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Stoning

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Darussalam · Volume 5

37. THE BOOK OFLEGAL PUNISHMENTS(HUDŪD)

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الحديث: 4418 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 144

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4418. It was narrated from 'Abdullāh bin 'Abbās that 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb delivered a Khutbah and said: "Allāh sent Muḥammad ﷺ with the truth, and revealed the Book to him, and among that which was revealed to him was the Verse of stoning. We recited it and understood it, and the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ stoned (adulterers), and we stoned them after him. 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 Allāh,' and they will go astray, by forsaking an obligation that Allāh revealed. Stoning is the due punishment for those who commit Zinā, both men and women, if they have been married, and if proof is established, or there is a pregnancy, or a confession. By Allāh, were it not that the people would say that ‘Umar had added something to the Book of Allāh, I would have written it down.” (Ṣāḥih)

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4418 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ النُّفَيْلِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، حَدَّثَنَا الزُّهْرِيُّ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ خَطَبَ، فَقَالَ: " إِنَّ اللَّهَ بَعَثَ مُحَمَّدًا صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِالْحَقِّ، وَأَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْكِتَابَ، فَكَانَ فِيمَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ، فَقَرَأْنَاهَا وَوَعَيْنَاهَا، وَرَجَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ 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، لَوْلَا أَنْ يَقُولَ النَّاسُ: زَادَ عُمَرُ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، لَكَتَبْتُهَا "

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Meaning, the Verse of stoning was revealed, and although its recitation in the Muṣḥaf was abrogated, its ruling was not abrogated and abides.