Sunan Abu Dawud Hadith 4447

What is Sunan Abu Dawud Hadith 4447?

Sunan Abu Dawud Hadith 4447 is a narration recorded in this collection under Chapter 40: Prescribed Punishments (Kitab Al-Hudud). This page presents the source record and its available text, translations and grading label. Use the reference and chapter link below to read it in context; numbering and wording may differ between editions.

Collection
Sunan Abu Dawud
Reference in Sirah
Hadith 4447
Chapter
40: Prescribed Punishments (Kitab Al-Hudud)
Narrator in the source
Al-Bara bin Azib رضی اللہ عنہما said
Compiler
Imam Abu Dawud
Displayed grading
Sahih
Hadith 4447
Sahih

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

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Collection: Sunan Abu Dawud. Compiler: Imam Abu Dawud. Reference in Sirah: Hadith 4447.

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Source grading label: Sahih. A displayed label is source metadata, not an independent authentication by Sirah.

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