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Sahih Bukhari 7168 — Stoning at the Musalla
Passing judgement in the mosque and ordering the punishment outside the Mosque
وَقَالَ عُمَرُ أَخْرِجَاهُ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ. وَضَرَبَهُ. وَيُذْكَرُ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ نَحْوُهُ.
Hadith About Jabir Witnessing the Stoning at the Musalla
Sahih Bukhari : 7168
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 7168
قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ فَأَخْبَرَنِي مَنْ، سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ كُنْتُ فِيمَنْ رَجَمَهُ بِالْمُصَلَّى. رَوَاهُ يُونُسُ وَمَعْمَرٌ وَابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي الرَّجْمِ.
Jabir bin `Abdullah Narrated from:
I was one of those who stoned him at the Musalla in Al-Madina (See Hadith 5272).
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 7168In-book reference : Book 93, Hadith 32USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 1, Book 89, Hadith 280
Summary of Sahih Bukhari Hadith 7168
This hadith continues the previous legal case and gives Jabir bin Abdullah’s report. Jabir says that he was among those who stoned the man at the Musalla in Madinah. The narration also mentions that it was reported through other transmitters from Az-Zuhri, from Abu Salama, from Jabir, from the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) concerning stoning. The hadith is very brief and tied to the case already mentioned. So the explanation should not add extra claims. The main subject is a legal punishment that was carried out after the confession case described before it.
What we learn from this hadith
- Jabir bin Abdullah witnessed the carrying out of the punishment.
- The report is connected to the preceding case of confession.
- The place mentioned is the Musalla in Madinah.
- The narration should be read as part of a serious legal report.
