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Sunan Abu Dawud — Prescribed Punishments (Kitab Al-Hudud)

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Read Sunan Abu Dawud, Chapter 40: Prescribed Punishments (Kitab Al-Hudud). This chapter contains 143 source records; you are reading page 4. Open a narration to see its permanent reference, available translations and source information.

Topics in the narrations on this page

  • Regarding the woman of Juhainah whom the prophet (pbuh) ordered to be stoned
  • The stoning of the two jews

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حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ جَاءَ مَاعِزُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَاعْتَرَفَ بِالزِّنَا مَرَّتَيْنِ فَطَرَدَهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏ثُمَّ جَاءَ فَاعْتَرَفَ بِالزِّنَا مَرَّتَيْنِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ:‏‏‏‏ شَهِدْتَ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ أَرْبَعَ مَرَّاتٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏اذْهَبُوا بِهِ فَارْجُمُوهُ .

Maiz bin Malik رضی اللہ عنہ came to the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم and admitted fornication twice. But he drove him away. He then came and admitted fornication twice. But he drove him away. He then came and admitted fornication twice. He (the Prophet) said: You have testified to yourself four times. Take him away and stone him to death.

— Narrated Abdullah bin Abbas رضی اللہ عنہما

حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيل، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنِي يَعْلَى، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ. ح حَدَّثَنَازُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَعُقْبَةُ بْنُ مُكْرَمٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَا:‏‏‏‏ حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ سَمِعْتُ يَعْلَى يَعْنِي ابْنَ حَكِيمٍيُحَدِّثُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لِمَاعِزِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ:‏‏‏‏ لَعَلَّكَ قَبَّلْتَ أَوْ غَمَزْتَ أَوْ نَظَرْتَ ؟ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ لَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ أَفَنِكْتَهَا ؟ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ نَعَمْ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ فَعِنْدَ ذَلِكَ أَمَرَ بِرَجْمِهِ ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ مُوسَى:‏‏‏‏ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَهَذَا لَفْظُ وَهْبٍ.

The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said to Maiz ibn Malik رضی اللہ عنہ : Perhaps you kissed, or squeezed, or looked. He said: No. He then said: Did you have intercourse with her? He said: Yes. On the (reply) he (the Prophet) gave order that he should be stoned to death. The narrator did not mention on the authority of Ibn Abbas رضی اللہ عنہما. This is Wahb's version.

— Narrated Abdullah bin Abbas رضی اللہ عنہما

حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَنَّ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ الصَّامِتِ ابْنَ عَمِّ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَخْبَرَهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏يَقُولُ:‏‏‏‏ جَاءَ الْأَسْلَمِيُّ إِلَى نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَشَهِدَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ أَنَّهُ أَصَابَ امْرَأَةً حَرَامًا أَرْبَعَ مَرَّاتٍ كُلُّ ذَلِكَ يُعْرِضُ عَنْهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَأَقْبَلَ فِي الْخَامِسَةِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ:‏‏‏‏ أَنِكْتَهَا ؟ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ نَعَمْ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ حَتَّى غَابَ ذَلِكَ مِنْكَ فِي ذَلِكَ مِنْهَا ؟ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ نَعَمْ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ كَمَا يَغِيبُ الْمِرْوَدُ فِي الْمُكْحُلَةِ وَالرِّشَاءُ فِي الْبِئْرِ ؟ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ نَعَمْ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ فَهَلْ تَدْرِي مَا الزِّنَا ؟ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ نَعَمْ أَتَيْتُ مِنْهَا حَرَامًا مَا يَأْتِي الرَّجُلُ مِنَ امْرَأَتِهِ حَلَالًا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ فَمَا تُرِيدُ بِهَذَا الْقَوْلِ ؟ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ أُرِيدُ أَنْ تُطَهِّرَنِي، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَأَمَرَ بِهِ فَرُجِمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَسَمِعَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَجُلَيْنِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏يَقُولُ أَحَدُهُمَا لِصَاحِبِهِ:‏‏‏‏ انْظُرْ إِلَى هَذَا الَّذِي سَتَرَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمْ تَدَعْهُ نَفْسُهُ حَتَّى رُجِمَ رَجْمَ الْكَلْبِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَسَكَتَ عَنْهُمَا ثُمَّ سَارَ سَاعَةً حَتَّى مَرَّ بِجِيفَةِ حِمَارٍ شَائِلٍ بِرِجْلِهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ:‏‏‏‏ أَيْنَ فُلَانٌ وَفُلَانٌ ؟ فَقَالَا:‏‏‏‏ نَحْنُ ذَانِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ انْزِلَا فَكُلَا مِنْ جِيفَةِ هَذَا الْحِمَارِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَا:‏‏‏‏ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ مَنْ يَأْكُلُ مِنْ هَذَا ؟ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ فَمَا نِلْتُمَا مِنْ عِرْضِ أَخِيكُمَا آنِفًا أَشَدُّ مِنْ أَكْلٍ مِنْهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنَّهُ الْآنَ لَفِي أَنْهَارِ الْجَنَّةِ يَنْقَمِسُ فِيهَا .

