When Abu Dhar received the news of the Advent of the Prophet ﷺ he said to his brother, "Ride to this valley (of Mecca) and try to find out the truth of the person who claims to be a prophet who is informed of the news of Heaven. Listen to what he says and come back to me." So his brother set out and came to the Prophet ﷺ and listened to some of his talks, and returned to Abu Dhar and said to him. "I have seen him enjoining virtuous behavior and saying something that is not poetry." Abu Dhar said, "You have not satisfied me as to what I wanted." He then took his journey-food and carried a waterskin of his, containing some water till be reached Mecca. He went to the Mosque and searched for the Prophet and though he did not know him, he hated to ask anybody about him. When a part of the night had passed away, ʿAli saw him and knew that he was a stranger. So when Abu Dhar saw ʿAli, he followed him, and none of them asked his companion about anything, and when it was dawn, Abu Dhar took his journey food and his water-skin to the Mosque and stayed there all the day long without being perceived by the Prophet, and when it was evening, he came back to his retiring place. ʿAli passed by him and said, "Has the man not known his dwelling place yet?" So ʿAli awakened him and took him with him and none of them spoke to the other about anything. When it was the third day. ʿAli did the same and Abu Dhar stayed with him. Then ʿAli said "Will you tell me what has brought you here?" Abu Dhar said, "If you give me a firm promise that you will guide me, then I will tell you." ʿAli promised him, and he informed ʿAli about the matter. ʿAli said, "It is true, and he is the Messenger of Allah. Next morning when you get up, accompany me, and if I see any danger for you, I will stop as if to pass water, but if I go on, follow me and enter the place which I will enter." Abu Dhar did so, and followed ʿAli till he entered the place of the Prophet, and Abu Dhar went in with him, Abu Dhar listened to some of the Prophet's talks and embraced Islam on the spot. The Prophet ﷺ said to him, "Go back to your people and inform them (about it) till you receive my order." Abu Dhar said, "By Him in Whose Hand my life is, I will proclaim my conversion loudly amongst them (i.e. the pagans)." So he went out, and when he reached the Mosque, he said as loudly as possible, "I bear witness that None has the right to be worshipped except Allah, and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah." The People got up and beat him painfully. Then Al-Abbas came and knelt over him ((to protect him) and said (to the people), "Woe to you! Don't you know that this man belongs to the tribe of Ghifar and your trade to Sha'm is through their way?" So he rescued him from them. Abu Dhar again did the same the next day. They beat him and took vengeance on him and again Al-Abbas knelt over him (to protect him).  

لَمَّا بَلَغَ أَبَا ذَرٍّ مَبْعَثُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لأَخِيهِ ارْكَبْ إِلَى هَذَا الْوَادِي فَاعْلَمْ لِي عِلْمَ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ نَبِيٌّ يَأْتِيهِ الْخَبَرُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَاسْمَعْ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ ثُمَّ ائْتِنِي فَانْطَلَقَ الأَخُ حَتَّى قَدِمَهُ وَسَمِعَ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى أَبِي ذَرٍّ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَأَيْتُهُ يَأْمُرُ بِمَكَارِمِ الأَخْلاَقِ وَكَلاَمًا مَا هُوَ بِالشِّعْرِ فَقَالَ مَا شَفَيْتَنِي مِمَّا أَرَدْتُ فَتَزَوَّدَ وَحَمَلَ شَنَّةً لَهُ فِيهَا مَاءٌ حَتَّى قَدِمَ مَكَّةَ فَأَتَى الْمَسْجِدَ فَالْتَمَسَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَلاَ يَعْرِفُهُ وَكَرِهَ أَنْ يَسْأَلَ عَنْهُ حَتَّى أَدْرَكَهُ بَعْضُ اللَّيْلِ فَرَآهُ عَلِيٌّ فَعَرَفَ أَنَّهُ غَرِيبٌ فَلَمَّا رَآهُ تَبِعَهُ فَلَمْ يَسْأَلْ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمَا صَاحِبَهُ عَنْ شَىْءٍ حَتَّى أَصْبَحَ ثُمَّ احْتَمَلَ قِرْبَتَهُ وَزَادَهُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ وَظَلَّ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ وَلاَ يَرَاهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ حَتَّى أَمْسَى فَعَادَ إِلَى مَضْجَعِهِ فَمَرَّ بِهِ عَلِيٌّ فَقَالَ أَمَا نَالَ لِلرَّجُلِ أَنْ يَعْلَمَ مَنْزِلَهُ فَأَقَامَهُ فَذَهَبَ بِهِ مَعَهُ لاَ يَسْأَلُ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمَا صَاحِبَهُ عَنْ شَىْءٍ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمَ الثَّالِثِ فَعَادَ عَلِيٌّ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ فَأَقَامَ مَعَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَلاَ تُحَدِّثُنِي مَا الَّذِي أَقْدَمَكَ قَالَ إِنْ أَعْطَيْتَنِي عَهْدًا وَمِيثَاقًا لَتُرْشِدَنَّنِي فَعَلْتُ فَفَعَلَ فَأَخْبَرَهُ قَالَ فَإِنَّهُ حَقٌّ وَهُوَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَإِذَا أَصْبَحْتَ فَاتْبَعْنِي فَإِنِّي إِنْ رَأَيْتُ شَيْئًا أَخَافُ عَلَيْكَ قُمْتُ كَأَنِّي أُرِيقُ الْمَاءَ فَإِنْ مَضَيْتُ فَاتْبَعْنِي حَتَّى تَدْخُلَ مَدْخَلِي فَفَعَلَ فَانْطَلَقَ يَقْفُوهُ حَتَّى دَخَلَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَدَخَلَ مَعَهُ فَسَمِعَ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ وَأَسْلَمَ مَكَانَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ارْجِعْ إِلَى قَوْمِكَ فَأَخْبِرْهُمْ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَكَ أَمْرِي قَالَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لأَصْرُخَنَّ بِهَا بَيْنَ ظَهْرَانَيْهِمْ فَخَرَجَ حَتَّى أَتَى الْمَسْجِدَ فَنَادَى بِأَعْلَى صَوْتِهِ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ قَامَ الْقَوْمُ فَضَرَبُوهُ حَتَّى أَضْجَعُوهُ وَأَتَى الْعَبَّاسُ فَأَكَبَّ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ وَيْلَكُمْ أَلَسْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ مِنْ غِفَارٍ وَأَنَّ طَرِيقَ تِجَارِكُمْ إِلَى الشَّأْمِ فَأَنْقَذَهُ مِنْهُمْ ثُمَّ عَادَ مِنَ الْغَدِ لِمِثْلِهَا فَضَرَبُوهُ وَثَارُوا إِلَيْهِ فَأَكَبَّ الْعَبَّاسُ عَلَيْهِ  

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 first man who discussed Qadar (Divine Decree) in Baṣrah was Maʿbad al-Juhanī. I along with Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Ḥimyarī set out for pilgrimage or for ʿUmrah and said: Should it so happen that we come into contact with one of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, we shall ask him about what is talked about Qadar. Accidentally we came across ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb, while he was entering the mosque. My companion and I surrounded him. One of us ˹stood˺ on his right and the other stood on his left. I expected that my companion would authorize me to speak. I, therefore, said: Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, there have appeared some people in our land who recite the Quran and pursue knowledge. And then after talking about their affairs, added: They claim that there is no such thing as Qadar and events are not predestined. He said: When you happen to meet such people tell them that I have nothing to do with them and they have nothing to do with me. And verily they are in no way responsible for my ˹belief˺. ʿAbdullāh b ʿUmar swore by Allah: If any one of them had with him gold equal to the bulk of ˹the mountain˺ Uḥud and spent it ˹for the sake of Allah˺, Allah would not accept it unless he affirmed his faith in the Qadar.

He further said: My father, ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb, told me: One day we were sitting in the company of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when there appeared before us a man dressed in pure white clothes. His hair was extraordinarily black. There were no signs of travel on him. None amongst us recognized him. At last, he sat with the Prophet ﷺ. He knelt before him placed his palms on his thighs,

then said: Muhammad, inform me about Islam. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Islam implies that: (1) you testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and (2) you establish prayer, (3) pay Zakat, (4) observe the fast of Ramadan, and (5) perform pilgrimage to the (House) if you are solvent enough ˹to bear the expense of˺ the journey. ˹The inquirer˺ said: You have told the truth. ˹ʿUmar˺ said: It amazed us that he would put the question and then he would himself verify the truth.

˹The inquirer˺ said: Inform me about Iman (faith). He replied: That (1) you affirm your faith in Allah, (2) in His angels, (3) in His Books, (4) in His Apostles, (5) in the Day of Judgment, and (6) you affirm your faith in the Divine Decree about good and evil. ˹The inquirer˺ said: You have told the truth.

˹The inquirer˺ again said: Inform me about Iḥsān (excellence in deeds). He said: That (1) you worship Allah as if you are seeing Him, (2) for though you don't see Him, He, verily, sees you.

˹The inquirer˺ again said: Inform me about the Hour (of the Last Day). He remarked: One who is asked knows no more than the one who is inquiring. ˹The inquirer˺ said: Tell me some of its indications. He said: That (1) the slave-girl will give birth to her mistress and master, that (2) you will find barefooted, destitute goat herders vying with one another in the construction of magnificent buildings.

˹ʿUmar˺ said: Then ˹the inquirer˺ went on his way but I stayed with (the Prophet) for a long while. He then, said to me: "ʿUmar, do you know who this inquirer was?" I replied: Allah and His Messenger know best. He remarked: "He was Jibrīl (Angel Gabriel). He came to you in order to teach you in your religion."  

كَانَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ قَالَ فِي الْقَدَرِ بِالْبَصْرَةِ مَعْبَدٌ الْجُهَنِيُّ۔ فَانْطَلَقْتُ أَنَا وَحُمَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْحِمْيَرِيُّ حَاجَّيْنِ أَوْ مُعْتَمِرَيْنِ، فَقُلْنَا لَوْ لَقِينَا أَحَدًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَسَأَلْنَاهُ عَمَّا يَقُولُ هَؤُلاَءِ فِي الْقَدَرِ۔ فَوُفِّقَ لَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ دَاخِلاً الْمَسْجِدَ فَاكْتَنَفْتُهُ أَنَا وَصَاحِبِي أَحَدُنَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَالآخَرُ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ۔ فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّ صَاحِبِي سَيَكِلُ الْكَلاَمَ إِلَىَّ۔ فَقُلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ: إِنَّهُ قَدْ ظَهَرَ قِبَلَنَا نَاسٌ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ وَيَتَقَفَّرُونَ الْعِلْمَ وَذَكَرَ مِنْ شَأْنِهِمْ وَأَنَّهُمْ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنْ لاَ قَدَرَ، وَأَنَّ الأَمْرَ أُنُفٌ۔ قَالَ: فَإِذَا لَقِيتَ أُولَئِكَ فَأَخْبِرْهُمْ أَنِّي بَرِيءٌ مِنْهُمْ وَأَنَّهُمْ بُرَآءُ مِنِّي، وَالَّذِي يَحْلِفُ بِهِ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ لَوْ أَنَّ لأَحَدِهِمْ مِثْلَ أُحُدٍ ذَهَبًا فَأَنْفَقَهُ، مَا قَبِلَ اللَّهُ مِنْهُ حَتَّى يُؤْمِنَ بِالْقَدَرِ۔

ثُمَّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ: بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ إِذْ طَلَعَ عَلَيْنَا رَجُلٌ شَدِيدُ بَيَاضِ الثِّيَابِ، شَدِيدُ سَوَادِ الشَّعَرِ۔ لاَ يُرَى عَلَيْهِ أَثَرُ السَّفَرِ وَلاَ يَعْرِفُهُ مِنَّا أَحَدٌ۔ حَتَّى جَلَسَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَسْنَدَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ إِلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ، وَوَضَعَ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَى فَخِذَيْهِ۔

وَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، أَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الإِسْلاَمِ۔ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «الإِسْلاَمُ (١) أَنْ تَشْهَدَ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ، (٢) وَتُقِيمَ الصَّلاَةَ، (٣) وَتُؤْتِيَ الزَّكَاةَ، (٤) وَتَصُومَ رَمَضَانَ، (٥) وَتَحُجَّ الْبَيْتَ إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلاً۔» قَالَ: صَدَقْتَ۔ قَالَ: فَعَجِبْنَا لَهُ يَسْأَلُهُ وَيُصَدِّقُهُ!

قَالَ: فَأَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الإِيمَانِ۔ قَالَ: «أَنْ (١) تُؤْمِنَ بِاللَّهِ، (٢) وَمَلاَئِكَتِهِ، (٣) وَكُتُبِهِ، (٤) وَرُسُلِهِ، (٥) وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ، (٦) وَتُؤْمِنَ بِالْقَدَرِ خَيْرِهِ وَشَرِّهِ۔» قَالَ: صَدَقْتَ۔

قَالَ: فَأَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الإِحْسَانِ۔ قَالَ: «أَنْ (١) تَعْبُدَ اللَّهَ كَأَنَّكَ تَرَاهُ، (٢) فَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ تَرَاهُ فَإِنَّهُ يَرَاكَ۔»

قَالَ: فَأَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ السَّاعَةِ۔ قَالَ: «مَا الْمَسْئُولُ عَنْهَا بِأَعْلَمَ مِنَ السَّائِلِ۔» قَالَ: فَأَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ أَمَارَتِهَا۔ قَالَ: «أَنْ تَلِدَ الأَمَةُ رَبَّتَهَا، وَأَنْ تَرَى الْحُفَاةَ الْعُرَاةَ الْعَالَةَ رِعَاءَ الشَّاءِ يَتَطَاوَلُونَ فِي الْبُنْيَانِ۔»

قَالَ: ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَ فَلَبِثْتُ مَلِيًّا ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي: «يَا عُمَرُ أَتَدْرِي مَنِ السَّائِلُ؟» قُلْتُ: اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ۔ قَالَ: «فَإِنَّهُ جِبْرِيلُ أَتَاكُمْ يُعَلِّمُكُمْ دِينَكُمْ۔»  

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  

The first to speak on Divine decree in al-Basrah was Maʿbad al Juhani. I and Humaid b. ʿAbd al-Rahman al-Himyari proceeded to perform Hajj or ʿUmrah. We said : would that we meet any of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ so that we could ask him about what they say with regard to divine decree. So Allah helped us to meet ʿAbd Allah b. ʿUmar who was entering the mosque. So I and my companion surrounded him, and I thought that my companion would entrust me the task of speaking to him. Then I said : Abu ‘Abd al-Rahman, there appeared on our side some people who recite the Qur'an and are engaged in the hair-splitting of knowledge. They conceive that there is no Divine decree and everything happens freely without predestination. He said : When you meet those people, tell them that I am free from them, and they are free from me. By Him by Whom swears ‘Abd Allah b. ‘Umar, if one of them has gold equivalent to Uhud and he spends it, Allah will not accept it from him until he believes in Divine decree. He then said : ‘Umar b. Khattab transmitted to me a tradition, saying : One day when we were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ a man with very white clothing and very black hair came up to us. No mark of travel was visible on him, and we did not recognize him. Sitting down beside the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, leaning his knees against his and placing his hands on his thighs, he said : tell me, Muhammad, about Islam. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said : Islam means that you should testify that there is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is Allah’s Apostle, that you should observe prayer, pay Zakat, fast during Ramadan, and perform Hajj to the house (i.e., Kaʿbah), If you have the means to go. He said : You have spoken the truth. We were surprised at his questioning him and then declaring that he spoke the truth. He said : Now tell me about faith. He replied : It means that you should believe in Allah, his angels, his Books, his Apostles and the last day, and that you should believe in the decreeing both of good and evil. He said : You have spoken the truth. He said : now tell me about doing good (ihsan). He replied: It means that you should worship Allah as though you are seeing him; if you are not seeing him, he is seeing you. He said: Now tell me about the hour. He replied : The one who is asked about it is no better informed than the one who is asking. He said : Then tell me about its signs. He replied : That a maidservant should beget her mistress, and that you should see barefooted, naked, poor men and shepherds exalting themselves in buildings. ‘Umar said : He then went away, and I waited for three days, then he said : Do you know who the questioner was, ʿUmar? I replied : Allah and his Apostle know best. He said : He was Gabriel who came to you to teach you your religion.  

كَانَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ تَكَلَّمَ فِي الْقَدَرِ بِالْبَصْرَةِ مَعْبَدٌ الْجُهَنِيُّ فَانْطَلَقْتُ أَنَا وَحُمَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْحِمْيَرِيُّ حَاجَّيْنِ أَوْ مُعْتَمِرَيْنِ فَقُلْنَا لَوْ لَقِينَا أَحَدًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَسَأَلْنَاهُ عَمَّا يَقُولُ هَؤُلاَءِ فِي الْقَدَرِ فَوَفَّقَ اللَّهُ لَنَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ دَاخِلاً فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَاكْتَنَفْتُهُ أَنَا وَصَاحِبِي فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّ صَاحِبِي سَيَكِلُ الْكَلاَمَ إِلَىَّ فَقُلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ إِنَّهُ قَدْ ظَهَرَ قِبَلَنَا نَاسٌ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ وَيَتَفَقَّرُونَ الْعِلْمَ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنْ لاَ قَدَرَ وَالأَمْرُ أُنُفٌ فَقَالَ إِذَا لَقِيتَ أُولَئِكَ فَأَخْبِرْهُمْ أَنِّي بَرِيءٌ مِنْهُمْ وَهُمْ بُرَآءُ مِنِّي وَالَّذِي يَحْلِفُ بِهِ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ لَوْ أَنَّ لأَحَدِهِمْ مِثْلَ أُحُدٍ ذَهَبًا فَأَنْفَقَهُ مَا قَبِلَهُ اللَّهُ مِنْهُ حَتَّى يُؤْمِنَ بِالْقَدَرِ ثُمَّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ بَيْنَا نَحْنُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذْ طَلَعَ عَلَيْنَا رَجُلٌ شَدِيدُ بَيَاضِ الثِّيَابِ شَدِيدُ سَوَادِ الشَّعْرِ لاَ يُرَى عَلَيْهِ أَثَرُ السَّفَرِ وَلاَ نَعْرِفُهُ حَتَّى جَلَسَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَسْنَدَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ إِلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ وَوَضَعَ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَى فَخِذَيْهِ وَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الإِسْلاَمِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الإِسْلاَمُ أَنْ تَشْهَدَ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَتُقِيمَ الصَّلاَةَ وَتُؤْتِيَ الزَّكَاةَ وَتَصُومَ رَمَضَانَ وَتَحُجَّ الْبَيْتَ إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلاً قَالَ صَدَقْتَ قَالَ فَعَجِبْنَا لَهُ يَسْأَلُهُ وَيُصَدِّقُهُ قَالَ فَأَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الإِيمَانِ قَالَ أَنْ تُؤْمِنَ بِاللَّهِ وَمَلاَئِكَتِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ وَتُؤْمِنَ بِالْقَدَرِ خَيْرِهِ وَشَرِّهِ قَالَ صَدَقْتَ قَالَ فَأَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الإِحْسَانِ قَالَ أَنْ تَعْبُدَ اللَّهَ كَأَنَّكَ تَرَاهُ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ تَرَاهُ فَإِنَّهُ يَرَاكَ قَالَ فَأَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ السَّاعَةِ قَالَ مَا الْمَسْئُولُ عَنْهَا بِأَعْلَمَ مِنَ السَّائِلِ قَالَ فَأَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ أَمَارَاتِهَا قَالَ أَنْ تَلِدَ الأَمَةُ رَبَّتَهَا وَأَنْ تَرَى الْحُفَاةَ الْعُرَاةَ الْعَالَةَ رِعَاءَ الشَّاءِ يَتَطَاوَلُونَ فِي الْبُنْيَانِ قَالَ ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَ فَلَبِثْتُ ثَلاَثًا ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا عُمَرُ هَلْ تَدْرِي مَنِ السَّائِلُ قُلْتُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ فَإِنَّهُ جِبْرِيلُ أَتَاكُمْ يُعَلِّمُكُمْ دِينَكُمْ  

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  

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 saw a dream that I can only interpret as meaning that my death is near; I saw as if a rooster pecked me twice, and I was told that it was a red rooster. I told this dream to Asma’ bint 'Umais, the wife of Abu Bakr , and she said: You will be killed by a Persian man. The people are asking me to appoint a successor, but Allah will not cause His religion and His caliphate, with which He sent His Prophet ﷺ to be lost. If death comes to me soon, then the caliphate is to be decided by these six men with whom the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was pleased when he died. Whichever of them you swear allegiance to, then listen to him and obey. I know that some people will object to this matter. I have fought them with my own hands in the defence of Islam. They are the enemies of Allah and misguided kafirs. By Allah, I am not leaving behind anything that my Lord instructed me to do and I came to the position of caliphate on that basis that is more important to me than kalalah. By Allah, the Prophet of Allah ﷺ never emphasised any issue to me since I accompanied him more than the issue of kalalah, until he poked me in the chest with his finger and said: ʿIs not ayatas-saif (the verse of summer, i.e., it was revealed in summer), which appears at the end of Sooratan Nisa', sufficient for you?ʿ If I live I will issue a decree that will be so clear that those who read the Qur'an and those who do not read it will be able to make decisions concerning it. I call upon Allah to bear witness over the governors of the regions, for I only sent them to be just and to teach the people their religion and the Sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ and to refer to me concerning any difficult matter. O people, you eat two plants which I find to be nothing but repugnant, this onion and garlic. I remember the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, if he noticed their smell coming from a man in the mosque, he would issue orders that he taken out from the mosque to al-Baqee'. Whoever must eat them, let him cook them to death.” He said: He addressed the people on Friday and was attacked on Wednesday.  

الْيَعْمَرِيِّأَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ قَامَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَحَمِدَ اللهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَذَكَرَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ رُؤْيَا لَا أُرَاهَا إِلَّا لِحُضُورِ أَجَلِي رَأَيْتُ كَأَنَّ دِيكًا نَقَرَنِي نَقْرَتَيْنِ قَالَ وَذَكَرَ لِي أَنَّهُ دِيكٌ أَحْمَرُ فَقَصَصْتُهَا عَلَى أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ عُمَيْسٍ امْرَأَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَقَالَتْ يَقْتُلُكَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْعَجَمِ قَالَ وَإِنَّ النَّاسَ يَأْمُرُونَنِي أَنْ أَسْتَخْلِفَ وَإِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيُضَيِّعَ دِينَهُ وَخِلافَتَهُ الَّتِي بَعَثَ بِهَا نَبِيَّهُ ﷺ وَإِنْ يَعْجَلْ بِي أَمْرٌ فَإِنَّ الشُّورَى فِي هَؤُلاءِ السِّتَّةِ الَّذِينَ مَاتَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ عَنْهُمْ رَاضٍ فَمَنْ بَايَعْتُمْ مِنْهُمْ فَاسْمَعُوا لَهُ وَأَطِيعُوا وَإِنِّي أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ أُنَاسًا سَيَطْعَنُونَ فِي هَذَا الْأَمْرِ أَنَا قَاتَلْتُهُمْ بِيَدِي هَذِهِ عَلَى الْإِسْلامِ أُولَئِكَ أَعْدَاءُ اللهِ الْكُفَّارُ الضُّلَّالُوَايْمُ اللهِ مَا أَتْرُكُ فِيمَا عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ رَبِّي فَاسْتَخْلَفَنِي شَيْئًا أَهَمَّ إِلَيَّ مِنَ الْكَلالَةِ وَايْمُ اللهِ مَا أَغْلَظَ لِي نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ فِي شَيْءٍ مُنْذُ صَحِبْتُهُ أَشَدَّ مَا أَغْلَظَ لِي فِي شَأْنِ الْكَلالَةِ حَتَّى طَعَنَ بِإِصْبَعِهِ فِي صَدْرِي وَقَالَ تَكْفِيكَ آيَةُ الصَّيْفِ الَّتِي نَزَلَتْ فِي آخِرِ سُورَةِ النِّسَاءِ وَإِنِّي إِنْ أَعِشْ فَسَأَقْضِي فِيهَا بِقَضَاءٍ يَعْلَمُهُ مَنْ يَقْرَأُ وَمَنْ لَا يَقْرَأُوَإِنِّي أُشْهِدُ اللهَ عَلَى أُمَرَاءِ الْأَمْصَارِ إِنِّي إِنَّمَا بَعَثْتُهُمْ لِيُعَلِّمُوا النَّاسَ دِينَهُمْ وَيُبَيِّنُوا لَهُمْ سُنَّةَ نَبِيِّهِمْ ﷺ وَيَرْفَعُوا إِلَيَّ مَا عُمِّيَ عَلَيْهِمْثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ تَأْكُلُونَ مِنْ شَجَرَتَيْنِ لَا أُرَاهُمَا إِلَّا خَبِيثَتَيْنِ هَذَا الثُّومُ وَالْبَصَلُ وَايْمُ اللهِ لَقَدْ كُنْتُ أَرَى نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ يَجِدُ رِيحَهُمَا مِنَ الرَّجُلِ فَيَأْمُرُ بِهِ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِيَدِهِ فَيُخْرَجُ بِهِ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ حَتَّى يُؤْتَى بِهِ الْبَقِيعَ فَمَنْ أَكَلَهُمَا لَا بُدَّ فَلْيُمِتْهُمَا طَبْخًاقَالَ فَخَطَبَ النَّاسَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَأُصِيبَ يَوْمَ الْأَرْبِعَاءِ  

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] "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  

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] 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  

[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»  

[Machine] I saw Umar ibn Al-Khattab before he was struck by the days in Medina. He stood with Hudhaifah ibn Al-Yaman and Uthman ibn Hunayf and said, "How have you two managed to bear the burden of the earth that it cannot bear?" They said, "We have carried it by a command that it can bear." Hudhaifah said, "If I were to carry it, it would be weakened." Uthman ibn Hunayf said, "I have carried it by a command that it can bear, without any great favor." Umar then said, "See that you have not carried the burden of the earth that it cannot bear." They said, "No." Umar said, "If Allah grants me safety, I will leave the widows of Iraq without needing any man after me." He said, "Only four things came upon him until he was struck." He said, "And between me and him, there is no one except Abdullah ibn Abbas in the morning." He said, "And he used to stand between the rows. If he saw any disorder among them, he would say, 'Stand still until there is no disorder among them.' Then he would proceed and say the takbir." He said, "And perhaps he would recite Surah Yusuf or An-Nahl or something similar in the first raka'a until the people gathered." He said, "And it was only that he would say the takbir." He said, "I heard him say, 'The dog has killed me or the dog has eaten me,' when he was stabbed. Then he flew out of the wound with a double-edged knife that would not pass by anyone to the right or left except that it would stab him, until he stabbed thirteen men and nine of them died. When he saw that, a Muslim man threw a cloak on him. When the assassin thought that he had taken hold of him, he slit his own throat." He said, "And Umar held the hand of Abdullah ibn Awf and brought him forward." He said, "Who will take care of Umar? He has seen what he has seen." He said, "Regarding the surroundings of the mosque, they did not know anything except that they had lost the voice of Umar while they were saying, 'Subhan Allah, Subhan Allah.' Abdul-Rahman ibn Awf led them in a light prayer. When they finished, Umar said, 'O Ibn Abbas, see who killed me.' He went for a while and then came back and said, 'The slave of Al-Mughirah killed him.' He said, 'Really?' After they all spoke with their tongues and prayed towards their qibla and performed the Hajj according to their rites, he was brought to his house. We then left with him." He said, "And it was as if the people had not been affected by any calamity before that day. Some were saying, 'There is no harm,' while others were saying, 'We fear for him.' So they brought some wine and he drank it, and it came out of his wound. Then they brought some milk and he drank it, and it came out of his wound. They recognized that he was dead, and he mentioned this incident in his will and in the command to consult each other."  

رَأَيْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُصَابَ بِأَيَّامٍ بِالْمَدِينَةِ وَقَفَ عَلَى حُذَيْفَةَ بْنِ الْيَمَانِ وَعُثْمَانَ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ فَقَالَ كَيْفَ فَعَلْتُمَا تَخَافَانِ أَنْ تَكُونَا قَدْ حَمَّلْتُمَا الْأَرْضَ مَا لَا تُطِيقُ؟ قَالَا حَمَّلْنَاهَا أَمْرًا هِيَ لَهُ مُطِيقَةٌ وَقَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ لَوْ حَمَّلْتُ عَلَيْهَا أُضْعِفَتْ وَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ حُنَيْفٍ حَمَّلْتُهَا أَمْرًا هِيَ لَهُ مُطِيقَةٌ مَا فِيهَا كَبِيرُ فَضْلٍ قَالَ انْظُرْ أَلَّا تَكُونَا حَمَّلْتُمَا الْأَرْضَ مَا لَا تُطِيقُ قَالَا لَا فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ لَئِنْ سَلَّمَنِي اللهُ لَأَدَعَنَّ أَرَامِلَ الْعِرَاقِ لَا يَحْتَجْنَ إِلَى رَجُلٍ بَعْدِي قَالَ فَمَا أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا أَرْبَعَةٌ حَتَّى أُصِيبَ قَالَ وَإِنِّي لَقَائِمٌ مَا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ إِلَّا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ غَدَاةَ أُصِيبَ قَالَ وَكَانَ إِذَا مَرَّ بَيْنَ الصَّفَّيْنِ قَامَ فَإِنْ رَأَى خَلَلًا قَالَ اسْتَوُوا حَتَّى إِذَا لَمْ يَرَ فِيهِمْ خَلَلًا تَقَدَّمَ فَكَبَّرَ قَالَ وَرُبَّمَا قَرَأَ بِسُورَةِ يُوسُفَ أَوِ النَّحْلِ أَوْ نَحْوِ ذَلِكَ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى حَتَّى يَجْتَمِعَ النَّاسُ قَالَ فَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا أَنْ كَبَّرَ قَالَ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ قَتَلَنِي الْكَلْبُ أَوْ أَكَلَنِي الْكَلْبُ حِينَ طَعَنَهُ فَطَارَ الْعِلْجُ بِالسِّكِّينِ ذَاتِ طَرَفَيْنِ لَا يَمُرُّ عَلَى أَحَدٍ يَمِينًا وَلَا شِمَالًا إِلَّا طَعَنَهُ حَتَّى طَعَنَ ثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ رَجُلًا فَمَاتَ مِنْهُمْ تِسْعَةٌ فَلَمَّا رَأَى ذَلِكَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ طَرَحَ عَلَيْهِ بُرْنُسًا فَلَمَّا ظَنَّ الْعِلْجُ أَنَّهُ مَأْخُوذٌ نَحَرَ نَفْسَهُ قَالَ وَتَنَاوَلَ عُمَرُ يَدَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ ؓ ا فَقَدَّمَهُ قَالَ فَمَنْ يلِي عُمَرَ ؓ فَقَدْ رَأَى الَّذِي رَأَى وَأَمَّا نَوَاحِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَإِنَّهُمْ لَا يَدْرُونَ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُمْ فَقَدُوا صَوْتَ عُمَرَ ؓ وَهُمْ يَقُولُونَ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ قَالَ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ ؓ صَلَاةً خَفِيفَةً فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفُوا قَالَ يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ انْظُرْ مَنْ قَتَلَنِي فَجَالَ سَاعَةً ثُمَّ جَاءَ فَقَالَ غُلَامُ الْمُغِيرَةِ فَقَالَ الصَّنِعُ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ قَاتَلَهُ اللهُ لَقَدْ كُنْتُ أَمَرْتُ بِهِ مَعْرُوفًا فَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لَمْ يجْعَلْ مِيتَتِي بِيَدِ رَجُلٍ يَدَّعِي الْإِسْلَامَ وَقَالَ قَدْ كُنْتَ أَنْتَ وَأَبُوكَ تُحِبَّانِ أَنْ تَكْثُرَ الْعُلُوجُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ قَالَ وَكَانَ الْعَبَّاسُ ؓ أَكْثَرَهُمْ رَقِيقًا فَقَالَ إِنْ شِئْتَ فَعَلْنَا أَيْ إِنْ شِئْتَ قَتَلْنَا قَالَ كَذَبْتَ بَعْدَمَا تَكَلَّمُوا بِلِسَانِكُمْ وَصَلَّوْا قِبْلَتَكُمْ وَحَجُّوا حَجَّكُمْ فَاحْتُمِلَ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ فَانْطَلَقْنَا مَعَهُ قَالَ وَكَأَنَّ النَّاسَ لَمْ تُصِبْهُمْ مُصِيبَةٌ قَبْلَ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَقَائِلٌ يَقُولُ لَا بَأْسَ وَقَائِلٌ يَقُولُ نَخَافُ عَلَيْهِ فَأُتِيَ بِنَبِيذٍ فَشَرِبَهُ فَخَرَجَ مِنْ جُرْحِهِ ثُمَّ أُتِيَ بِلَبَنٍ فَشَرِبَهُ فَخَرَجَ مِنْ جُرْحِهِ فَعَرَفُوا أَنَّهُ مَيِّتٌ وَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ فِي وَصَايَاهُ وَأَمْرِ الشُّورَى  

