English translation
4448. (There is another chain) that Al-Barā' bin 'Azib said: "A Jew whose face had been blackened and who had been flogged was brought past the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ. He called them and said: 'Is this how you find the punishment for the adulterer?' They said: 'Yes.' He called one of their scholars and said to him: 'I adjure you by Allāh Who revealed the Tawrah to Mūsā, is this how you find the punishment for the adulterer in your Book?' He said: 'By Allāh, no. Were it not that you adjured me, I would not have told you. We find that the punishment for Zinā in our Book is stoning, but it became common among our nobles. If we caught a nobleman we would let him go, but if we caught a peasant man we would carry out the punishment on him. We said: "Come, let us agree on something that we may apply to noble and the lowly alike." So we agreed on blackening the face and flogging,
and we abandoned stoning.’ The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: ‘O Allāh, I am the first one to revive Your command which they had made dead.’ So he ordered that he be stoned. Then Allāh, Most High, revealed: “O Messenger! Let not those who hurry to fall into disbelief grieve you” up to His saying: “They say, ‘If you are given this, take it, but if you are not given this, then beware!’” up to His saying: “And whosoever does not judge by what Allāh has revealed, such are the disbelievers.” This applies to the Jews. “And whosoever does not judge by that which Allāh has revealed, such are the wrongdoers.” This applies to the Jews. “And whosoever does not judge by what Allāh has revealed (then) such (people) are the rebellious.”[1]
He said: “This applies to all of the disbelievers, meaning these Verses.” (Ṣaḥīh)
Arabic text
4448 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ، عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ، قَالَ: مُرَّ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِيَهُودِيٍّ مُحَمَّمٍ مَجْلُودٍ، فَدَعَاهُمْ، فَقَالَ: «هَكَذَا تَجِدُونَ حَدَّ الزَّانِي؟» فَقَالُوا: نَعَمْ، فَدَعَا رَجُلًا مِنْ عُلَمَائِهِمْ قَالَ لَهُ: «نَشَدْتُكَ بِاللَّهِ الَّذِي أَنْزَلَ التَّوْرَاةَ عَلَى مُوسَى، أَهَكَذَا تَجِدُونَ حَدَّ الزَّانِي فِي كِتَابِكُمْ»، فَقَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ لَا، وَلَوْلَا أَنَّكَ نَشَدْتَنِي بِهَذَا لَمْ أُخْبِرْكَ، نَجِدُ حَدَّ الزَّانِي فِي كِتَابِنَا الرَّجْمَ، وَلَكِنَّهُ كَثُرَ فِي أَشْرَافِنَا، فَكُنَّا إِذَا أَخَذْنَا الرَّجُلَ الشَّرِيفَ تَرَكْنَاهُ، وَإِذَا أَخَذْنَا الرَّجُلَ الضَّعِيفَ أَقَمْنَا عَلَيْهِ الْحَدَّ، فَقُلْنَا: تَعَالَوْا فَنَجْتَمِعُ عَلَى شَيْءٍ نُقِيمُهُ عَلَى الشَّرِيفِ وَالْوَضِيعِ، فَاجْتَمَعْنَا عَلَى التَّحْمِيمِ وَالْجَلْدِ، وَتَرَكْنَا الرَّجْمَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَوَّلُ مَنْ أَحْيَا أَمْرَكَ إِذْ أَمَاتُوهُ»، فَأَمَرَ بِهِ، فَرُجِمَ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: {يَا أَيُّهَا الرَّسُولُ لَا يَحْزُنْكَ الَّذِينَ يُسَارِعُونَ فِي الْكُفْرِ} [المائدة: 41] إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: {يَقُولُونَ إِنْ أُوتِيتُمْ هَذَا فَخُذُوهُ وَإِنْ لَمْ تُؤْتَوْهُ فَاحْذَرُوا} [المائدة: 41] إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {وَمَنْ لَمْ يَحْكُمْ بِمَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ فَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْكَافِرُونَ} [المائدة: 44] فِي الْيَهُودِ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {وَمَنْ لَمْ يَحْكُمْ بِمَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ فَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ} [المائدة: 45] فِي الْيَهُودِ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {وَمَنْ لَمْ يَحْكُمْ بِمَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ فَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ} [المائدة: 47] قَالَ: هِيَ فِي الْكُفَّارِ كُلُّهَا، يَعْنِي هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ
