(حديث مرفوع) حَدَّثَنَا
هُشَيْمٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا
إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ سَالِمٍ ، عَنِ
الشَّعْبِيِّ ، قَالَ : أُتِيَ
عَلِيٌّ بِزَانٍ مُحْصَنٍ ، فَجَلَدَهُ يَوْمَ الْخَمِيسِ مِائَةَ ، ثُمَّ رَجَمَهُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ ، فَقِيلَ لَهُ : جَمَعْتَ عَلَيْهِ حَدَّيْنِ ؟ فَقَالَ : " جَلَدْتُهُ بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ ، وَرَجَمْتُهُ بِسُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " .
Once a married adulterer was brought to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). He flogged him with one hundred lashes on Thursday and stoned him to death on Friday. Someone asked him, "Why did you combine two punishments for him?" He replied, "I flogged him because of the Noble Qur'an, and I stoned him because of the Sunnah."