Sunan Abu Dawud Hadith 4450

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Sunan Abu Dawud Hadith 4450 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 4450
Chapter
40: Prescribed Punishments (Kitab Al-Hudud)
Narrator in the source
Abu Hurairah: (This is Mamar's version which is more accurate. )
Compiler
Imam Abu Dawud
Displayed grading
Da`eef
Hadith 4450
Da`eef

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. )

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Collection: Sunan Abu Dawud. Compiler: Imam Abu Dawud. Reference in Sirah: Hadith 4450.

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