al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7171
✧ The Presence of the Imam: Implementing Punishments and the Fate of the Thrown Stone
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أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ هُوَ ابْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَجُلًا يُحَدِّثُ عَمْرَو بْنَ عُثْمَانَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ يَقُولُ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي
أَنَّهُ رَأَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى بَغْلَةٍ شَهْبَاءَ إِذْ جَاءَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ فَقَالَتْ إِنَّهَا قَدْ بَغَتْ فَأَقِمْ عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ لَهَا «ارْجِعِي فَاسْتَتِرِي بِسِتْرِ اللهِ» فَأَنْشَدَتْ عَلَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا كُلُّ ذَلِكَ يَقُولُ لَهَا ارْجِعِي فَاسْتَتِرِي بِسِتْرِ اللهِ فَأَنْشَدَتْهُ إِلَّا أَقَامَ عَلَيْهَا الْحَدَّ فَقَالَ «امْكُثِي حَتَّى تَضَعِي مَا فِي بَطْنِكِ» فَذَهَبَتْ ثُمَّ جَاءَتْ فَقَالَتْ إِنِّي قَدْ وَلَدَتْ غُلَامًا قَالَ فَكَفَلَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهَا «اذْهَبِي حَتَّى تَطْهُرِي» فَذَهَبَتْ ثُمَّ رَجَعَتْ فَقَالَتْ قَدْ طَهُرَتْ فَأَرْسَلَ مَعَهَا نِسْوَةً فَاسْتَبْرَأْنَ طُهْرَهَا ثُمَّ جِئْنَ فَشَهِدْنَ عِنْدَهُ أَنَّهَا قَدْ طَهُرَتْ فَأَمَرَ بِحُفَيْرَةٍ إِلَى ثَنْدُوَتِهَا ثُمَّ جَاءَ وَالْمُسْلِمُونَ مَعَهُ فَأَخَذَ حَصَاةً مِثْلَ الْحِمِّصَةِ فَرَمَاهَا بِهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ ﷺ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ «ارْمُوهَا وَاتَّقُوا وَجْهَهَا» فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهَا وَقَالَ «لَوْ قُسِمَتْ تَوْبَتُهَا بَيْنَ أَهْلِ الْحِجَازِ لَوَسِعَتْهُمْ» [440] 7172 أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا زَكَرِيَّا أَبُو عِمْرَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ شَيْخًا عِنْدَ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ وَاقِفًا فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ
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Chain of narrators
- Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná
- ʿAbd al-Ṣamad
- Ibn ʿAbd al-Wārith
- Zakariyyā b. Sulaym
- a man
- ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān
- ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Bakrah from my father
✧ He saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a grey mule when a woman came to him and said, “She has committed fornication, so carry out the punishment upon her.” He said to her, “Go back and veil yourself with the veil of Allah.” She adjured him three times, and each time he said to her, “Go back and veil yourself with the veil of Allah.” She adjured him to carry out the prescribed punishment upon her. He said, “Stay until you give birth to what is in your womb.” She went away, then came back and said, “I have given birth to a boy.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took charge of the child’s maintenance. Then he said to her, “Go until you become pure.” She went away, then came back and said, “I have become pure.” He sent women with her to ascertain her purity. They came and testified before him that she had become pure. He ordered a small pit to be dug up to her chest. Then he came with the Muslims with him. He took a pebble like a chickpea and threw it at her. Then he said ﷺ to the Muslims, “Stone her, but avoid her face.” Then he prayed over her and said, “If her repentance were divided among the people of the Hijaz, it would suffice them.”
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