Al-Siyasa al-Shar'iyya - Ibn Taimiya - (الكتاب/134)

the pockets, handkerchiefs, sleeves, and the like—his hand is to be amputated according to the correct view.

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As for one who commits unlawful sexual intercourse, if he has previously consummated a valid marriage, he is to be stoned to death, just as the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—had Māʿiz ibn Mālik al-Aslamī, the Ghāmidī woman, and the two Jews stoned (1). He also had others stoned, and the Muslims continued this practice after him.

Scholars have differed over whether he should first be given one hundred lashes before being stoned. There are two opinions on this issue in the school of Ahmad and others (2).

If he has not previously consummated a valid marriage, he is to be given one hundred lashes according to the Book of Allah and banished for one year according to the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—(3), although (4) some scholars do not consider banishment obligatory (5).

The prescribed punishment is not to be carried out unless four witnesses testify against him, or unless he testifies against himself four times, according to many—perhaps most—scholars. Others deem a single testimony (6) against himself sufficient. If he confesses and then retracts his confession (7), some scholars hold that:

(1) The hadith of Māʿiz was recorded by al-Bukhārī (6824) and Muslim (1693). The hadith of the Ghāmidī woman was recorded by Muslim (1695), and the hadith concerning the stoning of the two Jews was recorded by al-Bukhārī (1329) and Muslim (1699). (2) See *al-Mughnī* (12/313–314). (3) The passage from “and he is banished…” to this point is omitted from (Y). The copyist inserted an ×, perhaps to indicate the omission. Banishment is established in *Sahīh Muslim* (1690) in the hadith of Ubāda ibn al-Sāmit—may Allah be pleased with him. (4) This is omitted from the original manuscript. (5) Such as Abū Hanīfa and Muhammad ibn al-Hasan. (6) (Y) reads: “a single testimony.” (7) The original manuscript reads: “raised” [rafaʿa]—an evident error! The reading adopted here, “retracted” [rajaʿa], is found in the remaining manuscripts.

الجيوب والمناديل والأكمام ونحوها؛ فإنه يُقْطَع على الصحيح. فصل وأما الزاني: فإن كان مُحصنًا فإنه يُرجم بالحجارة حتى يموت، كما رجم النبي ﷺ ماعزَ بن مالك الأسلمي، ورجم الغامدية، ورجم اليهوديين (١)، ورجم غير هؤلاء، ورجم المسلمون بعده. وقد اختلف العلماء هل يُجلد قبل الرجم مئة؟ على قولين في مذهب أحمد وغيره (٢). وإن كان غير مُحْصن فإنه يُجلد مئة جلدة بكتاب الله ويُغَرَّب عامًا بسنة رسول الله ﷺ (٣)، وإن كان (٤) بعض العلماء لا يرى وجوب التغريب (٥). ولا يُقام عليه الحدُّ حتى يشهد عليه أربعة شهداء، أو يشهد على نفسه أربعَ شهادات عند كثير من العلماء أو أكثرهم، ومنهم من يكتفي بشهادته (٦) على نفسه مرة واحدة. ولو أقرَّ على نفسه ثم رجع (٧)، فمنهم مَن يقول:

(١) حديث ماعز رواه البخاري (٦٨٢٤)، ومسلم (١٦٩٣). وحديث الغامدية أخرجه مسلم (١٦٩٥)، وحديث رجم اليهوديين أخرجه البخاري (١٣٢٩)، ومسلم (١٦٩٩). (٢) انظر «المغني»: (١٢/ ٣١٣ - ٣١٤). (٣) من قوله: (ويغرب ... ) إلى هنا سقط من (ي) وقد وضع الناسخ علامة × لعله إشارة لذلك. والتغريب ثابت في «صحيح مسلم» (١٦٩٠) من حديث عبادة بن الصامت ﵁. (٤) سقطت من الأصل. (٥) كأبي حنيفة ومحمد بن الحسن. (٦) (ي): «بشهادة واحدة». (٧) الأصل: «رفع»! والمثبت من باقي النسخ.