A man of the tribe of Aslam came to the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم and testified four times against himself that he had had illicit intercourse with a woman, while all the time the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم was turning away from him. Then when he confessed a fifth time, he turned round and asked: Did you have intercourse with her? He replied: Yes. He asked: Have you done it so that your sexual organ penetrated hers? He replied: Yes. He asked: Have you done it like a collyrium stick when enclosed in its case and a rope in a well? He replied: Yes. He asked: Do you know what fornication is? He replied: Yes. I have done with her unlawfully what a man may lawfully do with his wife. He then asked: What do you want from what you have said? He said: I want you to purify me. So he gave orders regarding him and he was stoned to death. Then the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم heard one of his companions saying to another: Look at this man whose fault was concealed by Allah but who would not leave the matter alone, so that he was stoned like a dog. He said nothing to them but walked on for a time till he came to the corpse of an ass with its legs in the air. He asked: Where are so and so? They said: Here we are, Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم! He said: Go down and eat some of this ass's corpse. They replied: Messenger of Allah! Who can eat any of this? He said: The dishonour you have just shown to your brother is more serious than eating some of it. By Him in Whose hand my soul is, he is now among the rivers of Paradise and plunging into them.

— Narrated Abu Hurairah رضی اللہ عنہ

حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ ابْنِ عَمِّ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ بِنَحْوِهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏زَادَ:‏‏‏‏ وَاخْتَلَفُوا عَلَيَّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ:‏‏‏‏ رُبِطَ إِلَى شَجَرَةٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ وُقِفَ.

The narrator Hasan bin “All said: The transmitters have differed in the wordings (of this tradition) reported to me. Some said: He (Ma’iz) was tied to a tree, and others said: He was made to stand.

— A similar tradition has also been transmitted by Abu Hurrairah through a different chain of narrators. This version adds

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُتَوَكِّلِ الْعَسْقَلَانِيُّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَالْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَا:‏‏‏‏ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ:‏‏‏‏ أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَسْلَمَ جَاءَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَاعْتَرَفَ بِالزِّنَا فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏ثُمَّ اعْتَرَفَ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَتَّى شَهِدَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ أَرْبَعَ شَهَادَاتٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:‏‏‏‏ أَبِكَ جُنُونٌ ؟ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ لَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ أُحْصِنْتَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ نَعَمْ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَرُجِمَ فِي الْمُصَلَّى، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَلَمَّا أَذَلَقَتْهُ الْحِجَارَةُ فَرَّ فَأُدْرِكَ فَرُجِمَ حَتَّى مَاتَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:‏‏‏‏ خَيْرًا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَلَمْ يُصَلِّ عَلَيْهِ .

A man of the tribe of Asalam came to the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم and made confession of fornication. He (the prophet) turned away from him. When he testified against him four times, the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: Are you mad? He said: No. he asked: Are you married? He replied: Yes. The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم then commanded regarding him and he was stoned in the place of prayer. Then when the stones hurt him, he fled, but was overtaken and stoned to death. The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم then spoke well of him and did not pray over him.

— Jabir bin Abdullah رضی اللہ عنہما said

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ زُرَيْعٍ. ح وحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ زَكَرِيَّا وَهَذَا لَفْظُهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ دَاوُدَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ لَمَّا أَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِرَجْمِ مَاعِزِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏خَرَجْنَا بِهِ إِلَى الْبَقِيعِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَوَاللَّهِ مَا أَوْثَقْنَاهُ وَلَا حَفَرْنَا لَهُ وَلَكِنَّهُ قَامَ لَنَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ أَبُو كَامِلٍ:‏‏‏‏ قَالَ فَرَمَيْنَاهُ بِالْعِظَامِ وَالْمَدَرِ وَالْخَزَفِ فَاشْتَدَّ وَاشْتَدَدْنَا خَلْفَهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَتَّى أَتَى عَرْضَ الْحَرَّةِ فَانْتَصَبَ لَنَا فَرَمَيْنَاهُ بِجَلَامِيدِ الْحَرَّةِ حَتَّى سَكَتَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ فَمَا اسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُ وَلَا سَبَّهُ .

