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Malik related to me that he had heard that Uthman ibn Affan was
brought a woman who had given birth after six months and he ordered
her to be stoned. Ali ibn Abi Talib said to him, "She does not deserve
that. Allah, the Blessed, the Exalted, says in His Book, 'Their
carrying and weaning is thirty months,' (Sura 46 ayat 15) and he said,
'Mothers suckle their children for two full years for whoever wishes
to complete the suckling.' (Sura 2 ayat 233) Pregnancy can then be six
months, so she does not deserve to be stoned." Uthman ibn Affan sent
for her and found that she had already been stoned.
Muwatta Malik Book 41, Hadith 11
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Malik related to me that Yahya ibn Said heard Said ibn al-
Musayyab say, "When Umar ibn al-Khattab came from Mina, he made his
camel kneel at al-Abtah, and then he gathered a pile of small stones
and cast his cloak over them and dropped to the ground. Then he raised
his hands to the sky and said, 'O Allah! I have become old and my
strength has weakened. My flock is scattered. Take me to You with
nothing missed out and without having neglected anything.' Then he
went to Madina and addressed the people. He said, 'People! Sunan have
been laid down for you. Obligations have been placed upon you. You
have been left with a clear way unless you lead people astray right
and left.' He struck one of his hands on the other and then said,
'Take care lest you destroy the ayat of stoning so that one will say,
"We do not find two hadds in the Book of Allah." The Messenger of
Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, stoned, so we have
stoned. By He in Whose Hand my self is, had it not been that people
would say that Umar ibn al-Khattab has added to the Book of Allah ta-
ala, we would have written it, "The full-grown man and the full-grown
woman, stone them absolutely." We have certainly recited that.'"
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Malik related to me from Zayd ibn Aslam that a man confessed to
fornication in the time of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, called for a whip, and he was brought a broken whip.
He said, "Above this," and he was brought a new whip whose knots had
not been cut yet. He said, "Below this," and he was brought a whip
which had been used and made flexible. The Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, gave the order and he was
flogged. Then he said, "People! The time has come for you to observe
the limits of Allah. Whoever has had any of these ugly things befall
him should cover them up with the veil of Allah. Whoever reveals to us
his wrong action, we perform what is in the Book of Allah against
him."