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Sunan Abi Dawud 4446 (Book 40, Hadith 96) #24737
Stoning as Punishment in Torah

SUMMARY: The hadith is about a man and woman who committed fornication, and the Jews brought out the Torah to prove that stoning was the punishment for such an act.

Ibn 'Umar said: some jews came to the Messenger of Allah and mentioned to him that a man and a women of their number had committed fornication. The Messenger of Allah 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 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.
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ جَاءُوا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ فَذَكَرُوا لَهُ أَنَّ رَجُلاً مِنْهُمْ وَامْرَأَةً زَنَيَا فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏ "‏ مَا تَجِدُونَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ فِي شَأْنِ الزِّنَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَقَالُوا نَفْضَحُهُمْ وَيُجْلَدُونَ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ 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 سَلاَمٍ ارْفَعْ يَدَكَ ‏.‏ فَرَفَعَهَا فَإِذَا فِيهَا آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ فَقَالُوا صَدَقَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فِيهَا آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ ‏.‏ فَأَمَرَ بِهِمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فَرُجِمَا ‏.‏ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ فَرَأَيْتُ الرَّجُلَ يَحْنِي عَلَى الْمَرْأَةِ يَقِيهَا الْحِجَارَةَ

TOPICS
punishment  *  fornication  *  torah  *  stoning  *  iqab  *  zina  *  tawrah  *  rajm

QUICK LESSONS:
Respect other religions' scriptures ; Follow Islamic laws ; Be honest with one another ; Not lie or deceive others .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about a man and woman who committed fornication, which is considered a major sin in Islam. When some Jews came to Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, they mentioned that this couple had done so. The Prophet ﷺ asked them what their scripture said about it, and they replied that they would be disgraced and flogged. However, 'Abd Allah b. Salam corrected them by saying that stoning was actually the punishment according to their scripture. They then brought out their scripture and confirmed his statement by showing him the verse of stoning. The Prophet ﷺ then gave command regarding them, and they were stoned to death as per Islamic law at that time. It is important to note here that even though this was the punishment at this time in history, it has since been abolished due to various reasons such as difficulty of proof or lack of witnesses etc., but it still serves as an example of how serious Islam takes sins like fornication or adultery etc.,

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