[Machine] 'Umar wrote to Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, "Verily, judgment is a mandatory duty and a followed Sunnah, so understand when it is presented to you. Speaking the truth without any effect does not benefit you, so avoid showing displeasure to people in your face, gatherings, and judgments, so that neither a noble person desires a disgrace from you, nor a weak person loses hope in your clear justice. Proof is required for one who claims, and an oath is required for one who denies, and reconciliation is permissible between Muslims except for reconciling what is forbidden or forbidding what is permissible. And whoever claims a hidden right or provides evidence, then give him the amount he claims. If he fails to produce evidence, then punish him for the time necessary for him to bring it forth. If he comes with proof, give him his due. If he is unable to produce evidence, then you have the right to pass judgment in his absence and this is the fairest excuse and the most just for the blind. This should not prevent you from executing a judicial decision you made today just because you doubted and were guided by another opinion. Review what is presented to you that is not in the Qur'an or Sunnah, then assess the matter at that point and learn proverbs and analogies. Then turn to Allah in what you see and what resembles it in truth. Beware of anger, anxiety, boredom, annoying people during disputes, and pretending. For God rewards him who executes judgment in the rightful places, and enriches him with it. Whoever intends solely for the sake of God, even if it is against his own self, God will suffice for him in what is between him and people. And whoever pretends to have what is not in his heart, God will disgrace him. Indeed, God, glorified and exalted be He, accepts only what is done sincerely for Him. And what do you think of a reward other than Allah's in his immediate provisions and the treasures of His mercy?"  

عُمَرُ إِلَى أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ ؓ إِنَّ الْقَضَاءَ فَرِيضَةٌ مُحْكَمَةٌ وَسُنَّةٌ مُتَّبَعَةٌ فَافْهَمْ إِذَا أُدْلِيَ إِلَيْكَ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَنْفَعُ تَكَلُّمُ حَقٍّ لَا نَفَاذَ لَهُ وَآسِ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ فِي وَجْهِكَ وَمَجْلِسِكَ وَقَضَائِكَ حَتَّى لَا يَطْمَعَ شَرِيفٌ فِي حَيْفِكَ وَلَا يَيْأَسَ ضَعِيفٌ مِنْ عَدْلِكَ الْبَيِّنَةُ عَلَى مَنِ ادَّعَى وَالْيَمِينُ عَلَى مَنْ أَنْكَرَ وَالصُّلْحُ جَائِزٌ بَيْنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ إِلَّا صُلْحًا أَحَلَّ حَرَامًا أَوْ حَرَّمَ حَلَالًا وَمَنِ ادَّعَى حَقًّا غَائِبًا أَوْ بَيِّنَةً فَاضْرِبْ لَهُ أَمَدًا يَنْتَهِي إِلَيْهِ فَإِنْ جَاءَ بِبَيِّنَةٍ أَعْطَيْتَهُ بِحَقِّهِ فَإِنْ أَعْجَزَهُ ذَلِكَ اسْتَحْلَلْتَ عَلَيْهِ الْقَضِيَّةَ فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ أَبْلَغُ فِي الْعُذْرِ وَأَجْلَى لِلْعَمَى وَلَا يَمْنَعْكَ مِنْ قَضَاءٍ قَضَيْتَهُ الْيَوْمَ فَرَاجَعْتَ فِيهِ لِرَأْيِكَ وَهُدِيتَ فِيهِ لِرُشْدِكَ أَنْ تُرَاجِعَ الْحَقَّ لِأَنَّ الْحَقَّ قَدِيمٌ لَا يُبْطِلُ الْحَقَّ شَيْءٌ وَمُرَاجَعَةُ الْحَقِّ خَيْرٌ مِنَ التَّمَادِي فِي الْبَاطِلِ وَالْمُسْلِمُونَ عُدُولٌ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ فِي الشَّهَادَةِ إِلَّا مَجْلُودٌ فِي حَدٍّ أَوْ مُجَرَّبٌ عَلَيْهِ شَهَادَةُ الزُّورِ أَوْ ظَنِينٌ فِي وَلَاءٍ أَوْ قَرَابَةٍ فَإِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ تَوَلَّى مِنَ الْعِبَادِ السِّرَائِرَ وَسَتَرَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْحُدُودَ إِلَّا بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ وَالْأَيْمَانِ ثُمَّ الْفَهْمَ الْفَهْمَ فِيمَا أُدْلِيَ إِلَيْكَ مِمَّا لَيْسَ فِي قُرْآنٍ وَلَا سُنَّةٍ ثُمَّ قَايِسِ الْأُمُورَ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ وَاعْرِفِ الْأَمْثَالَ وَالْأَشْبَاهَ ثُمَّ اعْمِدْ إِلَى أَحَبِّهَا إِلَى اللهِ فِيمَا تَرَى وَأَشْبَهِهَا بِالْحَقِّ وَإِيَّاكَ وَالْغَضَبَ وَالْقَلَقَ وَالضَّجَرَ وَالتَّأَذِّيَ بِالنَّاسِ عِنْدَ الْخُصُومَةِ وَالتَّنَكُّرَ فَإِنَّ الْقَضَاءَ فِي مَوَاطِنِ الْحَقِّ يُوجِبُ اللهُ لَهُ الْأَجْرَ وَيُحْسِنُ بِهِ الذُّخْرَ فَمَنْ خَلُصَتْ نِيَّتُهُ فِي الْحَقِّ وَلَوْ كَانَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ كَفَاهُ اللهُ مَا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ النَّاسِ وَمَنْ تَزَيَّنَ لَهُمْ بِمَا لَيْسَ فِي قَلْبِهِ شَانَهُ اللهُ فَإِنَّ اللهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى لَا يَقْبَلُ مِنَ الْعِبَادَةِ إِلَّا مَا كَانَ لَهُ خَالِصًا وَمَا ظَنُّكَ بِثَوَابِ غَيْرِ اللهِ فِي عَاجِلِ رِزْقِهِ وَخَزَائِنِ رَحْمَتِهِ؟  

[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  

[Machine] I was sent by Ibn Ayyash bin Abi Rabia to Umar bin Abdul Aziz for his needs. I entered upon him and there was a scribe with him who was writing. I greeted him and he replied with greetings. Then, I said, "Peace be upon you, O Commander of the Faithful, and the mercy of Allah." He said, "O son of Ziyad, we do not deny the first thing you said." The scribe was reading to him the grievances that came from Basra. Then, he told me to sit, so I sat on a step near the door while he listened to the scribe reading. Umar was sighing heavily. When he finished, he dismissed everyone in the room until only I and him were present. He sat in front of me and placed his hands on my knees. Then, he said, "O son of Abi Ziyad, have you worn this armor?" I said, "Yes, I have a padded armor made of wool and I have rested from what we were in." Then, he asked me about the righteous men and women of Madinah, and he asked me about the matters he had commanded them in Madinah, and I informed him. Then, he said, "O son of Abi Ziyad, don't you see what has happened to me?" I said, "Rejoice, O Commander of the Faithful, for I hope good for you." He said, "Never, never." Then, he cried until I also mourned for him. I said, "O Commander of the Faithful, some of your actions are praiseworthy, for I hope good for you." He said, "Never, never. I neither insult nor am I insulted, I neither strike nor am I struck, I neither harm nor am I harmed." He said, and then he cried until I also mourned for him. So, I stayed until he fulfilled my needs, and he wrote to my master asking him to sell me, but he refused and then freed me.  

