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5413. It was narrated that Abû Hurairah, Zaid bin Khâlid and Shibl said: "We were with the Prophet ﷺ when a man stood up and said: 'I adjure you, by Allâh, pass judgment between us according to the Book of Allâh.' His opponent, who was wiser than him, stood up and said: 'He is right, pass judgment between us according to the Book of Allâh.' He said: 'Speak.' He said: 'My son was a laborer serving this man, and he committed Zinâ with his wife. I ransomed him with one hundred sheep and a servant.' It is as if he was told that his son was to be stoned to death but he ransomed him from that. 'Then I asked some knowledgeable men and they told me that my son was to be given one hundred lashes and exiled for a year.' The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said to him: 'By the One is Whose hand is my soul, I will pass judgment between you according to the Book of Allâh, the Mighty and Sublime. As for the one hundred sheep and the servant, take them back, and your son is to be given on hundred lashes and exiled for a year. O Unais, go tomorrow to the wife of this man and if she confesses, then stone her to death.' She did confess, so he stoned her to death." (Sahîh)
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By Kitâbillah or 'the Book of Allâh', the Divine law of Allâh, Most High, is meant, whether it is described in the Qur'an, or the Prophet's ﷺ Sunnah.
