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2553. It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbâs that 'Umar bin Khattâb said: "I fear that after a long time has passed, some will say: 'I do not find (the sentence of) stoning in the Book of Allâh,' and they will go astray by abandoning one of the obligations enjoined by Allâh. Rather stoning is a must if a man is married (or previously-married) and proof is established, or if pregnancy results or if he admits it. I have read it (in the Qur'an). "And if an old man and an old woman commit adultery, stone them both." The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ stoned (adulterers) and we stoned (them) after him."
(Sahih)
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Commentary
If an adulterer or an adulteress is married he/she is to be killed by stoning.
Orders of stoning the adulterer were also in previously revealed Books. The present version of Bible still contains the orders of death for an adulterer.
There are some Verses of the Noble Qur'an that have been abrogated, and their orders have also been abrogated. In the narration under discussion the Verse has been abrogated but the orders of stoning still exist.
