Hadith #575
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ الصَّلْتِ قَالَ كَانَ ابْنُ الْعَاصِ وَزَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ يَكْتُبَانِ الْمَصَاحِفَ فَمَرُّوا عَلَى هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ فَقَالَ زَيْدٌ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ الشَّيْ
خُ وَالشَّيْخَةُ إِذَا زَنَيَا فَارْجُمُوهُمَا الْبَتَّةَ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ لَمَّا أُنْزِلَتْ هَذِهِ أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ 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
Isnad Chain
محمد بن جعفر
شعبة
قتادة
يونس بن جبير
كثير بن الصلت
رسول الله
English Translation
It was narrated from Zaid ibn Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) that Umar said that a verse was revealed: "The old man and old woman, if they commit adultery, stone them definitively." When this was revealed, Umar came to the Messenger of Allah دلوالله and asked him to write it down. Umar also noted that an unmarried person guilty of fornication is flogged, while a married person guilty of fornication is stoned.
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 39, Hadith 575
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 20613
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-57003