أَرْسَلَنِي ابْنُ عَيَّاشِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبِيعَةَ إِلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ فِي حَوَائِجَ لَهُ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَعِنْدَهُ كَاتِبٌ يَكْتُبُ فَقُلْتُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ فَقَالَ وَعَلَيْكُمُ السَّلَامُ ثُمَّ انْتَهَيْتُ فَقُلْتُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ زِيَادٍ إِنَّا لَسْنَا نُنْكِرُ الْأُولَى الَّتِي قُلْتَ وَالْكَاتِبُ يَقْرَأُ عَلَيْهِ مَظَالِمَ جَاءَتْ مِنَ الْبَصْرَةِ فَقَالَ لِي اجْلِسْ فَجَلَسْتُ عَلَى أُسْكُفَّةِ الْبَابِ وَهُوَ يَقْرَأُ عَلَيْهِ وَعُمَرُ يَتَنَفَّسُ الصَّعْدَاءَ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ أَخْرَجَ مَنْ كَانَ فِي الْبَيْتِ حَتَّى وَصِيفًا كَانَ فِيهِ ثُمَّ قَامَ يَمْشِي إِلَيَّ حَتَّى جَلَسَ بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ وَوَضَعَ يَدَيْهِ عَلَى رُكْبَتِي ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا ابْنَ أَبِي زِيَادٍ اسْتَدْفَأْتَ فِي مِدْرَعَتِكَ هَذِهِ؟ ‍‍ قَالَ وَعَليَّ مِدْرَعَةٌ مِنْ صُوفٍ وَاسْتَرَحْتَ مِمَّا نَحْنُ فِيهِ؟ ثُمَّ سَأَلَنِي عَنْ صُلَحَاءِ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ رِجَالِهِمْ وَنِسَائِهِمْ فَمَا تَرَكَ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدًا إِلَّا سَأَلَنِي عَنْهُ وَسَأَلَنِي عَنْ أُمُورٍ كَانَ أَمَرَ بِهَا بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا ابْنَ أَبِي زِيَادٍ أَمَا تَرَى مَا وَقَعْتُ فِيهِ قَالَ قُلْتُ أَبْشِرْ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو لَكَ خَيْرًا قَالَ هَيْهَاتَ هَيْهَاتَ ثُمَّ بَكَى حَتَّى جَعَلْتُ أَرْثِي لَهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ بَعْضُ مَا تَصْنَعُ فَإِنِّي أَرْجُو لَكَ خَيْرًا قَالَ هَيْهَاتَ هَيْهَاتَ أَشْتِمُ وَلَا أُشْتَمُ وَأَضْرِبُ وَلَا أُضْرَبُ وَأُوذِي وَلَا أُوذَى قَالَ ثُمَّ بَكَى حَتَّى جَعَلْتُ أَرْثِي لَهُ فَأَقَمْتُ حَتَّى قَضَى حَوَائِجِي وَكَتَبَ إِلَى مَوْلَايَ يَسْأَلُهُ أَنْ يَبِيعَنِي مِنْهُ ثُمَّ أَخْرَجَ مِنْ تَحْتِ فِرَاشِهِ عِشْرِينَ دِينَارًا فَقَالَ: اسْتَعِنْ بِهَذِهِ فَإِنَّهُ لَوْ كَانَ لَكَ فِي الْفَيْءِ حَقٌّ أَعْطَيْنَاكَ إِنَّمَا عَبْدٌ، فَأَبَيْتُ أَنْ آخُذَهَا فَقَالَ: إِنَّمَا هِيَ مِنْ نَفَقَتِي فَلَمْ يَزَلْ بِي حَتَّى أَخَذْتُهَا وَكَتَبَ إِلَى مَوْلَايَ يَسْأَلُهُ أَنْ يَبِيعَنِي مِنْهُ فَأَبَى وَأَعْتَقَنِي  

"عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ قَالَ: شَهِدْتُ عُمَرَ يَوْمَ طُعِنَ، فَمَا مَنَعِنى أَنْ أَكُوُنَ فِى الصَّفِّ الْمُقَدَّمِ إِلَّا هَيْبَتُهُ، وَكَانَ رَجُلًا مَهِيبًا، فَكُنْتُ فِى الصَّفِّ الَّذِى يَلِيهِ، وَكَانَ

عُمَرُ لَا يُكَبِّرُ حَتَّى يَسْتَقْبِلَ الصَّفَّ الْمُقَدَّمَ بِوَجْهِهِ، فَإِنْ رَأَى رَجُلًا مُتَقَدِّمًا مِنَ الصَّفَ أَوْ مُتَأَخِّرًا ضَرَبَهُ بِالدِّرَّةِ، فَذَلِكَ الَّذى مَنَعَنِى مِنْهُ، وَأَقْبَلَ عُمَرُ، فَعَرَضَ لَهُ أَبو لَؤْلُؤَةَ فَطَعَنَهُ ثَلَاثَ طَعَنَاتٍ، فَسَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ -هَكَذَا بِيَدهِ قَدْ بَسَطَهَا-: دُوَنكُم الْكَلْبَ قَدْ قَتَلَنِى وَمَاجَ النَّاسُ بَعْضُهُمْ فِى بَعْضٍ فَصَلَّى بنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ بِأَقْصَرِ سُورَتَيْنِ (في الْقُرْآنِ) {إِذَا جَاءَ نَصْرُ اللَّه}، وَ {إِنَّا أَعْطَيْنَاكَ الْكَوْثَرَ}، وَاحْتُمِلَ عُمَرُ فَدَخَلَ النَّاسُ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ: يَا عَبْدَ اللَّه بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ اخْرُجْ فَنَادِ فِى النَّاسِ؛ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ: (إِنَّ) أَميرَ الْمُؤْمِنينَ يَقُولُ: أعَنْ مَلأٍ مِنْكُمْ هَذَا؟ فَقَالُوا: مَعَاذَ اللَّه مَا عَلِمْنَا وَلَا أطَّلَعْنا، فَقَالَ: ادْعوا لِى طَبِيبًا، فَدُعِى لَهُ الطَّبِيبُ فَقَالَ: أىُّ شَرَاب أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ؟ (قَالَ) نَبِيذٌ، فَسُقى نَبِيذًا فَخَرَجَ (مِنْ بَعْضِ طَعَنَاتِهِ)، فَقَالَ النَّاسُ: هَذَا صَدِيدٌ، اسْقُوهُ لَبنًا، فَسُقِى لَبنًا فَخَرَجَ، فَقَالَ الطَّبيبُ: (مَا أُرَاكَ تُمْسِى) فَمَا كُنْتَ فَاعِلًا فَافْعَلْ، فَقَالَ: يَا عَبْدَ اللَّه بْنَ عُمَرَ إِيتنِى بِالْكَتِفَ الّتِى كَتَبْتُ فِيهَا شَأنَ الْجَدِّ بِالأَمْسِ، فَلَوْ أَرَادَ اللَّه أَنْ يُمْضِى مَا فِيهِ أَمْضَاهُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ عُمَرَ: (أَنَا) أكْفِيكَ مَحْوهَا فَقَالَ: لَا، وَاللَّه لَا يَمْحُوهَا أَحَدٌ غَيْرِى، فَمَحَاهَا عُمَرُ بيَدِهِ، وَكَانَ فِيهَا فَرِيضَةُ الْجَدِّ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: ادْعُو لِى عَلِيًا وَعُثْمَانَ وَطَلحَةَ وَالزُّبيْرَ وَعَبْدَ الرَّحَمِن بْنَ عَوْفٍ وَسَعْدًا، فَلَمَّا خَرَجُوا مِنْ عنْده قَالَ عُمَرُ: إِنْ وَلَّوْهَا الأَجْلَحَ سلَكَ بهِمُ الطَّرِيقَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ عُمَرَ: فَمَا يَمْنَعُكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤمِنيِنَ؟ قَالَ: أَكْرَهُ أَنْ أَتَحَمَّلَهَا حَيًّا وَمَيِّتًا".  

"عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمنِ بْنِ غَنَم، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ أتَاهُ جِبْريلُ في صُورَةٍ لم يَعْرِفْهُ فِيها حَتَّى وَضَعَ يَدْهُ عَلَى رُكبتى رسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ: مَا الإسْلامُ؟ قَالَ الإسْلامُ أَنْ تُسْلِمَ وَجْهَكَ للهِ، وَتَشْهَد أنْ لا إِله إِلا اللهُ، وَأنَّ مُحَمدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ، وتقِيمَ الصَّلاةَ، وَتؤتِىَ الزَّكاة، قَالَ فإِذَا فعَلْتُ ذلِكَ فَقَدْ أَسْلَمْتُ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ صَدَقْتَ، قَالَ: فَمَا الإيمَانُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ: الإيمانُ أنْ تُؤمِنَ بِاللهِ واليْومِ الآخِرِ، والملائِكَةِ، والكِتابِ، والنبيين، وَبالموتِ، وَبالحيَاةِ بَعْدَ الموتِ، والحِسَابِ والميزان، والجنَّةِ والنَّارِ، والقَدرِ كُلِّهِ خيره وشَرِّه، قَالَ: فإِذَا فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ فَقْدَ آمنْتُ؟ قَالَ نَعَم، قَالَ: صَدَقْتَ، قَالَ: فَما الإحْسَانُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ: تَخْشَى الله كأنَّكَ تراهُ، فإنَّكَ إنْ لا تكُ تَرَاهُ فإنَّهُ يَراكَ، قَالَ: فإِذَا فعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ فَقَدْ أمَنْتُ؟ قَالَ: نَعْم، قَالَ صَدَقْتَ، قَالَ: فما الإحْسَانُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قال: تَخْشَى اللهَ كأنَّكَ تراهُ، فَإنَّكَ إنْ لا تَكُ تَرَاهُ فإنَّه يَراكَ، قَالَ: فإِذَا فَعَلْتُ ذلكَ فَقَدْ أَحْسَنْت؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: صَدَقْتَ، قَالَ: فما السَّاعةُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ: سُبْحَانَ اللهِ خمسٌ مِنْ الغيْب لا يَعْلمُهُن إلا الله ما المسئولُ عنهنَّ بأعلَم بهنَّ من السَّائِلِ، إنَّ اللهَ عِنْدَهُ عِلْمُ السَّاعَةِ، وينزلُ الغيْثَ، ويعلمُ ما فِي الأرحَام، وما تدْرى نفْسٌ ماذا تكْسِبُ غدًا، ومَا تَدْرى نَفْسٌ بأىِّ أرْضٍ تموتُ، وإنْ شئتَ أخبرتُك بعلْمِ ما قبلَها، إذا وَلَدتِ الأَمَةُ رَبَّتَهَا، وتَطَاوَلَ أهل الشاء (*)، وَرأيْتَ الحُفَاةَ العراة (* *) عَلَى رِقابِ النَّاس قَالَ: وَمنَ هُم يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ ، قَالَ: غريب ثم وَلَّى الرَّجُلُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ : أيْن السائِلُ؟ قَالَوا: مَا رأينَا طَرِيْقَهُ مُذْ بَدَا، قَالَ ذَاكُمْ جِبْريلُ يعَلمُكُمْ دِينَكُمْ، وَمَا جَاءَنِى قطُّ إلا عَرَفْتُهُ إلا اليوم".  

