رَأَوْا ذَلِكَ قَالوُا: هِى آيَةُ الرَّجْم، فَأَمَرَ بِهِمَا رَسُولُ الله ﷺ فَرُجِمَا حَيْثَ تُوضَعُ الْجَنَائِزُ ".