When the Prophet (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) commanded to stone Ma’iz bin Malik رضی اللہ عنہ , 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.

— Abu Saeed رضی اللہ عنہ said

حَدَّثَنَا مُؤَمَّلُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيل، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَحْوَهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَلَيْسَ بِتَمَامِهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ ذَهَبُوا يَسُبُّونَهُ فَنَهَاهُمْ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ ذَهَبُوا يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ لَهُ فَنَهَاهُمْ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ هُوَ رَجُلٌ أَصَابَ ذَنْبًا حَسِيبُهُ اللَّهُ.

A man came to Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم. 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.

— Abu Nadrah said

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَعْلَى بْنِ الْحَارِثِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ غَيْلَانَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ ابْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ،‏‏‏‏عَنْ أَبِيهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏ أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ اسْتَنْكَهَ مَاعِزًا .

The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم smelt the breath of Ma’iz.

— Buraidah رضی اللہ عنہ said

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاق الْأَهْوَازِيُّ ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا بُشَيْرُ بْنُ الْمُهَاجِرِ ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بُرَيْدَةَ ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ كُنَّا أَصْحَابَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَتَحَدَّثُ:‏‏‏‏ أَنَّ الْغَامِدِيَّةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَمَاعِزَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ لَوْ رَجَعَا بَعْدَ اعْتِرَافِهِمَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَوْ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ لَوْ لَمْ يَرْجِعَا بَعْدَ اعْتِرَافِهِمَا لَمْ يَطْلُبْهُمَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَإِنَّمَا رَجَمَهُمَا عِنْدَ الرَّابِعَةِ .

We, the Companions of the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم, used to talk mutually: Would that al-Ghamidiyyah and Maiz bin Malik رضی اللہ عنہما 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).

— Narrated Buraydah رضی اللہ عنہ

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ بْنِ صَبِيحٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ عَبْدَةُ:‏‏‏‏ أَخْبَرَنَا حَرَمِيُّ بْنُ حَفْصٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُلَاثَةَ،‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَنَّ خَالِدَ بْنَ اللَّجْلَاجِ حَدَّثَهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَنَّ اللَّجْلَاجَ أَبَاهُأَخْبَرَهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏ أَنَّهُ كَانَ قَاعِدًا يَعْتَمِلُ فِي السُّوقِ فَمَرَّتِ امْرَأَةٌ تَحْمِلُ صَبِيًّا فَثَارَ النَّاسُ مَعَهَا وَثُرْتُ فِيمَنْ ثَارَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَانْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَهُوَ يَقُولُ:‏‏‏‏ مَنْ أَبُو هَذَا مَعَكِ ؟ فَسَكَتَتْ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ شَابٌّ حَذْوَهَا:‏‏‏‏ أَنَا أَبُوهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ:‏‏‏‏ مَنْ أَبُو هَذَا مَعَكِ ؟ قَالَ الْفَتَى:‏‏‏‏ أَنَا أَبُوهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَنَظَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَى بَعْضِ مَنْ حَوْلَهُ يَسْأَلُهُمْ عَنْهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالُوا:‏‏‏‏ مَا عَلِمْنَا إِلَّا خَيْرًا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:‏‏‏‏ أَحْصَنْتَ ؟ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ نَعَمْ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَأَمَرَ بِهِ فَرُجِمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ فَخَرَجْنَا بِهِ فَحَفَرْنَا لَهُ حَتَّى أَمْكَنَّا ثُمَّ رَمَيْنَاهُ بِالْحِجَارَةِ حَتَّى هَدَأَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ يَسْأَلُ عَنِ الْمَرْجُومِ فَانْطَلَقْنَا بِهِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقُلْنَا:‏‏‏‏ هَذَا جَاءَ يَسْأَلُ عَنِ الْخَبِيثِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:‏‏‏‏ لَهُوَ أَطْيَبُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مِنْ رِيحِ الْمِسْكِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَإِذَا هُوَ أَبُوهُ فَأَعَنَّاهُ عَلَى غُسْلِهِ وَتَكْفِينِهِ وَدَفْنِهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَمَا أَدْرِي ؟ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ وَالصَّلَاةِ عَلَيْهِ أَمْ لَا ؟ ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَهَذَا حَدِيثُ عَبْدَةَ وَهُوَ أَتَمُّ.

