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[[File:Stoning in afghanistan.jpg|right|thumb|190px|A public stoning carried out in Afghanistan. Rajm is the Islamic punishment for illegal sexual intercourse, as ordered by Muhammad himself. (''[[Images_-_Punishments#Stoning|more graphic images]]'')]] | [[File:Stoning in afghanistan.jpg|right|thumb|190px|A public stoning carried out in Afghanistan. Rajm is the Islamic punishment for illegal sexual intercourse, as ordered by Muhammad himself. (''[[Images_-_Punishments#Stoning|more graphic images]]'')]] | ||
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===Sunnah of Muhammad=== | ===Sunnah of Muhammad=== | ||
There are many [[sahih]] (authentic) hadith which speak of Prophet [[Muhammad]] ordering people to be stoned to death. Therefore it is part of Muhammad's [[sunnah]] and cannot be ignored by Muslims. | There are many [[sahih]] (authentic) hadith which speak of Prophet [[Muhammad]] ordering people to be stoned to death. Therefore it is considered a part of Muhammad's [[sunnah]] and cannot be ignored by Muslims according to the traditional views of the scholars. | ||
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|8|82|803}}|Narrated Ash-Sha'bi: from 'Ali when the latter stoned a lady to death on a Friday. ''''Ali said, "I have stoned her according to the tradition of Allah's Apostle."'''}} | {{Quote|{{Bukhari|8|82|803}}|Narrated Ash-Sha'bi: from 'Ali when the latter stoned a lady to death on a Friday. ''''Ali said, "I have stoned her according to the tradition of Allah's Apostle."'''}} | ||
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===Stoning in Judaism vis-à-vis Islam=== | ===Stoning in Judaism vis-à-vis Islam=== | ||
The | The Hadith testifies that the Jews of Muhammad's time had ceased to employ such violent forms of punishment, and that it was he who insisted on the reinstatement of stoning. | ||
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|8|82|809}}, See also: {{Bukhari|6|60|79}}, and {{Bukhari|4|56|829}}|Narrated Ibn 'Umar: A Jew and a Jewess were brought to Allah's Apostle on a charge of committing an illegal sexual intercourse. The Prophet asked them. "What is the legal punishment (for this sin) in your Book (Torah)?" They replied, "'''Our priests have innovated the punishment of blackening the faces with charcoal and Tajbiya'''." 'Abdullah bin Salam said, "O Allah's Apostle, tell them to bring the Torah." The Torah was brought, and then one of the Jews put his hand over the Divine Verse of the Rajam (stoning to death) and started reading what preceded and what followed it. On that, Ibn Salam said to the Jew, "Lift up your hand." Behold! The Divine Verse of the Rajam was under his hand. So '''Allah's Apostle ordered that the two (sinners) be stoned to death, and so they were stoned.''' Ibn 'Umar added: So both of them were stoned at the Balat and I saw the Jew sheltering the Jewess. }} | {{Quote|{{Bukhari|8|82|809}}, See also: {{Bukhari|6|60|79}}, and {{Bukhari|4|56|829}}|Narrated Ibn 'Umar: A Jew and a Jewess were brought to Allah's Apostle on a charge of committing an illegal sexual intercourse. The Prophet asked them. "What is the legal punishment (for this sin) in your Book (Torah)?" They replied, "'''Our priests have innovated the punishment of blackening the faces with charcoal and Tajbiya'''." 'Abdullah bin Salam said, "O Allah's Apostle, tell them to bring the Torah." The Torah was brought, and then one of the Jews put his hand over the Divine Verse of the Rajam (stoning to death) and started reading what preceded and what followed it. On that, Ibn Salam said to the Jew, "Lift up your hand." Behold! The Divine Verse of the Rajam was under his hand. So '''Allah's Apostle ordered that the two (sinners) be stoned to death, and so they were stoned.''' Ibn 'Umar added: So both of them were stoned at the Balat and I saw the Jew sheltering the Jewess. }} | ||