Sunan Abu Dawud — Prescribed Punishments

Abu Sa’id said:When the Prophet (May peace e upon him) commanded to stone Ma’iz b. Malik, we took him out to Baql. I swear by Allah, we did not tie him, nor did we dig a pit for him. But he was standing before us. The narrator Abu Kamil said: So we threw at him bones, clods of mud and pieces of earthenware. He ran away and we ran after him till he came to a side of the Harrah. He stood there before us and we threw at him big stones of the Harrah until he died. He (the Prophet) did not ask forgiveness for him, nor did he speak ill of him

حدثنا ابو كامل، حدثنا يزيد، - يعني ابن زريع - ح وحدثنا احمد بن منيع، عن يحيى بن زكريا، - وهذا لفظه - عن داود، عن ابي نضرة، عن ابي سعيد، قال لما امر النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم برجم ماعز بن مالك خرجنا به الى البقيع فوالله ما اوثقناه ولا حفرنا له ولكنه قام لنا . - قال ابو كامل قال - فرميناه بالعظام والمدر والخزف فاشتد واشتددنا خلفه حتى اتى عرض الحرة فانتصب لنا فرميناه بجلاميد الحرة حتى سكت - قال - فما استغفر له ولا سبه

Abu Nadrah said:A man came to Prophet (ﷺ). He then mentioned a similar tradition but not completely. This version has: People began to speak ill of him but he (the Prophet) forbade them. Then they began to ask forgiveness from him, but he forbade them by saying. He is a man who had committed a sin. Allah will call him to account himself

حدثنا مومل بن هشام، حدثنا اسماعيل، عن الجريري، عن ابي نضرة، قال جاء رجل الى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم نحوه وليس بتمامه قال ذهبوا يسبونه فنهاهم قال ذهبوا يستغفرون له فنهاهم قال " هو رجل اصاب ذنبا حسيبه الله

Buraidah said. :The Prophet (ﷺ) smelt the breath of Ma’iz

حدثنا محمد بن ابي بكر بن ابي شيبة، حدثنا يحيى بن يعلى بن الحارث، حدثنا ابي، عن غيلان، عن علقمة بن مرثد، عن ابن بريدة، عن ابيه، ان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم استنكه ماعزا

Narrated Buraydah ibn al-Hasib: We, the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), used to talk mutually: Would that al-Ghamidiyyah and Ma'iz ibn Malik had withdrawn after their confession; or he said: Had they not withdrawn after their confession, he would not have pursued them (for punishment). He had them stoned after the fourth (confession)

حدثنا احمد بن اسحاق الاهوازي، حدثنا ابو احمد، حدثنا بشير بن المهاجر، حدثني عبد الله بن بريدة، عن ابيه، قال كنا اصحاب رسول الله نتحدث ان الغامدية وماعز بن مالك لو رجعا بعد اعترافهما او قال لو لم يرجعا بعد اعترافهما لم يطلبهما وانما رجمهما عند الرابعة

Narrated Al-Lajlaj al-Amiri: I was working in the market. A woman passed carrying a child. The people rushed towards her, and I also rushed along with them. I then went to the Prophet (ﷺ) while he was asking: Who is the father of this (child) who is with you? She remained silent. A young man by her side said: I am his father, Messenger of Allah! He then turned towards her and asked: Who is the father of this child with you? The young man said: I am his father, Messenger of Allah! The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) then looked at some of those who were around him and asked them about him. They said: We only know good (about him). The Prophet (ﷺ) said to him: Are you married? He said: Yes. So he gave orders regarding him and he was stoned to death. He (the narrator) said: We took him out, dug a pit for him and put him in it. We then threw stones at him until he died. A man then came asking about the man who was stoned. We brought him to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: This man has come asking about the wicked man. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: He is more agreeable than the fragrance of musk in the eyes of Allah. The man was his father. We then helped him in washing, shrouding and burying him. (The narrator said:) I do not know whether he said or did not say "in praying over him." This is the tradition of Abdah, and it is more accurate

