Hadith 6828

To confess being guilty of an illegal sexual intercourse.

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Darussalam · Volume 8

86 - THE BOOK OF AL-HUDŪD

Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition

الجزء: 8 ¦ الصفحة: 167

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English translation

6827, 6828. Narrated Abū Hurairah and Zaid bin Khālid رضي الله عنهما: While we were with the Prophet ﷺ, a man stood up and said (to the Prophet ﷺ), "I beseech you by Allāh, that you should judge us according to Allāh's Laws." Then the man's opponent, who was wiser than him, got up saying, (to Allāh's Messenger ﷺ), "Judge us according to Allāh's Laws, and kindly allow me (to speak)." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Speak". He said, "My son was a labourer working for this man and he committed an illegal sexual intercourse with his wife, and I gave one hundred sheep and a slave as a ransom for my son's sin. Then I asked a learned man about this case and he informed me that my son should receive one hundred lashes and be exiled for one year, and the man's wife should be stoned to death." The Prophet ﷺ said, "By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, I will judge you according to the Laws of Allāh عزوجل. Your one hundred sheep and the slave are to be returned to you, and your son has to receive one hundred lashes and be exiled for one year. O Unais! Go to the wife of this man, and if she confesses, then stone her to death." Unais went to her and she confessed. He then stoned her to death.

Arabic text

٦٨٢٧ - ٦٨٢٨ - حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ: حَفِظْنَاهُ مِنْ فِي الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللهِ: أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ وَزَيْدَ بْنَ خَالِدٍ قَالَا: «كُنَّا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ: أَنْشُدُكَ اللهَ إِلَّا قَضَيْتَ بَيْنَنَا بِكِتَابِ اللهِ، فَقَامَ خَصْمُهُ، وَكَانَ أَفْقَهَ مِنْهُ، فَقَالَ: اقْضِ بَيْنَنَا بِكِتَابِ اللهِ وَأْذَنْ لِي؟ قَالَ: قُلْ، قَالَ: إِنَّ ابْنِي كَانَ عَسِيفًا عَلَى هَذَا فَزَنَى بِامْرَأَتِهِ، فَافْتَدَيْتُ مِنْهُ بِمِائَةِ شَاةٍ وَخَادِمٍ، ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُ رِجَالًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ، فَأَخْبَرُونِي: أَنَّ عَلَى ابْنِي جَلْدَ مِائَةٍ وَتَغْرِيبَ عَامٍ، وَعَلَى امْرَأَتِهِ الرَّجْمَ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَأَقْضِيَنَّ بَيْنَكُمَا بِكِتَابِ اللهِ جَلَّ ذِكْرُهُ، الْمِائَةُ شَاةٍ وَالْخَادِمُ رَدٌّ، وَعَلَى ابْنِكَ جَلْدُ مِائَةٍ وَتَغْرِيبُ عَامٍ، وَاغْدُ يَا أُنَيْسُ عَلَى امْرَأَةِ هَذَا، فَإِنِ اعْتَرَفَتْ فَارْجُمْهَا فَغَدَا عَلَيْهَا فَاعْتَرَفَتْ فَرَجَمَهَا» قُلْتُ لِسُفْيَانَ: لَمْ يَقُلْ: فَأَخْبَرُونِي أَنَّ عَلَى ابْنِي الرَّجْمَ؟ فَقَالَ: أَشُكُّ فِيهَا مِنَ الزُّهْرِيِّ، فَرُبَّمَا قُلْتُهَا، وَرُبَّمَا سَكَتُّ.

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