Sahih al-Bukhari

Hadith 4556

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"Say (O Muḥammad ﷺ): Bring here the Taurāt (Torah) and recite it, if you are truthful." (V.3:93)

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Darussalam · Volume 6

65 - THE BOOK OF COMMENTARY:(Interpretation of the Qur'an)

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الحديث: 4556 ¦ الجزء: 6 ¦ الصفحة: 37

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4556. Narrated 'Abdullāh bin 'Umar رضي الله عنهم: 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 Taurāt (Torah)?" They replied, "We do not find anything in it." 'Abdullāh bin Salām (after hearing this conversation) said to them, "You have told a lie! Bring here the Taurāt and recite it if you are truthful." (So the Jews brought the Taurāt). 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. 'Abdullāh bin Salām 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 that both the adulterer and the adulteress 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) falling over her so as to protect her from the stones.

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4556 - حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ المُنْذِرِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو ضَمْرَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ عُقْبَةَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا: أَنَّ اليَهُودَ جَاءُوا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِرَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ وَامْرَأَةٍ قَدْ زَنَيَا، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «كَيْفَ تَفْعَلُونَ بِمَنْ زَنَى مِنْكُمْ؟» قَالُوا: نُحَمِّمُهُمَا وَنَضْرِبُهُمَا، فَقَالَ: «لاَ تَجِدُونَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ الرَّجْمَ؟» فَقَالُوا: لاَ نَجِدُ فِيهَا شَيْئًا، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ: كَذَبْتُمْ فَأْتُوا بِالتَّوْرَاةِ فَاتْلُوهَا إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ، فَوَضَعَ مِدْرَاسُهَا الَّذِي يُدَرِّسُهَا مِنْهُمْ كَفَّهُ عَلَى آيَةِ الرَّجْمِ فَطَفِقَ يَقْرَأُ مَا دُونَ يَدِهِ، وَمَا وَرَاءَهَا وَلاَ يَقْرَأُ آيَةَ الرَّجْمِ، فَنَزَعَ يَدَهُ عَنْ آيَةِ الرَّجْمِ، فَقَالَ: مَا هَذِهِ؟ فَلَمَّا رَأَوْا ذَلِكَ قَالُوا: هِيَ آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ، فَأَمَرَ بِهِمَا فَرُجِمَا قَرِيبًا مِنْ حَيْثُ مَوْضِعُ الجَنَائِزِ عِنْدَ المَسْجِدِ، فَرَأَيْتُ صَاحِبَهَا يَحْنِي عَلَيْهَا يَقِيهَا الحِجَارَةَ

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