17/8. Chapter:
Jami at-Tirmidhi 1434 — Adultery Penalties in the Text
What Has Been Related About Stoning The Married Adulterer
Hadith About Adultery Penalties in Islam
Jami at-Tirmidhi : 1434
Jami at-TirmidhiHadith Number 1434
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ زَاذَانَ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ حِطَّانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " خُذُوا عَنِّي فَقَدْ جَعَلَ اللَّهُ لَهُنَّ سَبِيلاً الثَّيِّبُ بِالثَّيِّبِ جَلْدُ مِائَةٍ ثُمَّ الرَّجْمُ وَالْبِكْرُ بِالْبِكْرِ جَلْدُ مِائَةٍ وَنَفْىُ سَنَةٍ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ بَعْضِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِنْهُمْ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَأُبَىُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ وَغَيْرُهُمْ قَالُوا الثَّيِّبُ تُجْلَدُ وَتُرْجَمُ . وَإِلَى هَذَا ذَهَبَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ إِسْحَاقَ . وَقَالَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِنْهُمْ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ وَغَيْرُهُمَا الثَّيِّبُ إِنَّمَا عَلَيْهِ الرَّجْمُ وَلاَ يُجْلَدُ . وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِثْلُ هَذَا فِي غَيْرِ حَدِيثٍ فِي قِصَّةِ مَاعِزٍ وَغَيْرِهِ أَنَّهُ أَمَرَ بِالرَّجْمِ وَلَمْ يَأْمُرْ أَنْ يُجْلَدَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُرْجَمَ . وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ بَعْضِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ وَابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ وَالشَّافِعِيِّ وَأَحْمَدَ .
'Ubadah bin As-Samit Narrated from:
The Messenger Of Allah (ﷺ) Said: 'Take From Me. For Allah Has A Way Made For Them : For The Married Person Who Commits Adultery With A Married Person Is One Hundred Lashes, Then Stoning. And For The Virgin Who Commits Adultery With A Virgin Is One Hundred Lashes And Banishment For A Year.
Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1434In-book reference : Book 17, Hadith 16English translation : Vol. 3, Book 15, Hadith 1434
Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 1434
This hadith about adultery penalties reports the words of the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم: "Take from me. For Allah has made a way for them." The text then mentions two cases. For a married person with a married person, it states one hundred lashes and then stoning. For a virgin with a virgin, it states one hundred lashes and banishment for a year. The narration is direct and legal in wording. The explanation should therefore stay with the categories mentioned in the hadith and not add wider rulings. It shows that the case details matter in the wording of the report.
What we learn from this hadith
- The hadith names different rulings for different case details.
- A married person and an unmarried person are not described the same way.
- The wording connects the ruling to what Allah made as a way.
- The text should be read carefully without mixing the categories.
