حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّ الْيَهُودَ أَتَوْا النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِرَجُلٍ وَامْرَأَةٍ مِنْهُمْ قَدْ زَنَيَا فَقَالَ مَا تَجِدُونَ فِي كِتَابِكُمْ فَقَالُوا نُسَخِّمُ وُجُوهَهُمَا وَيُخْزَيَانِ فَقَالَ كَذَبْتُمْ إِنَّ فِيهَا الرَّجْمَ فَأْتُوا بِالتَّوْرَاةِ فَاتْلُوهَا إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ فَجَاءُوا بِالتَّوْرَاةِ وَجَاءُوا بِقَارِئٍ لَهُمْ أَعْوَرَ يُقَالُ لَهُ ابْنُ صُورِيَا فَقَرَأَ حَتَّى إِذَا انْتَهَى إِلَى مَوْضِعٍ مِنْهَا وَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَيْهِ فَقِيلَ لَهُ ارْفَعْ يَدَكَ فَرَفَعَ يَدَهُ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَلُوحُ فَقَالَ أَوْ قَالُوا يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّ فِيهَا الرَّجْمَ وَلَكِنَّا كُنَّا نَتَكَاتَمُهُ بَيْنَنَا فَأَمَرَ بِهِمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَرُجِمَا قَالَ فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ يُجَانِئُ عَلَيْهَا يَقِيهَا الْحِجَارَةَ بِنَفْسِهِ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 4498
It was narrated from Ibn Umar that the Jews brought to the prophet (PBUH) a man and a women from among them who has committed zina. He said, "What do you find in your Book?" They said: We blacken their faces and they will be disgraced. He said: "You are lying in it is [mentioned] stoning. Bring the Torah and recite it if you are telling the truth." So they brought the Torah and they brought a one-eyed reciter who was called Ibn Sooriya, and he recited it until, when he reached some part of it, he placed his hand over it. It was said: Lift your hand. So he lifted his hand and there it (the verse of stoning) appeared. He, or they, said: O Muhammad, in it is [mentioned] stoning but we used to conceal it (and avoid talking about it) amongst Ourselves. Then the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) ordered that they be stoned. He [Ibn 'Umar] said; And I saw him (the man) trying to shield her from the stones with his body.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020