Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-1389b
"عن عُمرَ أنه أُتِى بامرأةٍ زنت فقالَ: ويحَ الزانيةِ أفْسَدَت حَسَبها، اذْهبَا فاضرِباهَا ولا تَخْرِقا جِلْدَها، إنما جَعَل اللَّه أربعةَ شهداءَ سَتْرًا تَسْتركُم دونَ فَواحِشِكم، فلا يَتَطَلَّعَنَّ سِتْرَ اللَّه أحدٌ، ألا وإن اللَّه لو شاءَ لجعله واحدًا صادقًا أو كاذبًا".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿUmr Nh Utiá Bāmrʾh Znt
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"'Umar was brought a woman who had committed adultery, and he said: 'Woe to the adulteress! She has ruined her lineage. Go and strike her, and do not tear her skin. Allah only made four witnesses a veil that conceals you from your immoralities. So let no one peek behind the veil of Allah. Beware, if Allah had willed, He would have made it one truthful or lying witness.'"
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Notes
[عب] عبد الرازق [ق] البيهقى في السنن
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