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Sahih MuslimThe Book of Legal Punishments

Sahih Muslim 1699a

Chapter: Stoning Jews and Ahl Adh-Dhimmah for Zina

Authentic hadith of Sahih Muslim Sahih Muslim 1699a

Narrator:Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar

حَدَّثَنِي الْحَكَمُ بْنُ مُوسَى أَبُو صَالِحٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ، أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم

أُتِيَ بِيَهُودِيٍّ وَيَهُودِيَّةٍ قَدْ زَنَيَا فَانْطَلَقَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم حَتَّى جَاءَ يَهُودَ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ مَا تَجِدُونَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ عَلَى مَنْ زَنَى ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالُوا نُسَوِّدُ وُجُوهَهُمَا وَنُحَمِّلُهُمَا وَنُخَالِفُ بَيْنَ وُجُوهِهِمَا وَيُطَافُ بِهِمَا ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ فَأْتُوا بِالتَّوْرَاةِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَجَاءُوا بِهَا فَقَرَءُوهَا حَتَّى إِذَا مَرُّوا بِآيَةِ الرَّجْمِ وَضَعَ الْفَتَى الَّذِي يَقْرَأُ يَدَهُ عَلَى آيَةِ الرَّجْمِ وَقَرَأَ مَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا وَمَا وَرَاءَهَا فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ وَهْوَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مُرْهُ فَلْيَرْفَعْ يَدَهُ فَرَفَعَهَا فَإِذَا تَحْتَهَا آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ فَأَمَرَ بِهِمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَرُجِمَا ‏.‏

Abdullah b. 'Umar reported that a Jew and a Jewess were brought to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) who had committed adultery. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came to the Jews and said:

What do you find in Torah for one who commits adultery? They said: We darken their faces and make them ride on the donkey with their faces turned to the opposite direction (and their backs touching each other), and then they are taken round (the city). He said: Bring Torah if you are truthful. They brought it and recited it until when they came to the verse pertaining to stoning, the person who was reading placed his hand on the verse pertaining to stoning, and read (only that which was) between his hands and what was subsequent to that. Abdullah b. Salim who was at that time with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Command him (the reciter) to lift his hand. He lifted it and there was, underneath that, the verse pertaining to stoning. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) pronounced judgment about both of them and they were stoned. Abdullah b. 'Umar said: I was one of those who stoned them, and I saw him (the Jew) protecting her (the Jewess) with his body.

Reported by Muslim (No. 1699a).

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Classical commentary

An-Nawawi — Sharh Sahih Muslim

قَوْله : ( أَنَّ النَّبِيّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أُتِيَ بِيَهُودِيٍّ وَيَهُودِيَّة قَدْ زَنَيَا إِلَى قَوْله : فَرُجِمَا ) فِي هَذَا دَلِيل لِوُجُوبِ حَدّ الزِّنَا عَلَى الْكَافِر , وَأَنَّهُ يَصِحّ نِكَاحه لِأَنَّهُ لَا يَجِب الرَّجْم إِلَّا عَلَى مُحْصَن , فَلَوْ لَمْ يَصِحّ نِكَاحه لَمْ يَثْبُت إِحْصَانه , وَلَمْ يُرْجَم , وَفِيهِ أَنَّ الْكُفَّار مُخَاطَبُونَ بِفُرُوعِ الشَّرْع وَهُوَ الصَّحِيح , وَقِيلَ : لَا يُخَاطَبُونَ بِهَا , وَقِيلَ : إِنَّهُمْ مُخَاطَبُونَ بِالنَّهْيِ دُون الْأَمْر. وَفِيهِ أَنَّ الْكُفَّار إِذَا تَحَاكَمُوا إِلَيْنَا حَكَمَ الْقَاضِي بَيْنهمْ بِحُكْمِ شَرْعنَا , وَقَالَ مَالِك : لَا يَصِحّ إِحْصَان الْكَافِر. قَالَ : وَإِنَّمَا رَجَمَهُمَا لِأَنَّهُمَا…

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  • مستخرج أبي عوانة (4995)فَأْتُوا بِالتَّوْرَاةِ فَاتْلُوهَا إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ ، فَجَاءُوا بِهَا فَرَأَوْهَا , حَتَّى إِذَا مَرُّوا بِآيَةِ الرَّجْمِ , وَضَعَ الْفَتَى الَّذِي كَانَ يَقْرَأُ يَدَهُ عَلَى آيَةِ الرَّجْمِ ، وَقَرَأَ مَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا وَمَا وَرَاءَهَا ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلامٍ ، وَهُو

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