حدثنا عبدة بن عبد الله، ومحمد بن داود بن صبيح، قال عبدة اخبرنا حرمي بن حفص، قال حدثنا محمد بن عبد الله بن علاثة، حدثنا عبد العزيز بن عمر بن عبد العزيز، ان خالد بن اللجلاج، حدثه ان اللجلاج اباه اخبره انه، كان قاعدا يعتمل في السوق فمرت امراة تحمل صبيا فثار الناس معها وثرت فيمن ثار فانتهيت الى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم وهو يقول " من ابو هذا معك " . فسكتت فقال شاب حذوها انا ابوه يا رسول الله . فاقبل عليها فقال " من ابو هذا معك " . قال الفتى انا ابوه يا رسول الله . فنظر رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم الى بعض من حوله يسالهم عنه فقالوا ما علمنا الا خيرا . فقال له النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم " احصنت " . قال نعم . فامر به فرجم . قال فخرجنا به فحفرنا له حتى امكنا ثم رميناه بالحجارة حتى هدا فجاء رجل يسال عن المرجوم فانطلقنا به الى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فقلنا هذا جاء يسال عن الخبيث . فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم " لهو اطيب عند الله من ريح المسك " . فاذا هو ابوه فاعناه على غسله وتكفينه ودفنه وما ادري قال والصلاة عليه ام لا . وهذا حديث عبدة وهو اتم

A part of tradition has also been transmitted by al-Lajlaj from the Prophet (ﷺ) through a different chain of narrators

حدثنا هشام بن عمار، حدثنا صدقة بن خالد، ح وحدثنا نصر بن عاصم الانطاكي، حدثنا الوليد، جميعا قالا حدثنا محمد، - قال هشام محمد بن عبد الله الشعيثي - عن مسلمة بن عبد الله الجهني، عن خالد بن اللجلاج، عن ابيه، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ببعض هذا الحديث

Narrated Sahl ibn Sa'd: A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and confessed before him that he had committed fornication with a woman whom he named. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent for the woman and asked her about it. But she denied that she had committed fornication. So he inflicted the prescribed punishment of flogging on him, and let her go

حدثنا عثمان بن ابي شيبة، حدثنا طلق بن غنام، حدثنا عبد السلام بن حفص، حدثنا ابو حازم، عن سهل بن سعد، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ان رجلا اتاه فاقر عنده انه زنى بامراة سماها له فبعث رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم الى المراة فسالها عن ذلك فانكرت ان تكون زنت فجلده الحد وتركها

Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: A man committed fornication with a woman. So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ordered regarding him and the prescribed punishment of flogging was inflicted on him. He was then informed that he was married. So he commanded regarding him and he was stoned to death. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been transmitted by Muhammad b. Bakr al-Barsani from Ibn Juraij as a statement of Jabir, and Abu 'Asim has transmitted it from Ibn Juraid similar to that of Ibn Wahb. He did not mention the Prophet (ﷺ). But he said: A man committed fornication, but did not know that he was married ; so he was flogged. It was then known that he was married, so he was stoned to death

حدثنا قتيبة بن سعيد، قال حدثنا ح، وحدثنا ابن السرح، - المعنى - قال اخبرنا عبد الله بن وهب، عن ابن جريج، عن ابي الزبير، عن جابر، ان رجلا، زنى بامراة فامر به النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فجلد الحد ثم اخبر انه محصن فامر به فرجم . قال ابو داود روى هذا الحديث محمد بن بكر البرساني عن ابن جريج موقوفا على جابر . ورواه ابو عاصم عن ابن جريج بنحو ابن وهب لم يذكر النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال ان رجلا زنى فلم يعلم باحصانه فجلد ثم علم باحصانه فرجم

Jabir said:A man committed fornication with a woman. It was not known that he was married. So he was flogged. It was then known that he was married, so he was stoned to death

حدثنا محمد بن عبد الرحيم ابو يحيى البزاز، اخبرنا ابو عاصم، عن ابن جريج، عن ابي الزبير، عن جابر، ان رجلا، زنى بامراة فلم يعلم باحصانه فجلد ثم علم باحصانه فرجم

Narrated Imran ibn Husayn: A woman belonging to the tribe of Juhaynah (according to the version of Aban) came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said that she had committed fornication and that she was pregnant. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) called her guardian. Then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to him: Be good to her, and when she bears a child, bring her (to me). When she gave birth to the child, he brought her (to him). The Prophet (ﷺ) gave orders regarding her, and her clothes were tied to her. He then commanded regarding her and she was stoned to death. He commanded the people (to pray) and they prayed over her. Thereupon Umar said: Are you praying over her, Messenger of Allah, when she has committed fornication? He said: By Him in Whose hand my soul is, she has repented to such an extent that if it were divided among the seventy people of Medina, it would have been enough for them all. And what do you find better than the fact that she gave her life. Aban did not say in his version: Then her clothes were tied to her

