Explanation of the Book of Inheritance, Fixed Punishments, and Blood Money-08a
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The reciter: Ali ibn Abdullah narrated to us, Sufyan narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from Ubayd Allah, from Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), who said: Umar said: Sahih al-Bukhari 6829
The Shaykh : Yes, this is what Umar feared, and it happened. They said that stoning is not in the Book of Allah, because what is in the Book is[An-Nur 24:2] But in another wording, longer than what the author mentioned, it says: "And know that stoning is a right in the Book of Allah; we read it, we memorized it, and we understood it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stoned, and we stoned after him" So Umar affirmed on the pulpit that they had read the verse of stoning, memorized it, understood it, and applied it; the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stoned, and they stoned after him. And this is indicated by the fact that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said in the previous hadith: Sahih al-Bukhari 7278, 7279 then he mentioned stoning,
But someone might ask: Where is the verse of stoning in the Book of Allah? The answer to this is to say that its wording was abrogated, but its ruling remained.
I feared that a long time would pass for the people, until someone would say: We do not find stoning in the Book of Allah, and they would be misguided by abandoning an obligation that Allah revealed. Know that stoning is a right upon one who commits unlawful sexual intercourse and is married, if the evidence is established, or if there is pregnancy or confession - Sufyan said: This is how I memorized it - Know that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stoned, and we stoned after him
لقد خشيت أن يطول بالناس زمان ، حتى يقول قائل : لا نجد الرجم في كتاب الله ، فيضلوا بترك فريضة أنزلها الله ، ألا وإن الرجم حق على من زنى وقد أحصن ، إذا قامت البينة ، أو كان الحمل أو الاعتراف - قال سفيان : كذا حفظت - ألا وقد رجم رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ورجمنا بعدهThe Shaykh : Yes, this is what Umar feared, and it happened. They said that stoning is not in the Book of Allah, because what is in the Book is
The [unmarried] woman or [unmarried] man found guilty of sexual intercourse - lash each one of them with a hundred lashes
الزانية والزاني فاجلدوا كل واحد منهما مائة جلدةI shall judge between you according to Allah's Book (Laws).
لأقضين بينكما بكتاب اللهBut someone might ask: Where is the verse of stoning in the Book of Allah? The answer to this is to say that its wording was abrogated, but its ruling remained.