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 صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم 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 صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم 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 صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم 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 صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم and said: This man has come asking about the wicked man. The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم 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.

— Narrated Khalid bin Al-Lajlaj narrated to him, that his father, Al-Lajlaj informed him

حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا صَدَقَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ. ح وحَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ الْأَنْطَاكِيُّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ جَمِيعًا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَا:‏‏‏‏ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَقَالَ هِشَامٌ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الشُّعَيْثِيُّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ مَسْلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْجُهَنِيِّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ اللَّجْلَاجِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ أَبِيهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِبَعْضِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ.

A part of tradition has also been transmitted by al-Lajlaj from the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم through a different chain of narrators.

حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا طَلْقُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ السَّلَامِ بْنُ حَفْصٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَازِمٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:‏‏‏‏ أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَاهُ فَأَقَرَّ عِنْدَهُ أَنَّهُ زَنَى بِامْرَأَةٍ سَمَّاهَا لَهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَبَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَى الْمَرْأَةِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَسَأَلَهَا عَنْ ذَلِكَ ؟ فَأَنْكَرَتْ أَنْ تَكُونَ زَنَتْ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَجَلَدَهُ الْحَدَّ وَتَرَكَهَا .

A man came to the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم and confessed before him that he had committed fornication with a woman whom he named. The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم 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.

— Narrated Sahl bin Saad رضی اللہ عنہما

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ حَدَّثَنَا. ح حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ السَّرْحِ الْمَعْنَى، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ جَابِرٍ:‏‏‏‏ أَنّ رَجُلًا زَنَى بِامْرَأَةٍ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَجُلِدَ الْحَدَّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏ثُمَّ أُخْبِرَ أَنَّهُ مُحْصَنٌ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ فَرُجِمَ ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد:‏‏‏‏ رَوَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ الْبُرْسَانِيُّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏مَوْقُوفًا عَلَى جَابِرٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَرَوَاهُأَبُو عَاصِمٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏بِنَحْوِ ابْنِ وَهْبٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏لَمْ يَذْكُرِ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ إِنَّ رَجُلًا زَنَى فَلَمْ يُعْلَمْ بِإِحْصَانِهِ فَجُلِدَ ثُمَّ عُلِمَ بِإِحْصَانِهِ فَرُجِمَ.

A man committed fornication with a woman. So the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم 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 bin 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 صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم. 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.

— Narrated Jabir bin Abdullah رضی اللہ عنہ

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ أَبُو يَحْيَى الْبَزَّازُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ جَابِرٍ:‏‏‏‏ أَنّ رَجُلًا زَنَى بِامْرَأَةٍ فَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ بِإِحْصَانِهِ فَجُلِدَ ثُمَّ عَلِمَ بِإِحْصَانِهِ فَرُجِمَ .

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.

— Jabir رضی اللہ عنہ said

حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَنَّ هِشَامًا الدَّسْتُوَائِيَّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَأَبَانَ ابْنَ يَزِيدَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَاهُمُ الْمَعْنَى، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ يَحْيَى، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ أَبِي الْمُهَلَّبِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ:‏‏‏‏ أَنَّ امْرَأَةً، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ فِي حَدِيثِ أَبَانَ:‏‏‏‏ مِنْ جُهَيْنَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَتْ:‏‏‏‏ إِنَّهَا زَنَتْ وَهِيَ حُبْلَى، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَدَعَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَلِيًّا لَهَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:‏‏‏‏ أَحْسِنْ إِلَيْهَا فَإِذَا وَضَعَتْ فَجِئْ بِهَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَلَمَّا أَنْ وَضَعَتْ جَاءَ بِهَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَأَمَرَ بِهَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَشُكَّتْ عَلَيْهَا ثِيَابُهَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِهَا فَرُجِمَتْ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏ثُمَّ أَمَرَهُمْ فَصَلُّوا عَلَيْهَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ عُمَرُ:‏‏‏‏ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ تُصَلِّي عَلَيْهَا وَقَدْ زَنَتْ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَقَدْ تَابَتْ تَوْبَةً لَوْ قُسِّمَتْ بَيْنَ سَبْعِينَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ لَوَسِعَتْهُمْ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَهَلْ وَجَدْتَ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ أَنْ جَادَتْ بِنَفْسِهَا ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏لَمْ يَقُلْ:‏‏‏‏ عَنْ أَبَانَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَشُكَّتْ عَلَيْهَا ثِيَابُهَا.