حدثنا مسلم بن ابراهيم، ان هشاما الدستوايي، وابان بن يزيد، حدثاهم - المعنى، - عن يحيى، عن ابي قلابة، عن ابي المهلب، عن عمران بن حصين، ان امراة، - قال في حديث ابان من جهينة - اتت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فقالت انها زنت وهي حبلى . فدعا النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم وليا لها فقال له رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم " احسن اليها فاذا وضعت فجي بها " . فلما ان وضعت جاء بها فامر بها النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فشكت عليها ثيابها ثم امر بها فرجمت ثم امرهم فصلوا عليها فقال عمر يا رسول الله تصلي عليها وقد زنت قال " والذي نفسي بيده لقد تابت توبة لو قسمت بين سبعين من اهل المدينة لوسعتهم وهل وجدت افضل من ان جادت بنفسها " . لم يقل عن ابان فشكت عليها ثيابها

Al-Auza’i said:The word shukkta means tied, meaning her clothes were tied on her

حدثنا محمد بن الوزير الدمشقي، حدثنا الوليد، عن الاوزاعي، قال فشكت عليها ثيابها . يعني فشدت

Buraidah said:A woman of Ghamid came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: I have committed fornication. He said: Go back. She returned, and on the next day she came to him again, and said: Perhaps you want to send me back as you did to Ma’iz b. Malik. I swear by Allah, I am pregnant. He said to her: Go back. She then returned and came to him the next day. He said to her: Go back until you give birth to a child. She then returned. When she gave birth to a child, she brought the child to him, and said: Here it is! I have given birth to it. He said: Go back, and suckle him until you wean him. When she had weaned him, she brought him (the boy) to him with something in his hand which he was eating. The boy was then given to a certain man of the Muslims and he (the Prophet) commanded regarding her. So a pit was dug for her, and he gave orders about her and she was stoned to death. Khalid was one of those who were throwing stones at her. He threw a stone at her. When a drop blood fell on his cheeks, he abused her. The Prophet (ﷺ) said to him: Gently, Khalid. By Him in whose hand my soul is, she has reported to such an extent that if one who wrongfully takes extra tax were to repent to a like extent, he would be forgiven. Then giving command regarding her, prayed over her and she was buried

حدثنا ابراهيم بن موسى الرازي، اخبرنا عيسى بن يونس، عن بشير بن المهاجر، حدثنا عبد الله بن بريدة، عن ابيه، ان امراة، - يعني من غامد - اتت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فقالت اني قد فجرت . فقال " ارجعي " . فرجعت فلما كان الغد اتته فقالت لعلك ان تردني كما رددت ماعز بن مالك فوالله اني لحبلى . فقال لها " ارجعي " . فرجعت فلما كان الغد اتته فقال لها " ارجعي حتى تلدي " . فرجعت فلما ولدت اتته بالصبي فقالت هذا قد ولدته . فقال لها " ارجعي فارضعيه حتى تفطميه " . فجاءت به وقد فطمته وفي يده شىء ياكله فامر بالصبي فدفع الى رجل من المسلمين وامر بها فحفر لها وامر بها فرجمت وكان خالد فيمن يرجمها فرجمها بحجر فوقعت قطرة من دمها على وجنته فسبها فقال له النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم " مهلا يا خالد فوالذي نفسي بيده لقد تابت توبة لو تابها صاحب مكس لغفر له " . وامر بها فصلي عليها فدفنت

Narrated Zakariya Abi 'Imran: I heard an old man who transmitted from Abu Bakrah on this father's authority that the Prophet (ﷺ) had a woman stoned and a pit was dug up to her breasts. Abu Dawud said: A man made me understand it from 'Uthman (b. Abi Shaibah) Abu Dawud said: Al-Ghassani said: Juhainah, Ghamid and Bariq as the same

حدثنا عثمان بن ابي شيبة، حدثنا وكيع بن الجراح، عن زكريا ابي عمران، قال سمعت شيخا، يحدث عن ابن ابي بكرة، عن ابيه، ان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم رجم امراة فحفر لها الى الثندوة . قال ابو داود افهمني رجل عن عثمان . قال ابو داود قال الغساني جهينة وغامد وبارق واحد

Abu Dawud said:A similar tradition has been transmitted by Zakariya b. Salim through a different chain of narrators. This version adds: He (the Prophet) then threw a pebble like a gram at her. He then said: Throw at her and avoid her face. When se died, he took her out and prayed over her. About repentance he said similar to the tradition on Buraidah

