The Jews came to the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) and informed him that a man and woman from among them had committed unlawful sexual intercourse.
Chapter: The Statement of Allah Ta'ala: "Those to whom We gave the Scripture (Jews and Christians) recognize him (Muhammad (saws)) as they recognize their own sons ..."
Authentic
hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 3635
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ أَنَّ الْيَهُودَ، جَاءُوا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَذَكَرُوا لَهُ أَنَّ رَجُلاً مِنْهُمْ وَامْرَأَةً زَنَيَا فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم "
‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Jews came to the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) and informed him that a man and a woman from among them had committed unlawful sexual intercourse. The Messenger (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) asked them: "What do you find in the Torah about stoning?" They said: "We disclose their sin and flog them." ‘Abdullāh ibn Salām said: "You have lied! The verse of stoning is there (in the Torah)." They fetched the Torah, spread it out, and one of them placed his hand over the verse of stoning. He recited what was before it and what was after it. Thereupon, ‘Abdullāh ibn Salām told him to lift his hand. He lifted his hand and there was the verse of stoning. They said: "He has spoken the truth, O Muhammad." So, the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that they be stoned. ‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar added: "I saw the man leaning over the woman to protect her from the stones."
Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 3635, 6841), Abu Dawud (No. 4446) and Malik (No. 1503).
When a man and a woman from among the Jews committed adultery during the Prophet's time, the Jews came to the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) seeking his judgment in the hope that they would get something lighter than the punishment of adultery in the Torah, which is stoning. So, the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) asked them about Allah's judgment in the Torah, only to expose them, not to act upon it. They lied to him, saying that the judgment was to expose the adulterers. On hearing that, ‘Abdullāh ibn Salām (may Allah be pleased with him) said that they were lying. When they checked the Torah, they found the ruling of adultery, which is stoning the married adulterer. Hence, the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) commanded the punishment to be inflicted on the adulterers.
Our Islamic law is dominant over any other law and abrogates it. In this Hadīth, however, the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) asked them about the ruling of the Torah on stoning the adulterer in order to establish the argument against them through their own book, which they claimed that it did not include the ruling of stoning the married adulterer. Furthermore, he aimed thereby to show them that all the books of Allah are in agreement on that eternal ruling which involves deterrence to the sinners.
Explanation in Arabic
عندما حصل الزِّنا عند اليَهود بَيْنَ رجل وامرأَة في العهد النبوي جَاءُوا إلى النَّبِي صلى الله عليه وسلم يُرِيدُونَ أَنَّ يَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُم، لعلّهم يجدون حُكْمَاً أَخَفَّ مِّمَّا فِي التَّوْرَاةِ، وهو الرجم، فَسَأَلَهُم النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عن حُكْمِ الله فِي التَّوْرَاةِ، ليفضحهم لا ليعمل بها، فَكَذَبُوا عليه وقالوا: الحُكْم عندهم فَضْحُ الزَّانِيَيْن. فَكَذَّبَهَم عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سلام رضي الله عنه ، وعندَما فَتَحُوا التَّوْرَاةَ وجَدُوا الحُكْمَ فِيها بِرَجْمِ الزَّانِي الْمُحْصَن فَأَمَرَ بِهما فُرُجِمَا.
وشريعتنا حاكمة على غيرها من الشرائع، وناسخة لها، ولكن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم في هذا الحديث سألهم عن حكم التوراة في الرجم؛ ليقيم عليهم الحجة من كتابهم الذي أنكروا أن يكون فيه رجم المحصن، وليبيِّن لهم أن كتب الله متفقة على هذا الحكم الخالد، الذي فيه ردع المفسدين.
وجوبُ حدِّ الذمي إذا زنا، وإقامةُ الحدود عليهم فيما يَعْتَقِدُون تَحْرِيمَه.
أنَّ الإحْصَانَ لَيْسَ من شَرْطِهِ الإسلام، بل يقام حد الرجم على المتزوج ولو كان كافراً إذا زنى.
أنَّ حَدَّ الْمُحْصَن إذا زنا الرَّجْمُ بالْحِجارة حتَّى يموت.