"عَنِ البَاهِلىِّ أَنَّ عُمَر بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ قَامَ في النَّاسِ خَطِيبًا مدخله الشام بالجابيةِ، فَقَالَ: تَعلَّموا القُرآنَ واعْمَلُوا بهِ تكُونُوا مِنْ أَهْلِهِ، فَإنَّه لَم يَبْلُغْ مَنزِلَةُ ذِى حَقٍّ أَنْ يُطَاعَ فِى مَعْصِيةِ الله، واعْلَمُوا أَنَّه لا يُقَرِّبُ مِنْ أجَلٍ وَلا يُبْعِدُ مِنْ رِزْقٍ قَولٌ بِحَقٍّ وَتَذْكِير عَظِيمٍ، واعْلَمُوا أَنَّ بَيْنَ العَبْدِ وَبَيْنَ رِزْقِه حِجَابًا فإن صَبَر أتَاهُ رزْقُهُ، وَإِنِ اقْتَحمَ هَتَكَ الحجَابَ وَلَمْ يُدْرِكْ فَوْقَ رزْقِهِ، فَأَدِّبُوا الخَيْلَ وَانَتَضِلُوا وانتعلوا وَتَسَوّكُوا وتَمَعْدَدُوا، وإيَّاكُم وَأَخَلَاقَ العَجَمِ وَمَجَاوَرَةَ الجَبَّارِينَ، وَأَنْ يُرْفع بَيْن ظَهرَانيكُم صَلِيبٌ، وأَنْ تَجْلِسُوا عَلَى مَائِدَةٍ يُشْرَبُ عَلَيْهَا الخَمْر، وَتَدْخُلُوا الحَمَّامَ بِغَيْر إِزَارٍ، وَتَدَعُوا نِسَاءَكمْ يَدْخُلْنَ الحَمَّاماتِ فإنَّ ذَلِكَ لا يَحِلُّ، وإيَّاكُم أَنْ تَكْسِبوا من عَقْد الأعَاجِم بَعْدَ نُزُولِكُم في بِلادِهِم

مَا يَحْبِسُكُم فِي أَرْضِهم فإنَّكُم تُوشِكُون أَنْ تَرْجِعُوا إِلَى بِلادِكُم، وإيَّاكُم وَالصَّغَارَ (*) أن يَجْعلُوه في رِقَابِكم، وَعَليْكم بأمْوالِ العَرِب المَاشِية يقولون بها حيثُ نَزَلْتُم، واعْلَمُوا أنَّ الأشْرِبَةَ تُصْنَعُ مِنْ ثَلَاثَةٍ: مِنَ الزَّبِيبِ، والعَسَلِ، والتَّمْرِ، فَما عَتُق منه فهو خَمْرٌ لا يَحلُّ، واعلموا أن اللهَ لا يُزَكى ثلاثةَ نَفَرٍ ولَا يَنْظرُ إليهم ولا يُقَرِّبهم يومَ القيامةِ ولهم عذابٌ أليم: رجلٌ أعطى إمامه صَفْقَةً يريدُ بها الدُّنيا، فإنْ أصابها وفَّى له، وإن لم يُصِبْهَا لم يُوف له، ورجل خرجَ بسلعتهِ بعد العصرِ، فحلف باللهِ لقد أُعطيت بها كذا وكذا فَاشتُرِيَتْ لِقوله، وسبابُ المسلمِ فسوقٌ وقتالهُ كفرٌ، ولا يحل لك أن تهجرَ أخاكَ فوق ثلاثةِ أَيَّام، ومن أتى ساحرًا أو كاهنًا أو عرَّافًا فصدَّقه بما يقول فقد كفَر بما أُنْزِل على محمدٍ ﷺ ".

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"عنِ الْحَسَنِ: أَنَّ سُرَاقَةَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ الْمُدْلَجِىِّ حَدَّثَهُمْ أَنَّ قُرَيْشًا جَعَلَتْ فِى رَسُول الله ﷺ وَأَبِى بَكْرٍ أَرْبَعِينَ أُوقِيَّةً، قَالَ: فَبَيْنَمَا أنَا جالِسٌ إِذْ جَاءنِى رَجُلٌ، فَقالَ: إِنّ الرَّجُلَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ جَعَلَتْ قُرَيْشٌ فِيهِمَا مَا جَعَلَتْ قَرِيبٌ مِنْكَ بِمَكانِ كَذَا وَكَذَا، فَأَتَيْتُ فَرَسِى (وَهُوَ المُوعى فَنَضَرْتُ بِه (* * *))، ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُ رُمْحِى فَرَكِبْتُهُ، فَجَعَلْتُ أَجُرُّ الرُّمْحَ مَخَافَةَ أَنْ يَشْرَكَنِى فِيهِما أَهْلُ الْمَاءِ، فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُهُما، قالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: هَذَا بَاغٍ يَبْغِينا،

فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَىَّ النَّبِىُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ اكفِنَاهُ بِمَا شِئْتَ، قَالَ: فَوَحِلَ فَرَسِى وَإِنِّى لَفِى جَلَدٍ (*) مِنَ الأَرْضِ فَوَقَعْتُ عَلَى حَجَرٍ، فَانْقَلَبَ، فَقُلْتُ: أَدْعُو الَّذِى فَعَلَ بِفرَسِى مَا أَرَى أَنْ يُخَلِّصَهُ، وَعَاهَدَهُ أَنْ لَا يَعْصِيَهُ، فَدَعا لَهُ فَخَلَصَ الْفَرَسُ. فَقالَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ : أَوَاهِبُهُ أَنْتَ لِى؟ فَقُلْتُ: نَعَمْ. فَقَالَ: فَهَاهُنا، قَالَ: فَعَمِّ عَنَّا النَّاسَ، وَأَخَذَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ السَّاحِلَ (* *) مِمَّا يَلِى الْبَحْر، فَكُنْتُ أَوَّلَ النَّهارِ لَهُمْ طَالِبًا، وآخِرَ اللَّيْلِ لَهُمْ مَسْلَحَةً (* * *)، وقَالَ لِى: إِذَا اسْتَقَرَرْنا بِالْمَدِينَة فَإِنْ رَأَيْتَ أَنْ تَأتِينَا فَأتِنَا، فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ وَظَهَرَ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ وَأُحُدٍ وَأَسْلَمَ النَّاسُ وَمَنْ حَوْلَهُمْ بَلَغَنى أَنَّهُ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَبْعَثَ خَالِدَ ابْنَ الْوَلِيدِ إِلَى بَنى مُدْلَجٍ، فَأَتَيْتُهُ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: أَنْشُدُكَ النِّعْمَةَ، فَقالَ الْقَوْمُ: مَهْ. فَقالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ دَعُوهُ، فَقالَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ : مَا تُريدُ؟ فَقُلْتُ: بَلَغَنى أَنَّكَ تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَبْعَثَ خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ إِلَى قَوْمِى، فَأَنَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ تُوادِعَهُمْ، فَإِنْ أَسْلَمَ قَوْمُهُمْ أَسْلَمُوا مَعَهُمْ، وَإِنْ لَمْ يُسْلِمُوا لَمْ تَخْشُنْ صدُورُ قَوْمِهِمْ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَأَخَذَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ بِيَدِ خَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ، فَقالَ لَهُ: اذْهَبْ مَعَهُ فَاصْنَعْ مَا أَرَادَ، فَإِنْ أَسْلَمَتْ قُرَيْشٌ أَسَلَمُوا مَعَهُمْ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ {وَدُّوا لَوْ تَكْفُرُونَ كَمَا كَفَرُوا ... } حَتَّى بَلَغَ: {إِلَّا الَّذِينَ يَصِلُونَ ... } الآية.

قَالَ الْحَسَنُ: فَالَّذِينَ حَصِرَتْ صُدُورُهُمْ بَنُو مُدْلَجٍ، فَمَنْ وَصَلَ إِلَى مُدْلِجٍ مِنْ غَيْرِهِمْ كَانَ فِى مِثْلِ عَهْدهِمْ".  

"قَالَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ : يَخْرُجُ الدَّجَّالُ عَدُوُّ الله ومَعَهُ جُنُودٌ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ وَأَصْنَافِ النَّاسِ، مَعَهُ جَنَّةٌ وَنَارٌ، وَرِجَالٌ يَقْتُلُهُمْ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيهِمْ، مَعَهُ جَبَلٌ مِنْ ثَرِيدٍ وَنَهْرٌ مِنْ مَاءٍ، وإنِّى سَأَنْعَتُ لَكُم نَعْتَهُ، إِنَّهُ يَخْرُجُ مَمْسُوحَ الْعَيْنِ، فِى جَبْهتِهِ مَكْتُوبٌ كَافِرٌ يَقْرَؤُهُ كُلُّ مَنْ يُحْسِنُ الْكِتَابَ، وَمَنْ لَا يُحْسِنُ، فَجَنَّتُهُ نَارٌ، وَنَارُهُ جَنَّةٌ، وَهُوَ الْمَسِيحُ الْكَذَّابُ، وَتَتْبَعُهُ مِنْ نسَاءِ الْيَهُود ثَلاثَ عَشْرَةَ أَلْفَ امْرَأَةٍ، فَرَحِمَ الله رَجُلًا مَنَعَ سَفِيهَهُ أَنْ يَتْبَعَهُ، وَالْقُوَّةُ عَلَيْه يَوْمَئِذٍ بالْقُرْآنِ، فَإنَّ شَأَنَهُ بَلَاءٌ شَدِيدٌ يَبْعَثُ الشَّيَاطِينَ مِنْ مَشَارِق الأَرْضِ وَمَغَارِبِهَا، فَيَقُولُونَ لَهُ: اسْتَعِنْ بَنَا عَلَى مَا شِئْتَ، فَيَقُولُ: نَعَمْ انْطَلِقُوا فَأَخْبِرُوا النَّاسَ أَنِّى