قال ابو داود حدثت عن عبد الصمد بن عبد الوارث، قال حدثنا زكريا بن سليم، باسناده نحوه زاد ثم رماها بحصاة مثل الحمصة ثم قال " ارموا واتقوا الوجه " . فلما طفيت اخرجها فصلى عليها وقال في التوبة نحو حديث بريدة

Abu Hurairah and Zaid b. Khalid al-Juhani said:Two men brought a dispute before the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). One of them said: Pronounce judgement between us in accordance with Allah’s Book, Messenger of Allah! The other who had more understanding said: Yes, Messenger of Allah! Pronounce judgement between us in accordance with Allah’s Book, and allow me to speak. He (the Prophet) said: Speak, He then said: My son who was a hired servant with this(man) committed fornication with his wife, and when I was told that my son must be stoned to death, I ransomed him with a hundred sheep and a slave girl of mine; but when I asked the learned, they told me that my son should receive a hundred lashes and be banished for a year, and that stoning to death applied only to man’s wife. The apostle of Allah (ﷺ) replied: By him in whose hand my soul is, I shall certainly pronounce judgment between you in accordance with Allah’s Book. Your sheep and your slave girl must be returned to you, and your son shall receive a hundred lashes and be banished for a year. And he commanded Unias al-Aslami go to that man’s wife, and if she confessed, he should stone her to death. She confessed and he stoned her

حدثنا عبد الله بن مسلمة القعنبي، عن مالك، عن ابن شهاب، عن عبيد الله بن عبد الله بن عتبة بن مسعود، عن ابي هريرة، وزيد بن خالد الجهني، انهما اخبراه ان رجلين اختصما الى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال احدهما يا رسول الله اقض بيننا بكتاب الله . وقال الاخر وكان افقههما اجل يا رسول الله فاقض بيننا بكتاب الله وايذن لي ان اتكلم . قال " تكلم " . قال ان ابني كان عسيفا على هذا - والعسيف الاجير - فزنى بامراته فاخبروني انما على ابني الرجم فافتديت منه بماية شاة وبجارية لي ثم اني سالت اهل العلم فاخبروني انما على ابني جلد ماية وتغريب عام وانما الرجم على امراته . فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم " اما والذي نفسي بيده لاقضين بينكما بكتاب الله اما غنمك وجاريتك فرد اليك " . وجلد ابنه ماية وغربه عاما وامر انيسا الاسلمي ان ياتي امراة الاخر فان اعترفت رجمها فاعترفت فرجمها

Ibn ‘Umar said:some jews came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and mentioned to him that a man and a women of their number had committed fornication. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) asked them: What do you find in the Torah about stoning? They replied: We disgrace them and they should be flogged. ‘Abd Allah b. Salam said: You lie; it contains (instruction for) stoning. So they brought the Torah and spread it out, and one of them put his hand over the verse of stoning and read what preceded it and what followed it. ‘Abd Allah b. Salam said to him: Lift your hand. When he did so, the verse of stoning was seen to be in it. They then said: He has spoken the truth, Muhammad, the verse of stoning is in it. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) then gave command regarding them, and they were stoned to death. ‘Abd Allah b. ‘Umar said: I saw the man leaning on the woman protecting her from the stones

حدثنا عبد الله بن مسلمة، قال قرات على مالك بن انس عن نافع، عن ابن عمر، انه قال ان اليهود جاءوا الى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فذكروا له ان رجلا منهم وامراة زنيا فقال لهم رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم " ما تجدون في التوراة في شان الزنا " . فقالوا نفضحهم ويجلدون . فقال عبد الله بن سلام كذبتم ان فيها الرجم . فاتوا بالتوراة فنشروها فجعل احدهم يده على اية الرجم ثم جعل يقرا ما قبلها وما بعدها فقال له عبد الله بن سلام ارفع يدك . فرفعها فاذا فيها اية الرجم فقالوا صدق يا محمد فيها اية الرجم . فامر بهما رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فرجما . قال عبد الله بن عمر فرايت الرجل يحني على المراة يقيها الحجارة

Al-Bara’ b. Azib said:The people passed by the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) with a jew whose face blackened with charcoal and he was being taken around. He adjured them by Allah and asked: What is the prescribed punishment for a fornicator in your Divine book? He (the narrator) said: They referred him to a man of them. The Prophet (ﷺ) adjured him and asked: What is the punishment for a fornication in your Divine Book? He replied: Stoning. But fornication spread among our people of rank, so we disliked that a person of rank should be left alone and the punishment be inflicted on one who is lower in rank than him. So we suspended it for us. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) then commanded regarding him and he was stoned to death. He then said: O Allah! I am the first to give life to a command of Thy Book which they had killed

