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Sahih al-Bukhari 6841 (Book 86, Hadith 64) #6577
Punishment for Illegal Sexual Intercourse According to the Torah

SUMMARY: This hadith is about two people who committed illegal sexual intercourse and were punished according to the Torah.

Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar: The jews came to Allah's Messenger ﷺ and mentioned to him that a man and a lady among them had committed illegal sexual intercourse. Allah's Messenger ﷺ said to them, "What do you find in the Torah regarding the Rajam?" They replied, "We only disgrace and flog them with stripes"'.Abdullah bin Salam said to them, 'You have told a lie the penalty of Rajam is in the Torah'. They brought the Torah and opened it. One of them put his hand over the verse of the Rajam and read what was before and after it'.Abdullah bin Salam said to him, "Lift up your hand". Where he lifted it there appeared the verse of the Rajam. So they said, "O Muhammad! He has said the truth, the verse of the Rajam is in it (Torah)". Then Allah's Messenger ﷺ ordered that the two persons (guilty of illegal sexual intercourse) be stoned to death, and so they were stoned, and I saw the man bending over the woman so as to protect her from the stones.
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ جَاءُوا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرُوا لَهُ أَنَّ رَجُلاً مِنْهُمْ وَامْرَأَةً زَنَيَا فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ‏ "‏ مَا تَجِدُونَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ فِي شَأْنِ الرَّجْمِ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَقَالُوا نَفْضَحُهُمْ وَيُجْلَدُونَ‏.‏ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ كَذَبْتُمْ إِنَّ فِيهَا الرَّجْمَ‏.‏ فَأَتَوْا بِالتَّوْرَاةِ فَنَشَرُوهَا، فَوَضَعَ أَحَدُهُمْ يَدَهُ عَلَى آيَةِ الرَّجْمِ فَقَرَأَ مَا قَبْلَهَا وَمَا بَعْدَهَا‏.‏ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ ارْفَعْ يَدَكَ‏.‏ فَرَفَعَ يَدَهُ فَإِذَا فِيهَا آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ‏.‏ قَالُوا صَدَقَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فِيهَا آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ‏.‏ فَأَمَرَ بِهِمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَرُجِمَا، فَرَأَيْتُ الرَّجُلَ يَحْنِي عَلَى الْمَرْأَةِ يَقِيهَا الْحِجَارَةَ‏.‏
TOPICS
punishment  *  intercourse  *  torah  *  iqab  *  zina  *  tawrah  *  hayaqa  *  dhulm  *  rajam

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EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about two people who committed illegal sexual intercourse and were punished according to the Torah. The Jews came to Prophet Muhammad and told him that a man and a woman among them had committed this sin. When asked what punishment they found in the Torah, they replied that they only disgrace and flog them with stripes. However, Abdullah bin Salam said that this was not true as there was a verse in the Torah regarding Rajam which was stoning of both parties involved in illegal sexual intercourse. The Jews then opened up their book of scripture and when asked to lift his hand from over it, there appeared the verse of Rajam. Thus, Prophet Muhammad ordered for both persons guilty of illegal sexual intercourse be stoned to death which was carried out accordingly with one man protecting her from stones being thrown at her.

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