عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي رَجُلٌ مِنْ مُزَيْنَةَ ، وَنَحْنُ عِنْدَ ابْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : أَوَّلُ مَرْجُومٍ رَجَمَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ زَنَى ، رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ وَامْرَأَةٌ ، فَتَشَاوَرَ عُلَمَاؤُهُمْ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَرْفَعُوا أَمْرَهُمَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ : إِنَّ هَذَا النَّبِيَّ بُعِثَ بِتَخْفِيفٍ ، وَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا أَنَّ الرَّجْمَ فُرِضَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ ، فَانْطَلِقُوا بِنَا نَسْأَلُ هَذَا النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، عَنْ أَمْرِ صَاحِبَيْنَا اللَّذَيْنِ زَنَيَا بَعْدَمَا أَحْصَنَا ، فَإِنْ أَفْتَانَا بِفُتْيَا دُونَ الرَّجْمِ قَبِلْنَا وَأَخَذْنَا بِتَخْفِيفٍ ، وَاحْتَجَجْنَا بِهَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ حِينَ نَلْقَاهُ ، وَقُلْنَا : قَبِلَنَا فُتْيَا نَبِيٍّ مِنْ أَنْبِيَائِكَ ، وَإِنْ أَمَرَنَا بِالرَّجْمِ عَصَيْنَاهُ ، فَقَدْ عَصَيْنَا اللَّهَ فِيمَا كَتَبَ عَلَيْنَا ، أَنَّ الرَّجْمَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ ، فَأَتَوْا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فِي أَصْحَابِهِ , فَقَالُوا : يَا أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ ، كَيْفَ تَرَى فِي رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ وَامْرَأَةٍ , زَنَيَا بَعْدَمَا أَحْصَنَا ؟ فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَلَمْ يَرْجِعْ إِلَيْهِمَا شَيْئًا ، وَقَامَ مَعَهُ رِجَالٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ حَتَّى أَتَوْا بَيْتَ مَدَراسِ الْيَهُودِ , وَهُمْ يَتَدَارَسُونَ التَّوْرَاةَ ، فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى الْبَابِ , فَقَالَ : يَا مَعْشَرَ الْيَهُودِ ، أَنْشُدُكُمْ بِاللَّهِ الَّذِي أَنْزَلَ التَّوْرَاةَ عَلَى مُوسَى ,مَا تَجِدُونَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ عَلَى مَنْ زَنَى إِذَا أَحْصَنَ ؟ قَالُوا : يُحَمَّمُ وَيُجَبُّهُ ، قَالُوا : وَالتَّحْمِيمُ : أَنْ يُحْمَلَ الزَّانِيَانِ عَلَى حِمَارٍ وَيُقَابَلُ أقْفِيتُهُمَا وَيُطَافُ بِهِمَا ، قَالَ : وَسَكَتَ حَبْرُهُمْ وَهُوَ فَتًى شَابٌّ ، فَلَمَّا رَآهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَلَظَّ بِهِ , فَقَالَ حَبْرُهُمْ : اللَّهُمَّ إِذْ نَشَدْتَنَا فَإِنَا نَجِدُ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ الرَّجْمَ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : فَمَا أَوَّلُ مَا ارْتَخَصْتُمْ أَمْرَ اللَّهِ ؟ قَالُوا : زَنَى رَجُلٌ مِنَّا ذُو قَرَابَةٍ ، مِنْ مَلِكٍ مِنْ مُلُوكِنَا فَسَجَنَهُ ، وَأَخَرَّ عَنْهُ الرَّجْمَ ، ثُمَّ زَنَى بَعْدَهُ آخَرُ فِي أُسْرَةٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ ، فَأَرَادَ الْمَلِكُ رَجْمَهُ فَحَالَ قَوْمُهُ , أَوْ قَالَ : فَقَامَ قَوْمٌ دُونَهُ , فَقَالُوا : لا وَاللَّهِ ، لا يُرْجَمُ صَاحِبُنَا حَتَّى تَجِيءَ بِصَاحِبِكَ فَتَرْجُمَهُ , فَأَصْلَحُوا هَذِهِ الْعُقُوبَةَ بَيْنَهُمْ ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : فَإِنِّي أَحْكُمُ بِمَا فِي التَّوْرَاةِ ، فَأَمَرَ بِهِمَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَرُجِمَا ", قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ : فَأَخْبَرَنِي سَالِمٌ ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ، قَالَ : " لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُمَا حِينَ أَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِرَجْمِهِمَا ، فَلَمَّا جَاءَ رَأَيْتُهُ يُجَافِي بِيَدِهِ عَنْهَا , لِيَقِيَهَا الْحِجَارَةَ ، فَبَلَغَنَا أَنَّ هَذِهِ الآيَةَ أُنْزِلَتْ فِيهِ : إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَا التَّوْرَاةَ فِيهَا هُدًى وَنُورٌ يَحْكُمُ بِهَا النَّبِيُّونَ الَّذِينَ أَسْلَمُوا لِلَّذِينَ هَادُوا وَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْهُمْ"
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From Mamar, from al-Zuhri, he said: A man of Muzaynah told me, while we were with Ibn al-Musayyib, from Abu Hurayrah, he said: The first stoned one the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, stoned was of the Jews who committed zina, a man of them and a woman. Their scholars conferred before raising their matter to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and some said to others: This Prophet was sent with lightening; we know stoning was obligated in the Torah. Come, let us ask this Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, about our two companions who committed zina after being muhsan: if he gives us a fatwa less than stoning, we accept it and take the lightening, and argue with it before Allah when we meet Him, saying: we accepted the fatwa of a Prophet of Your Prophets; and if he orders us with stoning, we disobey him, though we have disobeyed Allah in what He wrote upon us, that stoning is in the Torah. They came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, while he sat in the mosque among his Companions, and said: O Abu al-Qasim, what deem you of a man of them and a woman who committed zina after being muhsan? The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, rose and gave them nothing in reply, and men of the Muslims rose with him until they came to the Jews' house of study, where they studied the Torah. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, stood at the door and said: O company of Jews, I adjure you by Allah Who sent down the Torah upon Musa, what find you in the Torah for one who commits zina when muhsan? They said: He is blackened and paraded. They said: And blackening is that the two adulterers are carried upon a donkey, their backs faced to each other, and they are paraded. He said: And their learned man, a young youth, fell silent; when the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, saw him, he pressed him. Their learned man said: O Allah, since you adjured us, we find stoning in the Torah. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: What was the first thing by which you lightened Allah's command? They said: A man of us, a kinsman of one of our kings, committed zina, so he imprisoned him and delayed stoning from him; then another committed zina after him, of a family of the people, and the king wanted to stone him, but his folk stood in his way, or he said: folk rose for him, and said: By Allah, our companion shall not be stoned until you bring your companion and stone him. So they made this punishment between them. The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: I judge by what is in the Torah. The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, ordered them, and they were stoned. Al-Zuhri said: Salim told me, from Ibn Umar, he said: I saw them when the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, ordered their stoning; when it came, I saw him shielding her with his hand, to guard her from the stones. It reached us that this verse was sent down about him: We sent down the Torah, wherein is guidance and light; the Prophets who submitted judge by it for those who are Jews; and the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was of them.