حدثنا مسدد، حدثنا عبد الواحد بن زياد، عن الاعمش، عن عبد الله بن مرة، عن البراء بن عازب، قال مروا على رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم بيهودي قد حمم وجهه وهو يطاف به فناشدهم ما حد الزاني في كتابهم قال فاحالوه على رجل منهم فنشده النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم " ما حد الزاني في كتابكم " . فقال الرجم ولكن ظهر الزنا في اشرافنا فكرهنا ان يترك الشريف ويقام على من دونه فوضعنا هذا عنا . فامر به رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فرجم ثم قال " اللهم اني اول من احيا ما اماتوا من كتابك

Narrated Al-Bara' ibn Azib: The people passed by the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) with a Jew who was blackened with charcoal and who was being flogged. He called them and said: Is this the prescribed punishment for a fornicator? They said: Yes. He then called on a learned man among them and asked him: I adjure you by Allah Who revealed the Torah to Moses, do you find this prescribed punishment for a fornicator in your divine Book? He said: By Allah, no. If you had not adjured me about this, I should not have informed you. We find stoning to be prescribed punishment for a fornicator in our Divine Book. But it (fornication) became frequent in our people of rank; so when we seized a person of rank, we left him alone, and when we seized a weak person, we inflicted the prescribed punishment on him. So we said: Come, let us agree on something which may be enforced equally on people of higher and lower rank. So we agreed to blacken the face of a criminal with charcoal, and flog him, and we abandoned stoning. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) then said: O Allah, I am the first to give life to Thy command which they have killed. So he commanded regarding him (the Jew) and he was stoned to death. Allah Most High then sent down: "O Apostle, let not those who race one another into unbelief, make thee grieve..." up to "They say: If you are given this, take it, but if not, beware!...." up to "And if any do fail to judge by (the light of) what Allah hath revealed, they are (no better than) unbelievers," about Jews, up to "And if any do fail to judge by (the right of) what Allah hath revealed, they are no better than) wrong-doers" about Jews: and revealed the verses up to "And if any do fail to judge by (the light of) what Allah hath revealed, they are (no better than) those who rebel." About this he said: This whole verse was revealed about the infidels

حدثنا محمد بن العلاء، حدثنا ابو معاوية، عن الاعمش، عن عبد الله بن مرة، عن البراء بن عازب، قال مر على رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم بيهودي محمم مجلود فدعاهم فقال " هكذا تجدون حد الزاني " . فقالوا نعم . فدعا رجلا من علمايهم قال له " نشدتك بالله الذي انزل التوراة على موسى هكذا تجدون حد الزاني في كتابكم " . فقال اللهم لا ولولا انك نشدتني بهذا لم اخبرك نجد حد الزاني في كتابنا الرجم ولكنه كثر في اشرافنا فكنا اذا اخذنا الرجل الشريف تركناه واذا اخذنا الرجل الضعيف اقمنا عليه الحد فقلنا تعالوا فنجتمع على شىء نقيمه على الشريف والوضيع فاجتمعنا على التحميم والجلد وتركنا الرجم . فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم " اللهم اني اول من احيا امرك اذ اماتوه " . فامر به فرجم فانزل الله عز وجل { يا ايها الرسول لا يحزنك الذين يسارعون في الكفر } الى قوله { يقولون ان اوتيتم هذا فخذوه وان لم توتوه فاحذروا } الى قوله { ومن لم يحكم بما انزل الله فاوليك هم الكافرون } في اليهود الى قوله { ومن لم يحكم بما انزل الله فاوليك هم الظالمون } في اليهود الى قوله { ومن لم يحكم بما انزل الله فاوليك هم الفاسقون } قال هي في الكفار كلها يعني هذه الاية

Narrated Abdullah Ibn Umar: A group of Jews came and invited the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to Quff. So he visited them in their school. They said: AbulQasim, one of our men has committed fornication with a woman; so pronounce judgment upon them. They placed a cushion for the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) who sat on it and said: Bring the Torah. It was then brought. He then withdrew the cushion from beneath him and placed the Torah on it saying: I believed in thee and in Him Who revealed thee. He then said: Bring me one who is learned among you. Then a young man was brought. The transmitter then mentioned the rest of the tradition of stoning similar to the one transmitted by Malik from Nafi'(No)

