Sahih al-Bukhari 2587 (Book 53, Hadith 6)
opponent got up and said, “He is right. Judge between us according to Allah’s Laws.” The bedouin
said, “My son was a laborer working for this man, and he committed illegal sexual intercourse with
his wife. The people told me that my son should be stoned to death; so, in lieu of that, I paid a ransom
of one hundred sheep and a slave girl to save my son. Then I asked the learned scholars who said,
“Your son has to be lashed one-hundred lashes and has to be exiled for one year.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said,
“No doubt I will judge between you according to Allah’s Laws. The slave-girl and the sheep are to go
back to you, and your son will get a hundred lashes and one year exile.” He then addressed somebody,
“O Unais! go to the wife of this (man) and stone her to death” So, Unais went and stoned her to death.
“ لأَقْضِيَنَّ بَيْنَكُمَا بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ، أَمَّا الْوَلِيدَةُ وَالْغَنَمُ فَرَدٌّ عَلَيْكَ، وَعَلَى ابْنِكَ جَلْدُ مِائَةٍ وَتَغْرِيبُ عَامٍ، وَأَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا أُنَيْسُ ـ لِرَجُلٍ ـ فَاغْدُ عَلَى امْرَأَةِ هَذَا فَارْجُمْهَا ”. فَغَدَا عَلَيْهَا أُنَيْسٌ فَرَجَمَهَا.
Sahih al-Bukhari 2587 (Book 53, Hadith 6)
The above hadith is from the Sahih al-Buhari collection of hadiths. The compilation known as Sahih al-Bukhari is a paramount collection of the Sunnah and hadith of the Prophet Muhammad. Its creator, Muḥammad ibn Ismā‘īl al-Bukhārī, dedicated his life to this work, completing it around 847. It holds a position of immense respect as arguably the most authentic book in Sunni Islam after the Holy Quran. As a key pillar of the six canonical books (Kutub al-Sittah), its detailed 97-chapter structure houses an estimated 7,563 narrations that continue to shape Islamic theology, law, and ethics to this day.
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