رَبُّهُمْ، وَأَنِّى قَدْ جِئْتُهمْ بَجَنَّتِى وَنَارِى، فَتَنْطَلِقُ الشَّيَاطِينُ، فَيَدْخُلُ عَلَى الرَّجُلِ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ مِائَةِ شَيْطَانٍ، فَيَتَمثَّلُونَ لَهُ بِصُورَةِ والِدٍ وَوَلَدِهِ وَإِخْوَتهِ وَمَوَالِيهِ وَرَقِيقِهِ، فَيَقُولُونَ: يَا فُلَانُ أَتَعْرِفُنَا؟ فَيَقُولُ لَهُمُ الرَّجُلُ: نَعَمْ، هَذَا أَبِى، وَهَذِهِ أُمِّى، وَهَذه أُخْتِى، وَهَذَا أَخِى، فَيَقُولُ الرَّجُلُ: مَا نَبَؤكُم (*)؟ فَيقُولُونَ بَلْ أَنْتَ فَأَخْبِرْنَا مَا نَبَؤُكَ (* *)؟ فَيَقُولُ الرَّجُلُ: إِنَّا قَدْ أُخْبِرْنَا أَنَّ عَدُوَّ الله الدَّجَّالَ قَدْ خَرَجَ، فَيَقُولُ لَهُ الشَّيَاطِينُ: مَهْلًا لَا تَقُلْ هَذَا، فَإنَّهُ رَبُّكُم يُرِيدُ الْقَضَاءَ فِيكُمْ، هَذِهِ جَنَّةٌ قَدْ جَاءَ بهَا، وَنَارٌ (* * *)، وَمَعَهُ الأَنْهَارُ والطَّعَامُ، فَلَا طَعَامَ إِلَّا مَا كَانَ قَبله إلَّا مَا شَاءَ الله، فَيَقُولُ الرَّجُلُ: كَذَبْتُم مَا أَنْتُم إلَّا شَيَاطِينُ، وَهُو الكَذَّابُ، وقَدْ بَلَغَنَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ الله ﷺ قَدْ حَدَّثَ حَديثَكُمْ وَحَذَّرَنَا وَأَنْبَأنَا بِهِ فَلَا مَرْحَبًا بِكُمْ، أَنْتُمْ الشَّيَاطِينُ وَهُوَ عَدُوُّ الله وَلَيَسُوقَنَّ (* * * *) الله عَيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ حَتَّى يَقْتُلَهُ فَيَخْسَأُوا فَيَنْقَلِبُوا خَائبينَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ : إِنَّمَا أُحَدِّثُكُمْ هَذَا لتَعْقِلُوهُ وَتَفْقَهُوهُ، وَتَفْهَمُوهُ وَتَعُوهُ، فَاعْمَلُوا عَلَيْهِ، وَحَدِّثُوا بِهِ مَنْ خَلْفَكُمْ، وَلِيُحَدِّثَ الآَخَرُ الآخَرَ، فَإِنَّ فتنتَهُ أَشَدُّ الْفِتَنِ".  

"عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: لَمَّا قُبِضَ النَّبِىُّ ﷺ اشْرَأَبَّ (*) النِّفَاقُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ، وَارْتَدَّتِ الْعَرَبُ، وَأَرْعَدَتِ الْعَجَمُ وَأَبْرَقَتْ، وَتَوَاعَدُوا نَهَاوَنْدَ، وَقَالُوا: قَدْ مَاتَ هَذَا الرَّجُلُ الَّذِى كَانَتِ الْعَرَبُ تُنْصَرُ بِهِ، فَجَمَعَ أبُو بَكْرٍ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَالأَنْصَارَ وَقَالَ: إنَّ هَذِهِ الْعَرَبَ قَدْ مَنَعُوا شَاتَهُمْ وَبَعِيرَهُمْ وَرَجَعُوا عَنْ دِينِهِمْ، وَإنَّ هَذِهِ الْعَجَم قَدْ تَوَاعَدوا نَهَاوَنْدَ لِيَجْمَعُوا لِقَتَالِكُمْ، وَزَعَمُوا أنَّ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ الَّذِى كُنْتُمْ تُنْصَرُونَ بهِ قَدْ مَاتَ، فَأَشْيرُوا عَلَىَّ، فَمَا أنا إِلا رَجُلٌ منْكُمْ، وَإِنَّى أَثْقَلُكُمْ حِمْلًا لِهَذِهِ الْبَلِيَّةِ، فَأَطرَقُوا طَوِيلا، ثُمَّ تَكَلَّمَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَابِ فَقَالَ: أَرَى وَاللهِ يَا خَلِيفَةَ رسُولِ اللهِ أَنْ تَقْبَلَ مِنَ الْعَرِب الصَّلاةَ وَتَدعَ لَهُمُ الزَّكَاةَ فَإِنَّهُمْ حَدِيثُ عَهْدٍ بِجَاهِلِيَّةٍ لَمْ يَقُدْهُمُ الإِسْلامُ، فَإِمَّا أَنْ يَرُدَهُمُ اللهُ إِلى خَيْرٍ، وَإِمَّا أَنْ يُعِزَّ الله الإِسْلامَ فَتَقْوَى عَلَى قِتَالِهِمْ، فَمَا لِبَقِيَّةِ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ والأَنْصَارِ يَدَانِ بِالْعَرَبِ والْعَجَمِ قَاطِبَةً، فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَى عُثْمَانَ فَقَالَ مِثْلَ ذَلكَ، وَقَالَ عَلِىٌّ مثْلَ ذَلِكَ وَتَابَعَهُمُ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ، ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ إلَى الأَنْصَارِ فَتَابَعُوهُمْ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى ذَلِكَ صَعِدَ الْمِنْبَرَ فَحَمِدَ اللهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَمَّا بَعْدُ: فَإِنَّ اللهَ بَعَثَ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ وَالْحَقُّ (* *) قلٌّ شَرِيدٌ، وَالاسْلامُ غرِيبٌ طَرِيدٌ قَدْ رَثَّ حَبْلُهُ، وَقَلَّ أَهْلُهُ، فَجَمَعَهُمُ اللهُ بِمُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ وَجَعَلَهُمُ الأُمَّةَ الْبَاقِيَةَ الْوسْطَى، وَاللهِ لا أَبْرحُ أَقُومُ بِأَمْرِ اللهِ وَأُجَاهِدُ في سَبِيلِ اللهِ حَتَّى يُنجِزَ اللهُ لَنَا وَعْدَهُ وَيَفِىَ لَنَا بِعَهْدِهِ، فَيُقْتَلُ

مَنْ قُتِلَ مِنَّا شَهِيدًا في الْجَنَّةِ، وَيَبْقَى مَنْ بَقِىَ مِنَّا خَلِيفَةَ اللهِ فِى أَرْضِهِ، وَوَارِثَ عِبَادَةِ الْحَقِّ، فَإِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى قَالَ لَنَا وَلَيْسَ لِقَوْلِهِ خُلْف: {وَعَدَ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنْكُمْ وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ لَيَسْتَخْلِفَنَّهُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ كَمَا اسْتَخْلَفَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ} , وَاللهِ لَوْ مَنَعُونِى عِقَالًا مِمَّا كَانُوا يُعْطُونَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ أقْبلَ مَعَهُمُ الشَّجَرُ وَالْمَدَرُ وَالْجِنُّ وَالإِنْسُ لَجَاهَدْتُهُمْ حَتَّى تَلحَقَ رُوحِى بِاللهِ، إِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يُفَرِّقْ بَيْنَ الصَّلاة وَالزَّكَاةِ ثُمَّ جَمَعَهُمَا فَكبَّرَ عُمَرُ وَقَالَ: عَلِمْتُ واللهِ (*) حِينَ عَزَمَ اللهُ لأَبِى بِكْرِ عَلَى قِتَالِهِمْ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ".  

" عن سعيدِ بنِ سفيانَ القَارِى قال: تُوُفِّىَ أخِى وَأَوْصَى بمائة دِينَارٍ في سَبيلِ الله، فدخلتُ على عثمانَ بنِ عفانَ وعنْدَهُ رَجلٌ قاعدٌ وعلىَّ قباءٌ جيبهُ وفروجه مكفوفٌ بحَريرٍ، فلما رآنى ذلك الرجلُ أقبلَ علىَّ يجاذِبُنِى قبائِى ليَخْرِقَهُ، فلما رأى ذلك عثمانُ قالَ: دعِ الرَّجُلَ، فَتَركنِى ثمَّ قالَ: قد عَجِلْتُم، فسألتُ عثمانَ فقُلْتُ: يَا أَميرَ المؤمنين، تُوُفّىَ أَخى وَأَوْصَى بِمائةِ دِينَارٍ فِى سَبِيلِ الله فَمَا تَأمُرُنِى؟ قال: هل سَأَلْتَ أَحَدًا قَبْلي؟ قلتُ: لا، قالَ لئنِ استفتيتَ أحدًا قبلى فأَفْتَاكَ غَيْرَ الَّذِى أفْتَيْتُكَ بِهِ ضَرَبْتُ عُنُقَهُ، إنَّ الله أمَرنا بالإسْلاَمِ فَأسْلَمْنَا كُلُّنَا، فنحن المسلِمُونَ، وَأمَرَنَا بِالْجِهَادِ فَهَاجَرْنَا فَنَحْنُ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ أَهْل الْمَدِينَةِ، ثَمَّ أَمَرنَا بِالْجِهَادِ فَجَاهَدتُمْ فَأَنْتُمُ الْمُجَاهِدُونَ أَهْل الشَّامِ، أَنْفِقْهَا عَلى نَفْسِكَ وَعَلى أَهْلِكَ وَعَلى ذِى الحاجة مِمَّنْ حَوْلَكَ، فإنه لو خَرَجْتَ بِدِرْهَمٍ ثُم اشْتَرَيْتَ بِهِ لَحْمًا فأَكلتَه أنتَ وَأَهْلُكَ كُتِبَ لَكَ بِسَبْعمائَة دِرْهَمٍ فَخَرجْتُ مِن عِنْدِهِ فَسَألْتُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ الَّذِى يجاذبنى، فقيل: هو علىُّ بنُ أبى طالبٍ، فأتيتُه في منزله فقلتُ: ما رأيتَ منِّى؟ فقال: سمعتُ رسولَ الله ﷺ يقولُ: أوشَكَ أن تَسْتَحِلَّ أُمَّتِى فُرُوجَ النِّسَاء وَالْحَرِيرَ، وَهَذَا أَوَّلُ حَرِيرٍ رَأَيْتُهُ على أحدٍ مِنَ المسْلِمينَ، فَخَرَجْتُ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ فَبِعْتُهُ ".  

