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Sahih al-Bukhari 6813

Chapter: The Rajm of a married person

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 6813

Narrator:Abdullāh ibn Abi Awfa

حَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ، عَنِ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ، سَأَلْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ أَبِي أَوْفَى

هَلْ رَجَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ نَعَمْ‏.‏ قُلْتُ قَبْلَ سُورَةِ النُّورِ أَمْ بَعْدُ قَالَ لاَ أَدْرِي‏.‏

Narrated Ash Shaibani:

I asked `Abdullah bin Abi `Aufa, 'Did Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) carry out the Rajam penalty ( i.e., stoning to death)?' He said, "Yes." I said, "Before the revelation of Surat-an-Nur or after it?" He replied, "I don't Know."

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 6813) and Muslim (No. 1702).

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Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

قَوْله ( حَدَّثَنِي ) فِي رِوَايَة أَبِي ذَرّ " حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاق " وَهُوَ اِبْن شَاهِين الْوَاسِطِيّ , وَخَالِد هُوَ اِبْن عَبْد اللَّه الطَّحَّان , وَالشَّيْبَانِيّ هُوَ أَبُو إِسْحَاق سُلَيْمَان مَشْهُور بِكُنْيَتِهِ. قَوْله ( قَبْل سُورَة النُّور أَمْ بَعْد ) فِي رِوَايَة الْكُشْمِيهَنِيّ " أَمْ بَعْدهَا " وَفَائِدَة هَذَا السُّؤَال أَنَّ الرَّجْم إِنْ كَانَ وَقَعَ قَبْلهَا فَيُمْكِن أَنْ يُدَّعَى نَسْخه بِالتَّنْصِيصِ فِيهَا عَلَى أَنَّ حَدَّ الزَّانِي الْجَلْد , وَإِنْ كَانَ وَقَعَ بَعْدهَا فَيُمْكِن أَنْ يُسْتَدَلّ بِهِ عَلَى نَسْخ الْجَلْد فِي حَقّ الْمُحْصَن , لَكِنْ يَرِد عَلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ مِنْ نَسْخ الْكِتَاب بِالسُّنَّةِ وَفِيهِ خِلَاف , وَأُجِيبَ بِأَنَّ الْمَمْنُوع نَسْخ الْكِ…

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Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih Muslim 1702

I asked 'Abdullah b. Abu Aufi if Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) awarded (the punishment) of stoning (to death). He said: Yes. I said: After Sura al-Nur was revealed or before that? He said: I do not know.

هَلْ رَجَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ نَعَمْ ‏.‏ قَالَ قُلْتُ بَعْدَ مَا أُنْزِلَتْ سُورَةُ النُّورِ أَمْ قَبْلَهَا قَالَ لاَ أَدْرِي ‏.‏

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