Hadith 6841

The legal regulation for non-Muslims under the protection of a Muslim state. The fact that a non-Muslim is married, is to be taken into consideration when he commits illegal sexual intercourse and is brought to the Imān (Muslim ruler).

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Darussalam · Volume 8

86 - THE BOOK OF AL-HUDŪD

Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation

Arabic source

Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 6841 ¦ الجزء: 8 ¦ الصفحة: 172

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English translation

6841. Narrated 'Abdullāh bin 'Umar رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا: The Jews came to Allāh's Messenger ﷺ and mentioned to him that a man and a woman among them had committed illegal sexual intercourse. Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said to them, "What do you find in the Taurāt (Torah) regarding the Rajm?" They replied, "We only disgrace and flog them with stripes." 'Abdullāh bin Salām said to them, "You have told a lie. The penalty of Rajm is in the Taurāt (Torah)." They brought the Torah and opened it. One of them put his hand over the verse of Rajm and read what was before and after it. 'Abdullāh bin Salām said to him, "Lift up your hand." When he lifted it there appeared the verse of Rajm. So they said, "O Muḥammad! He has said the truth, the verse of Rajm is in it (the Taurāt-Torah)." Then Allāh's Messenger ﷺ ordered that the two persons (guilty of illegal sexual intercourse) be stoned to death, and so they were stoned, and I saw the man bending over the woman so as to protect her from the stones.

Arabic text

6841 - حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا، أَنَّهُ قَالَ: إِنَّ اليَهُودَ جَاءُوا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَذَكَرُوا لَهُ أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْهُمْ وَامْرَأَةً زَنَيَا، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَا تَجِدُونَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ فِي شَأْنِ الرَّجْمِ» فَقَالُوا: نَفْضَحُهُمْ وَيُجْلَدُونَ، قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ: كَذَبْتُمْ إِنَّ فِيهَا الرَّجْمَ، فَأَتَوْا بِالتَّوْرَاةِ فَنَشَرُوهَا، فَوَضَعَ أَحَدُهُمْ يَدَهُ عَلَى آيَةِ الرَّجْمِ، فَقَرَأَ مَا قَبْلَهَا وَمَا بَعْدَهَا، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ: ارْفَعْ يَدَكَ فَرَفَعَ يَدَهُ فَإِذَا فِيهَا آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ، قَالُوا: صَدَقَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فِيهَا آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ، فَأَمَرَ بِهِمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَرُجِمَا فَرَأَيْتُ الرَّجُلَ يَحْنِي عَلَى المَرْأَةِ، يَقِيهَا الحِجَارَةَ

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