"عن إسحاق بن بشر القرشى قال: أنبأنا ابن إسحاق وأبو إسحاق قال: جاء رجلٌ إلى عمر بن الخطاب فقال: يا أمير المؤمنين! ما {النَّازِعَاتِ غَرْقًا} (*) فقال عمر: مَنْ أَنْتَ؟ قال: امْرُؤٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَصْرَةِ، مِنْ بَنِى تَمِيمٍ، ثُمَّ أَحدُ بَنِى سَعْدٍ، قال: مِنْ قَوْمٍ جُفاةٍ، أَمَّا إِنَّكَ لَتَحْمِلَنَّ إِلَى عَامِلِكَ مَا يَسُوءُكَ، ولهزهُ (* *) حتى فَرَّتْ قَلَنْسُوَتُهُ، فإِذَا هُوَ وَافِرُ الشَّعَرِ، فقال: أَمَّا إِنِّى لَوْ وَجَدْتُكَ مَحلُوقًا مَا سَأَلْتُ عَنْكَ، ثم كتب إلى أبى موسى: أما بعد: فَإِنَّ الأَصْبَغَ بن عَلِيمٍ التَّمِيمِىَّ تَكَلَّفَ مَا كُفِىَ وَضَيَّعَ مَا وَلِىَ، فَإِذَا جَاءَكَ كِتَابِى هَذَا فَلاَ تُبَايِعُوهُ، وَإِنْ مَرِضَ فَلاَ تَعُودُوهُ، وإِنْ مَاتَ فَلا تَشْهدُوهُ، ثمَّ التْفْتَ إِلَى الْقَوْمِ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ الله - ﷻ - خَلَقَكُمْ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِضَعْفِكُمْ، فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْكُمْ رَسُولًا مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ، وَأَنْزَلَ عليكم كتَابًا وَحَدَّ لَكُمْ فِيه حُدُودًا أَمَرَكُمْ أَن لَّا تَعْتَدُوهَا، وفَرَضَ فَرَائِضَ أَمرَكم أن تتبعوها، وَحَرَّمَ حُرَمًا نَهَاكُمْ أَن تَنْتَهِكُوهَا، وَتَركَ أَشْياءَ لَمْ يَدَعْهَا نِسيَانًا، فَلاَ تَتَكَلَّفُوهَا وِإنَّما تَركها رَحْمَةً لَكُمْ، قال: فَكَان الأصبغُ بنُ عَلِيمٍ يَقُولُ: قد قَدِمتُ الْبَصْرَةَ فَأَقَمْتُ بِهَا

خَمْسَةً وَعِشْرِينَ يَوْمًا وَمَا مِنْ غَائِبٍ أَحَبَّ إِلَىَّ أَنْ أَلْقَاهُ مِنَ الْمَوْت، ثم إن الله أَلْهَمَهُ التَّوْبَةَ وَقَذَفَهَا في قَلْبِهِ، فَأَتْيْتُ أَبَا مُوسَى وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمنْبَرِ، فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيه، فَأَعْرَضَ عَنِّى، فَقُلتُ: أَيُّهَا المُعْرِضُ! إِنَّهُ قَدْ قَبِل التَّوبَةَ مَنْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ منْكَ وَمِنْ عُمَرَ، وإنِّى أَتُوبُ إلى اللهِ - ﷻ - مِمَّا أَسْخَطَ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَعَامَّةَ الْمُسْلِمِيَنَ، فَكَتبَ بِذَلِك إِلَى عُمَر، فَقَالَ: صَدقَ، اقْبلَوا مِنْ أَخِيكُمْ".  

" عَنْ نَافِعٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى ابن عُمَرَ فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ: مَا الذى يَحْمِلُكَ عَلَى أَنْ تَحُجَّ عَامًا وَتَعْتَمر عَامًا وَتَتْرُكَ الجِهَادَ في سَبِيلِ الله، وَقَدْ علِمْت مَا رَغَّبَ الله فِيهِ؟ قَالَ: يَابْنَ أَخِى: بُنى الإسْلاَمُ عَلَى خَمْسٍ: إِيمانٌ بِالله وَرَسُولِه، وَصَلاَةُ الْخَمْسِ، وَصِيامُ شَهِرِ رَمَضَانَ، وَأَدَاءُ الزَّكَاةِ، وَحَجُّ الْبَيْت، فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ: أَلاَ تَسْمَعُ مَا ذَكَرَ الله فِى كِتَابِهِ {وَإِنْ طَائِفَتَانِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ اقْتَتَلُوا فَأَصْلِحُوا بَيْنَهُمَا فَإِنْ بَغَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا عَلَى الْأُخْرَى فَقَاتِلُوا الَّتِي تَبْغِي حَتَّى تَفِيءَ إِلَى أَمْرِ اللَّهِ}، فَمَا يَمْنَعُكَ أَنْ تُقَاتِلَ الْفِئَة الْبَاغِية كمَا أَمَرَكَ الله في كتَابِهِ؟ فَقَالَ: يَابْنَ أَخِى لأَنْ أَعْتَبِرَ بِهَذِهِ الآيَةِ فَلاَ أَقَاتِل أَحَبّ إِلَىَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَعْتَبِرَ بِالأَيَةِ التَّي يَقُولُ الله فيها {وَمَنْ يَقْتُلْ مُؤْمِنًا مُتَعَمِّدًا فَجَزَاؤُهُ جَهَنَّمُ} فَقَالَ: أَلاَ تَرَى أَنَّ الله يَقُولُ: {وَقُاتِلُوهُم حَتَّى لاَ تَكُونَ فِتْنَةٌ وَيَكُونَ الدِّينُ كُلُّهُ لله}، قَالَ ابن عُمَرَ: قَدْ فَعَلنَا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ الله ﷺ أنْ كَانَ أهْلُ الإسْلاَمِ قَلِيلًا وَكَانَ الرَّجُلُ يُفْتَنُ فِى دِينهِ إِمَّا أَنْ يَقْتُلُوهُ وِإمَّا أَنْ يَسْتَرِقِّوهُ حَتَّى كَثُرَ أَهْلُ الإسْلاَمِ فَلَمْ يَكُن فِتْنَةً، قَالَ: فَمَا قَوْلُكَ في عَلِىٍّ

وَعُثْمَانَ؟ قَالَ أَمَّا عُثْمَانُ: فَكَانَ الله عفى عَنْهُ وَكَرِهْتُم أَن تَعْفُوا، وَأَمَّا عَلِىٌّ: فَابْنُ عَمِّ رَسُولِ الله ﷺ وَخَتَنِهِ وَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ، وَهَذَا بَيْتُهُ حَيْثُ تَرَوْنَ ".  

"عَنْ مَعْدانَ بْنِ طَلْحَةَ اليَعْمُرِىِّ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ قَامَ عَلَى المِنْبَرِ يَومَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَحِمدَ اللهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَذَكَرَ أبَا بَكْرٍ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: رَأيْتُ رَؤْيَا لَا أُرَاهَا إِلَّا لِحُضُورِ أَجَلِى، رَأَيْتُ كَأَنَّ دِيكًا - نَقَرَنِى نَقْرَتَيْنِ - أَحْمَر، فَقَصَصْتُها عَلَى أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ عُمَيْسٍ، فَقَالَتْ: يَقْتُلُكَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ العَجَمِ، وَإِنَّ النَّاسَ يَأمُرُونِى أنْ أَسْتَخْلِفَ، وَإِنَّ اللهَ - ﷻ - لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيُضَيِّعَ دِينَهُ وَخِلَافَتَهُ الَّتِى بَعَثَ بِهَا نَبِيَّهُ ﷺ وَإِنْ يُعَجِّلْ بِى أَمر، فَإِنَّ الشُّورَى فِى هَؤُلَاءِ الستَّةِ الَّذِينَ مَاتَ النَّبِىُّ ﷺ وَهُوَ عَنْهُمْ رَاضٍ، عُثْمَانُ، وَعَلِىٌّ، وَطَلْحَةٌ، وَالزُّبَيْرُ، وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ، وَسَعْدُ بْنُ أَبِى وَقَّاصٍ، فَمَنْ بَايَعْتُمْ مِنْهُمْ فَاسْمَعُوا لَهُ وأَطِيعُوا، وَإِنَى أَعْلمُ أَنَّ أُنَاسًا سَيَطْعَنُونَ فِى هَذَا الأَمْرِ، أَنَا قَاتَلْتُهُم بِيَدِى هَذِه عَلَى الإِسْلَامِ، أُوَلئَكَ أَعْدَاءُ اللهِ الكُفَّارُ الضُّلَالُ، وَايْمُ اللهِ مَا أَغْلَظَ لِى نَبِى اللهِ ﷺ فِى شَىْءٍ مُنْذُ صَحِبْتُهُ أَشَّدَّ مَا أغْلَظَ بِى فِى شَأنِ الكَلَالَة، حَتَّى طَعَنَ بِإِصْبَعِهِ فِى صَدْرِى، وَقَالَ: يَكْفِيكَ آيَةُ الصَّيْفِ الَّتِى نَزَلَتْ فِى آخِرِ سُورَةِ النِّسَاءِ وَإِنَّى إنْ أَعِشْ فَسَأَقْضِى فِيهَا بِقَضَاءِ يَعْلَمُهُ مَنْ يَقْرَأُ، وَمنْ لَا يَقْرَأُ، أُشْهِدُ اللهَ عَلَى أُمَرَاءِ الأَمْصَارِ، إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَعَثْتُهُمْ لِيُعَلِّمُوا النَّاسَ دِينَهُمْ وَسُنَّةَ نَبِيَّهِمْ، وَيَرْفَعُوا إِلَىَّ مَا عُمِّىَ عَليْهِمِ، ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ تَأكُلُونَ مِنْ شَجَرَتَيْنِ لَا أَرَاهُمَا إِلَّا خَبِيثَتَيْنِ: هَذَا الثَّوم وَالْبَصَل، وَايْمُ اللهِ لَقَدْ كُنْتُ أَرَى نَبِىَّ اللهِ ﷺ يَجِدُ رِيحَهُمَا مِنَ الرَّجُلِ فَيَأمُرُ بِهِ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِيَدِهِ فَيُخْرَجُ مِنَ المَسْجِدِ حَتَّى يُؤْتَى بِه الْبَقيعَ، فَمَنْ أَكَلَهُمَا فَلْيُمِتْهُمَا طَبْخًا، فَخَطَبَ النَّاسَ يَوْم اْلجُمُعَةِ، وَأُصِيبَ يَوْمَ الأَرْبِعَاءِ".  

"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".