Sahih al-Bukhari 5061 (Book 68, Hadith 20)
committed illegal sexual intercourse.” The Prophet (ﷺ) turned his face to the other side. The man turned
towards the side towards which the Prophet (ﷺ) had turned his face, and gave four witnesses against
himself. On that the Prophet (ﷺ) called him and said, “Are you insane?” (He added), “Are you married?”
The man said, ‘Yes.” On that the Prophet (ﷺ) ordered him to be stoned to the death in the Musalla (a
praying place). When the stones hit him with their sharp edges and he fled, but he was caught at Al-
Harra and then killed
“ هَلْ بِكَ جُنُونٌ هَلْ أُحْصِنْتَ ”. قَالَ نَعَمْ. فَأَمَرَ بِهِ أَنْ يُرْجَمَ بِالْمُصَلَّى، فَلَمَّا أَذْلَقَتْهُ الْحِجَارَةُ جَمَزَ حَتَّى أُدْرِكَ بِالْحَرَّةِ فَقُتِلَ.
Sahih al-Bukhari 5061 (Book 68, Hadith 20)
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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