حدثنا احمد بن سعيد الهمداني، حدثنا ابن وهب، حدثني هشام بن سعد، ان زيد بن اسلم، حدثه عن ابن عمر، قال اتى نفر من يهود فدعوا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم الى القف فاتاهم في بيت المدراس فقالوا يا ابا القاسم ان رجلا منا زنى بامراة فاحكم بينهم فوضعوا لرسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وسادة فجلس عليها ثم قال " ايتوني بالتوراة " . فاتي بها فنزع الوسادة من تحته فوضع التوراة عليها ثم قال " امنت بك وبمن انزلك " . ثم قال " ايتوني باعلمكم " . فاتي بفتى شاب ثم ذكر قصة الرجم نحو حديث مالك عن نافع

Narrated AbuHurayrah: (This is Ma'mar's version which is more accurate.) A man and a woman of the Jews committed fornication. Some of them said to the others: Let us go to this Prophet, for he has been sent with an easy law. If he gives a judgment lighter than stoning, we shall accept it, and argue about it with Allah, saying: It is a judgment of one of your prophets. So they came to the Prophet (ﷺ) who was sitting in the mosque among his companions. They said: AbulQasim, what do you think about a man and a woman who committed fornication? He did not speak to them a word till he went to their school. He stood at the gate and said: I adjure you by Allah Who revealed the Torah to Moses, what (punishment) do you find in the Torah for a person who commits fornication, if he is married? They said: He shall be blackened with charcoal, taken round a donkey among the people, and flogged. A young man among them kept silent. When the Prophet (ﷺ) emphatically adjured him, he said: By Allah, since you have adjured us (we inform you that) we find stoning in the Torah (is the punishment for fornication). The Prophet (ﷺ) said: So when did you lessen the severity of Allah's command? He said: A relative of one of our kings had committed fornication, but his stoning was suspended. Then a man of a family of common people committed fornication. He was to have been stoned, but his people intervened and said: Our man shall not be stoned until you bring your man and stone him. So they made a compromise on this punishment between them. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: So I decide in accordance with what the Torah says. He then commanded regarding them and they were stoned to death. Az-Zuhri said: We have been informed that this verse was revealed about them: "It was We Who revealed the Law (to Moses): therein was guidance and light. By its standard have been judged the Jews, by the Prophet who bowed (as in Islam) to Allah's will

حدثنا محمد بن يحيى، حدثنا عبد الرزاق، اخبرنا معمر، عن الزهري، قال حدثنا رجل، من مزينة ح وحدثنا احمد بن صالح، حدثنا عنبسة، حدثنا يونس، قال قال محمد بن مسلم سمعت رجلا، من مزينة ممن يتبع العلم ويعيه - ثم اتفقا - ونحن عند سعيد بن المسيب فحدثنا عن ابي هريرة - وهذا حديث معمر وهو اتم - قال زنى رجل من اليهود وامراة فقال بعضهم لبعض اذهبوا بنا الى هذا النبي فانه نبي بعث بالتخفيف فان افتانا بفتيا دون الرجم قبلناها واحتججنا بها عند الله قلنا فتيا نبي من انبيايك - قال - فاتوا النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم وهو جالس في المسجد في اصحابه فقالوا يا ابا القاسم ما ترى في رجل وامراة زنيا فلم يكلمهم كلمة حتى اتى بيت مدراسهم فقام على الباب فقال " انشدكم بالله الذي انزل التوراة على موسى ما تجدون في التوراة على من زنى اذا احصن " . قالوا يحمم ويجبه ويجلد - والتجبية ان يحمل الزانيان على حمار وتقابل اقفيتهما ويطاف بهما - قال وسكت شاب منهم فلما راه النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم سكت الظ به النشدة فقال اللهم اذ نشدتنا فانا نجد في التوراة الرجم . فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم " فما اول ما ارتخصتم امر الله " . قال زنى ذو قرابة مع ملك من ملوكنا فاخر عنه الرجم ثم زنى رجل في اسرة من الناس فاراد رجمه فحال قومه دونه وقالوا لا يرجم صاحبنا حتى تجيء بصاحبك فترجمه فاصطلحوا على هذه العقوبة بينهم . فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم " فاني احكم بما في التوراة " . فامر بهما فرجما . قال الزهري فبلغنا ان هذه الاية نزلت فيهم { انا انزلنا التوراة فيها هدى ونور يحكم بها النبيون الذين اسلموا } كان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم منهم