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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
أبواب كيفية نزول القرآنChapters on How the Qur'an Was Revealed
بَابُ ذِكْرِ آيَاتٍ كَانَتْ فِي الْقُرْآنِ وَنُسِخَتْChapter on Mentioning Verses That Were in the Qur’an and Were Abrogated
Hadith 8454
اُردوEn
عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ الصَّلْتِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ كَانَ ابْنُ الْعَاصِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ وَزَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ يَكْتُبَانِ الْمَصَاحِفَ فَمَرُّوا عَلَى هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ فَقَالَ زَيْدٌ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ الشَّيْخُ وَالشَّيْخَةُ إِذَا زَنَيَا فَارْجُمُوهُمَا الْبَتَّةَ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ لَمَّا أُنْزِلَتْ هَذِهِ أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقُلْتُ أَكْتِبْنِيهَا قَالَ شُعْبَةُ فَكَأَنَّهُ كَرِهَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ أَلَا تَرَى أَنَّ الشَّيْخَ إِذَا لَمْ يُحْصَنْ جُلِدَ وَأَنَّ الشَّابَّ إِذَا زَنَى وَقَدْ أُحْصِنَ رُجِمَ
Kathir bin Salt says: Sayyiduna Ibn ‘As (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) were writing the Mushaf. When they reached this verse, Sayyiduna Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recite this verse as well: "Al-shaykhu wa al-shaykhatu idha zanaya farjumuhuma al-battah." Sayyiduna ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When this verse was revealed, I came to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: Please have this verse written for me, but it seemed that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) disliked this. Then Sayyiduna ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Do you not see that when an old man is not married, he is flogged for committing adultery, and when a married young man commits adultery, he is stoned?
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … In this abrogated verse, the mention of the elderly man and woman is incidental, because generally people of that age are married; otherwise, the punishment of stoning (rajm) is for that adulterer who is married.
