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The Stoning Of The Two Jews

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Darussalam · Volume 5

37. THE BOOK OFLEGAL PUNISHMENTS(HUDŪD)

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الحديث: 4447 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 154

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4447. It was narrated that Al-Barā' bin Āzib said: "They passed by the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ with a Jew whose face had been blackened, and he was being paraded around. He ﷺ adjured them (by Allāh, asking): 'What is the punishment for the adulterer in your Book?' They referred him to a man among them, and the Prophet ﷺ adjured him (by Allāh, asking): 'What is the punishment for the adulterer in your Book?' He said: 'Stoning, but Zinā became widespread among our nobles, and we did not like for the nobleman to be left alone while it was carried out on those who were of lower status than him, so we waived this (punishment) amongst us.' The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ ordered that he be stoned, then he said: 'O Allāh, I am the first one to revive that which they had deadened of Your Book.'" (Sahih)

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4447 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ، عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ، قَالَ: مَرُّوا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِيَهُودِيٍّ قَدْ حُمِّمَ وَجْهُهُ، وَهُوَ يُطَافُ بِهِ، فَنَاشَدَهُمْ: «مَا حَدُّ الزَّانِي فِي كِتَابِهِمْ؟» قَالَ: فَأَحَالُوهُ عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ، فَنَشَدَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَا حَدُّ الزَّانِي فِي كِتَابِكُمْ؟» فَقَالَ: الرَّجْمُ، وَلَكِنْ ظَهَرَ الزِّنَا فِي أَشْرَافِنَا، فَكَرِهْنَا أَنْ يُتْرَكَ الشَّرِيفُ، وَيُقَامُ عَلَى مَنْ دُونَهُ، فَوَضَعْنَا هَذَا عَنَّا، فَأَمَرَ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَرُجِمَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَوَّلُ مَنْ أَحْيَا مَا أَمَاتُوا مِنْ كِتَابِكَ»

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