A woman belonging to the tribe of Juhaynah (according to the version of Aban) came to the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم and said that she had committed fornication and that she was pregnant. The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم called her guardian. Then the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم 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 صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم 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 Madina, 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.

— Narrated Imran bin Husayn رضی اللہ عنہما

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْوَزِيرِ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ فَشُكَّتْ عَلَيْهَا ثِيَابُهَا يَعْنِي فَشُدَّتْ.

The word shukkta means tied, meaning her clothes were tied on her.

— Al-Auzai said

حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى الرَّازِيُّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ بُشَيْرِ بْنِ الْمُهَاجِرِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بُرَيْدَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ أَبِيهِ:‏‏‏‏ أَنَّ امْرَأَةً يَعْنِي مِنْ غَامِدَ أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَتْ:‏‏‏‏ إِنِّي قَدْ فَجَرْتُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ:‏‏‏‏ ارْجِعِي فَرَجَعَتْ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَلَمَّا أَنْ كَانَ الْغَدُ أَتَتْهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَتْ:‏‏‏‏ لَعَلَّكَ أَنْ تَرُدَّنِي كَمَا رَدَدْتَ مَاعِزَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ فَوَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لَحُبْلَى، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ لَهَا:‏‏‏‏ ارْجِعِي فَرَجَعَتْ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَلَمَّا كَانَ الْغَدُ أَتَتْهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ لَهَا:‏‏‏‏ ارْجِعِي حَتَّى تَلِدِي فَرَجَعَتْ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَلَمَّا وَلَدَتْ أَتَتْهُ بِالصَّبِيِّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَتْ:‏‏‏‏ هَذَا قَدْ وَلَدْتُهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ لَهَا:‏‏‏‏ ارْجِعِي فَأَرْضِعِيهِ حَتَّى تَفْطِمِيهِ فَجَاءَتْ بِهِ وَقَدْ فَطَمَتْهُ وَفِي يَدِهِ شَيْءٌ يَأْكُلُهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَأَمَرَ بِالصَّبِيِّ فَدُفِعَ إِلَى رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَأَمَرَ بِهَا فَحُفِرَ لَهَا وَأَمَرَ بِهَا فَرُجِمَتْ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَكَانَ خَالِدٌ فِيمَنْ يَرْجُمُهَا فَرَجَمَهَا بِحَجَرٍ فَوَقَعَتْ قَطْرَةٌ مِنْ دَمِهَا عَلَى وَجْنَتِهِ فَسَبَّهَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:‏‏‏‏ مَهْلًا يَا خَالِدُ فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَقَدْ تَابَتْ تَوْبَةً لَوْ تَابَهَا صَاحِبُ مَكْسٍ لَغُفِرَ لَهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَأَمَرَ بِهَا فَصُلِّيَ عَلَيْهَا فَدُفِنَتْ .

A woman of Ghamid came to the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم 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 bin 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 صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم 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.

— Buraidah رضی اللہ عنہ narrated from his father

حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعُ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ زَكَرِيَّا أَبِي عِمْرَانَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ سَمِعْتُ شَيْخًا يُحَدِّثُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ أَبِيهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏ أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَجَمَ امْرَأَةً فَحُفِرَ لَهَا إِلَى الثَّنْدُوَةِ ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد:‏‏‏‏ أَفْهَمَنِي رَجُلٌ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ عُثْمَانَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد:‏‏‏‏ قَالَ الْغَسَّانِيُّ:‏‏‏‏ جُهَيْنَةُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَغَامِدٌ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَبَارِقٌ وَاحِدٌ.

The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم 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.

— It was narrated from Ibn Abu Bakrah رضی اللہ عنہ on this father's

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد:‏‏‏‏ حُدِّثْتُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ بِإِسْنَادِهِ نَحْوَهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏زَادَ ثُمَّ رَمَاهَا بِحَصَاةٍ مِثْلَ الْحِمِّصَةِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏ثُمَّ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ ارْمُوا وَاتَّقُوا الْوَجْهَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَلَمَّا طَفِئَتْ أَخْرَجَهَا فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَقَالَ فِي التَّوْبَةِ نَحْوَ حَدِيثِ بُرَيْدَةَ.

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.

