Musnad Ahmad
Musnad Ahmad 276
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ قَالَ عُمَرُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى بَعَثَ مُحَمَّدًا صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْكِتَابَ فَكَانَ فِيمَا أَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ آيَةُ الرَّجْمِ فَقَرَأْنَا بِهَا وَعَقَلْنَاهَا وَوَعَيْنَاهَا فَأَخْشَى أَنْ يَطُولَ بِالنَّاسِ عَهْدٌ فَيَقُولُوا إِنَّا لَا نَجِدُ آيَةَ الرَّجْمِ فَتُتْرَكَ فَرِيضَةٌ أَنْزَلَهَا اللَّهُ تَعَالَى وَإِنَّ الرَّجْمَ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى حَقٌّ عَلَى مَنْ زَنَى إِذَا أَحْصَنَ مِنْ الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ إِذَا قَامَتْ الْبَيِّنَةُ أَوْ كَانَ الْحَبَلُ أَوْ الِاعْتِرَافُ.
‘Abd al-Rahman narrated to us; Malik narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from ‘Ubayd Allah ibn ‘Abd Allah, from Ibn ‘Abbas, who said: ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said: ‘Allah Most High sent Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, and sent down the Book to him. Among what He sent down was the verse of stoning. We recited it, understood it, and retained it. I fear that as time passes, people will say, “We do not find the verse of stoning in the Book of Allah,” and so an obligation Allah Most High sent down will be abandoned. Stoning is established in the Book of Allah Most High for a man or woman who commits zina when muhsan, if proof is established, or there is pregnancy, or confession.’