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كتاب الحدود
The Chapters on Legal Punishments
" لَوْ كُنْتُ رَاجِمًا أَحَدًا بِغَيْرِ بَيِّنَةٍ لَرَجَمْتُ فُلاَنَةَ فَقَدْ ظَهَرَ فِيهَا الرِّيبَةُ فِي مَنْطِقِهَا وَهَيْئَتِهَا وَمَنْ يَدْخُلُ عَلَيْهَا "
“If I were to stone anyone without proof, I would have stoned so-and-so, for there is obviously doubt concerning her speech, her appearance and those who enter upon her.”
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- Hadith 2558
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- Hadith 2560
“Ibn `Abbas mentioned two people who had engaged in the process of Li`an. Ibn Shaddad said to him: 'Is this the one of whom the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:…
- Hadith 2557
the Prophet (ﷺ) stoned a Jewish man and a Jewish woman.
- Hadith 2561
“Whoever you find doing the action of the people of Lut, kill the one who does it, and the one to whom it is done.”
- Hadith 2556
The Prophet (ﷺ) stoned two Jews, and I was among those who stoned them. I saw (the man) trying to shield (the woman) from the stones.”
- Hadith 2562
“Stone the upper and the lower, stone them both.”