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Sunan Abu DawudPrescribed Punishments (Kitab Al-Hudud)

Sunan Abu Dawud 4453

Chapter: The stoning of the two jews

Differing grades 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Abu Dawud 4453

حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ، عَنْ هُشَيْمٍ، عَنْ مُغِيرَةَ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَالشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَحْوَهُ لَمْ يَذْكُرْ فَدَعَا بِالشُّهُودِ فَشَهِدُوا ‏.‏

A similar tradition has also been transmitted by Ibrahim and al-Sha’bi from the Prophet (ﷺ) through a different chain of narrators. But this version does not mention the words:

He called the witnesses who testified.

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 4453, 4452).

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Scholars’ grades

The 4 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 4453
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 4453
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 4453
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamidd. 1392 AH AuthenticSahih Lighairihi The hadith No. 4453

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Differing grades Sunan Abu Dawud 4452

The Jews brought a man and a woman of them who had committed fornication. He said: Bring me two learned men or yours. So they brought the two sons of Suriya. He adjured them and said: How do you think about the matter if these two persons bear witness to the effect that they have seen his sexual…

ائْتُونِي بِأَعْلَمِ رَجُلَيْنِ مِنْكُمْ فَأَتَوْهُ بِابْنَىْ صُورِيَا فَنَشَدَهُمَا ‏"‏ كَيْفَ تَجِدَانِ أَمْرَ هَذَيْنِ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالاَ نَجِدُ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ إِذَا شَهِدَ أَرْبَعَةٌ أَنَّهُمْ رَأَوْا…

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