— A similar tradition has been transmitted by Zakariya bin Salim through a different chain of narrators. This version adds

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ مَالِكٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَزَيْدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَنَّهُمَا أَخْبَرَاهُ أَنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ اخْتَصَمَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا:‏‏‏‏ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ اقْضِ بَيْنَنَا بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ وَكَانَ أَفْقَهَهُمَا:‏‏‏‏ أَجَلْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَاقْضِ بَيْنَنَا بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ وَائْذَنْ لِي أَنْ أَتَكَلَّمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ تَكَلَّمْ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ إِنَّ ابْنِي كَانَ عَسِيفًا عَلَى هَذَا وَالْعَسِيفُ الْأَجِيرُ فَزَنَى بِامْرَأَتِهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَأَخْبَرُونِي أَنَّ عَلَى ابْنِي الرَّجْمَ فَافْتَدَيْتُ مِنْهُ بِمِائَةِ شَاةٍ وَبِجَارِيَةٍ لِي، ‏‏‏‏‏‏ثُمَّ إِنِّي سَأَلْتُ أَهْلَ الْعِلْمِ فَأَخْبَرُونِي أَنَّ عَلَى ابْنِي جَلْدُ مِائَةٍ وَتَغْرِيبُ عَامٍ وَإِنَّمَا الرَّجْمُ عَلَى امْرَأَتِهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:‏‏‏‏ أَمَا وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَأَقْضِيَنَّ بَيْنَكُمَا بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَمَّا غَنَمُكَ وَجَارِيَتُكَ فَرَدٌّ إِلَيْكَ وَجَلَدَ ابْنَهُ مِائَةً وَغَرَّبَهُ عَامًا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَأَمَرَ أُنَيْسًا الْأَسْلَمِيَّ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ امْرَأَةَ الْآخَرِ فَإِنِ اعْتَرَفَتْ رَجَمَهَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَاعْتَرَفَتْ فَرَجَمَهَا .

Two men brought a dispute before the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم. 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 Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم 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.

— Abu Hurairah and Zaid bin Khalid al-Juhani رضی اللہ عنہما said

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مِالِكِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ نَافِعٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَنَّهُ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ جَاءُوا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَكَرُوا لَهُ أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْهُمْ وَامْرَأَةً زَنَيَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:‏‏‏‏ مَا تَجِدُونَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ فِي شَأْنِ الزِّنَا ؟ فَقَالُوا:‏‏‏‏ نَفْضَحُهُمْ وَيُجْلَدُونَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ:‏‏‏‏ كَذَبْتُمْ إِنَّ فِيهَا الرَّجْمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَأَتَوْا بِالتَّوْرَاةِ فَنَشَرُوهَا فَجَعَلَ أَحَدُهُمْ يَدَهُ عَلَى آيَةِ الرَّجْمِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏ثُمَّ جَعَلَ يَقْرَأُ مَا قَبْلَهَا وَمَا بَعْدَهَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ:‏‏‏‏ ارْفَعْ يَدَيْكَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَرَفَعَهَا فَإِذَا فِيهَا آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالُوا:‏‏‏‏ صَدَقَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فِيهَا آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَأَمَرَ بِهِمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَرُجِمَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ:‏‏‏‏ فَرَأَيْتُ الرَّجُلَ يَحْنِي عَلَى الْمَرْأَةِ يَقِيهَا الْحِجَارَةَ .

some jews came to the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم and mentioned to him that a man and a women of their number had committed fornication. The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم asked them: What do you find in the Torah about stoning? They replied: We disgrace them and they should be flogged. Abdullah bin Salam رضی اللہ عنہ 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. Abdullah bin 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 صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم then gave command regarding them, and they were stoned to death. Abdullah bin Umar said: I saw the man leaning on the woman protecting her from the stones.

— Ibn Umar رضی اللہ عنہما said

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ مَرُّوا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِيَهُودِيٍّ قَدْ حُمِّمَ وَجْهُهُ وَهُوَ يُطَافُ بِهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَنَاشَدَهُمْ:‏‏‏‏ مَا حَدُّ الزَّانِي فِي كِتَابِهِمْ ؟ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ فَأَحَالُوهُ عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَنَشَدَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:‏‏‏‏ مَا حَدُّ الزَّانِي فِي كِتَابِكُمْ ؟ فَقَالَ:‏‏‏‏ الرَّجْمُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَلَكِنْ ظَهَرَ الزِّنَا فِي أَشْرَافِنَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَكَرِهْنَا أَنْ يُتْرَكَ الشَّرِيفُ وَيُقَامُ عَلَى مَنْ دُونَهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَوَضَعْنَا هَذَا عَنَّا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَأَمَرَ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَرُجِمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏ثُمَّ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَوَّلُ مَنْ أَحْيَا مَا أَمَاتُوا مِنْ كِتَابِكَ .

The people passed by the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم 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 صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم 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 صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم 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.

— Al-Bara bin Azib رضی اللہ عنہما said

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ مُرَّ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِيَهُودِيٍّ مُحَمَّمٍ مَجْلُودٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَدَعَاهُمْ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ:‏‏‏‏ هَكَذَا تَجِدُونَ حَدَّ الزَّانِي، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالُوا:‏‏‏‏ نَعَمْ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَدَعَا رَجُلًا مِنْ عُلَمَائِهِمْ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ لَهُ:‏‏‏‏ نَشَدْتُكَ بِاللَّهِ الَّذِي أَنْزَلَ التَّوْرَاةَ عَلَى مُوسَى أَهَكَذَا تَجِدُونَ حَدَّ الزَّانِي فِي كِتَابِكُمْ ؟ فَقَالَ:‏‏‏‏ اللَّهُمَّ لَا وَلَوْلَا أَنَّكَ نَشَدْتَنِي بِهَذَا لَمْ أُخْبِرْكَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏نَجِدُ حَدَّ الزَّانِي فِي كِتَابِنَا الرَّجْمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَلَكِنَّهُ كَثُرَ فِي أَشْرَافِنَا فَكُنَّا إِذَا أَخَذْنَا الرَّجُلَ الشَّرِيفَ تَرَكْنَاهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَإِذَا أَخَذْنَا الرَّجُلَ الضَّعِيفَ أَقَمْنَا عَلَيْهِ الْحَدَّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقُلْنَا:‏‏‏‏ تَعَالَوْا فَنَجْتَمِعُ عَلَى شَيْءٍ نُقِيمُهُ عَلَى الشَّرِيفِ وَالْوَضِيعِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَاجْتَمَعْنَا عَلَى التَّحْمِيمِ وَالْجَلْدِ وَتَرَكْنَا الرَّجْمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:‏‏‏‏ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَوَّلُ مَنْ أَحْيَا أَمْرَكَ إِذْ أَمَاتُوهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَأَمَرَ بِهِ فَرُجِمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ:‏‏‏‏ يَأَ أيُّهَا الرَّسُولُ لا يَحْزُنْكَ الَّذِينَ يُسَارِعُونَ فِي الْكُفْرِ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ يَقُولُونَ إِنْ أُوتِيتُمْ هَذَا فَخُذُوهُ وَإِنْ لَمْ تُؤْتَوْهُ فَاحْذَرُوا سورة المائدة آية 41 إِلَى قَوْلِهِ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَحْكُمْ بِمَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ فَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْكَافِرُونَ فِي الْيَهُودِ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَحْكُمْ بِمَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ فَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ[ سورة المائدة آية 44 ـ 45] فِي الْيَهُودِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏إِلَى قَوْلِهِ وَمَنْ لَمْ يَحْكُمْ بِمَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ فَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ[ سورة المائدة آية 47] ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ هِيَ فِي الْكُفَّارِ كُلُّهَا يَعْنِي هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ.

The people passed by the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم 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 صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم 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 Messenger, 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.

— Narrated Al-Bara bin Azib رضی اللہ عنہما

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنِي هِشَامُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَنَّ زَيْدَ بْنَ أَسْلَمَ حَدَّثَهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ أَتَى نَفَرٌ مِنْ يَهُودَ فَدَعَوْا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَى الْقُفِّ فَأَتَاهُمْ فِي بَيْتِ الْمِدْرَاسِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالُوا:‏‏‏‏ يَا أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ إِنَّ رَجُلًا مِنَّا زَنَى بِامْرَأَةٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَاحْكُمْ بَيْنَهُمْ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَوَضَعُوا لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وِسَادَةً فَجَلَسَ عَلَيْهَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏ثُمَّ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ ائْتُونيِ بِالتَّوْرَاةِ فَأُتِيَ بِهَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَنَزَعَ الْوِسَادَةَ مِنْ تَحْتِهِ فَوَضَعَ التَّوْرَاةَ عَلَيْهَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏ثُمَّ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ آمَنْتُ بِكِ وَبِمَنْ أَنْزَلَكِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏ثُمَّ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ ائْتُونِي بِأَعْلَمِكُمْ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَأُتِيَ بِفَتًى شَابٍّ ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ قِصَّةَ الرَّجْمِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏نَحْوَ حَدِيثِ مَالِكٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ نَافِعٍ.

A group of Jews came and invited the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم to Quff. So he visited them in their school. They said: Abul Qasim, one of our men has committed fornication with a woman; so pronounce judgment upon them. They placed a cushion for the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم 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. 4431).

— Narrated Abdullah Ibn Umar رضی اللہ عنہما

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ مُزَيْنَةَ. ح وحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا عَنْبَسَةُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ سَمِعْتُ رَجُلًا مِنْ مُزَيْنَةَ مِمَّنْ يَتَّبِعُ الْعِلْمَ وَيَعِيهِ ثُمَّ اتَّفَقَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَنَحْنُ عِنْدَ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَحَدَّثَنَا عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَهَذَا حَدِيثُ مَعْمَرٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَهُوَ أَتَمُّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ زَنَى رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَامْرَأَةٌ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ:‏‏‏‏ اذْهَبُوا بِنَا إِلَى هَذَا النَّبِيِّ فَإِنَّهُ نَبِيٌّ بُعِثَ بِالتَّخْفِيفِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَإِنْ أَفْتَانَا بِفُتْيَا دُونَ الرَّجْمِ قَبِلْنَاهَا وَاحْتَجَجْنَا بِهَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قُلْنَا:‏‏‏‏ فُتْيَا نَبِيٍّ مِنْ أَنْبِيَائِكَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ فَأَتَوْا النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فِي أَصْحَابِهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالُوا:‏‏‏‏ يَا أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ مَا تَرَى فِي رَجُلٍ وَامْرَأَةٍ زَنَيَا ؟ فَلَمْ يُكَلِّمْهُمْ كَلِمَةً حَتَّى أَتَى بَيْتَ مِدْرَاسِهِمْ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَامَ عَلَى الْبَابِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ:‏‏‏‏ أَنْشُدُكُمْ بِاللَّهِ الَّذِي أَنْزَلَ التَّوْرَاةَ عَلَى مُوسَى، ‏‏‏‏‏‏مَا تَجِدُونَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ عَلَى مَنْ زَنَى إِذَا أَحْصَنَ ؟ قَالُوا:‏‏‏‏ يُحَمَّمُ وَيُجَبَّهُ وَيُجْلَدُ وَالتَّجْبِيهُ أَنْ يُحْمَلَ الزَّانِيَانِ عَلَى حِمَارٍ وَتُقَابَلُ أَقْفِيَتُهُمَا وَيُطَافُ بِهِمَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ وَسَكَتَ شَابٌّ مِنْهُمْ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَلَمَّا رَآهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سَكَتَ أَلَظَّ بِهِ النِّشْدَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ:‏‏‏‏ اللَّهُمَّ إِذْ نَشَدْتَنَا فَإِنَّا نَجِدُ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ الرَّجْمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:‏‏‏‏ فَمَا أَوَّلُ مَا ارْتَخَصْتُمْ أَمْرَ اللَّهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ زَنَى ذُو قَرَابَةٍ مِنْ مَلِكٍ مِنْ مُلُوكِنَا فَأَخَّرَ عَنْهُ الرَّجْمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏ثُمَّ زَنَى رَجُلٌ فِي أُسْرَةٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ فَأَرَادَ رَجْمَهُ فَحَالَ قَوْمُهُ دُونَهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَقَالُوا:‏‏‏‏ لَا يُرْجَمُ صَاحِبُنَا حَتَّى تَجِيءَ بِصَاحِبِكَ فَتَرْجُمَهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَاصْطَلَحُوا عَلَى هَذِهِ الْعُقُوبَةِ بَيْنَهُمْ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:‏‏‏‏ فَإِنِّي أَحْكُمُ بِمَا فِي التَّوْرَاةِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَأَمَرَ بِهِمَا فَرُجِمَا ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ:‏‏‏‏ فَبَلَغَنَا أَنَّ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ نَزَلَتْ فِيهِمْ إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَا التَّوْرَاةَ فِيهَا هُدًى وَنُورٌ يَحْكُمُ بِهَا النَّبِيُّونَ الَّذِينَ أَسْلَمُوا[ سورة المائدة آية 44]، ‏‏‏‏‏‏كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْهُمْ.

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 صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم who was sitting in the mosque among his companions. They said: Abul Qasim, 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 صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم 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 صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم 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 صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم 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.

— Narrated Abu Hurairah: (This is Mamar's version which is more accurate. )