Why studying Bukhari and other Hadith books another question has popped up.I will be grateful if anyone is of some help to resolve the problem
There is a Qurani Aya :
مَا نَنسَخْ مِنْ آيَةٍ أَوْ نُنسِهَا نَأْتِ بِخَيْرٍ مِّنْهَا أَوْ مِثْلِهَا أَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ أَنَّ اللّهَ عَلَىَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ﴿2:106﴾
(2:106) We bring a better verse or at least the like of it for whatever we abrogate or cause it to be forgotten
This Aya clearly says that if some Aya is abrogated then it is replaced by a similar or better one.
In Hadith books there are narrations about Aya Rajm :
e.g
Punishment of Disbelievers at War with Allah and His Apostle
Bukhari :: Book 8 :: Volume 82 :: Hadith 817
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
I used to teach (the Qur'an to) some people of the Muhajirln (emigrants), among whom there was 'Abdur Rahman bin 'Auf. While I was in his house at Mina, and he was with 'Umar bin Al-Khattab during 'Umar's last Hajj, Abdur-Rahman came to me and said, "Would that ……………….
Ibn Abbas added: We reached Medina by the end of the month of Dhul-Hijja, and when it was Friday, we went quickly (to the mosque) as soon as the sun had declined, and I saw Sa'id bin Zaid bin 'Amr bin Nufail sitting at the corner of the pulpit, and I too sat close to him so that my knee was touching his knee, and after a short while 'Umar bin Al-Khattab came out, and when I saw him coming towards us, I said to Said bin Zaid bin 'Amr bin Nufail "Today 'Umar will say such a thing as he has never said since he was chosen as Caliph." Said denied my statement with astonishment and said, "What thing do you expect 'Umar to say the like of which he has never said before?"
In the meantime, 'Umar sat on the pulpit and when the callmakers for the prayer had finished their call, 'Umar stood up, and having glorified and praised Allah as He deserved, he said, "Now then, I am going to tell you something which (Allah) has written for me to say. I do not know; perhaps it portends my death, so whoever understands and remembers it, must narrate it to the others wherever his mount takes him, but if somebody is afraid that he does not understand it, then it is unlawful for him to tell lies about me. Allah sent Muhammad with the Truth and revealed the Holy Book to him, and among what Allah revealed, was the Verse of the Rajam (the stoning of married person (male & female) who commits illegal sexual intercourse, and we did recite this Verse and understood and memorized it. Allah's Apostle did carry out the punishment of stoning and so did we after him.
Note ; This is a long narration I have put only the related portion of it .
Other Hadiths are :
صحيح البخاري - (ج 22 / ص 92)
بَاب الشَّهَادَةِ تَكُونُ عِنْدَ الْحَاكِمِ فِي وِلَايَتِهِ الْقَضَاءَ أَوْ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ لِلْخَصْمِ وَقَالَ شُرَيْحٌ الْقَاضِي وَسَأَلَهُ إِنْسَانٌ الشَّهَادَةَ فَقَالَ ائْتِ الْأَمِيرَ حَتَّى أَشْهَدَ لَكَ وَقَالَ عِكْرِمَةُ قَالَ عُمَرُ لِعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ لَوْ رَأَيْتَ رَجُلًا عَلَى حَدٍّ زِنًا أَوْ سَرِقَةٍ وَأَنْتَ أَمِيرٌ فَقَالَ شَهَادَتُكَ شَهَادَةُ رَجُلٍ مِنْ الْمُسْلِمِينَ قَالَ صَدَقْتَ قَالَ عُمَرُ لَوْلَا أَنْ يَقُولَ النَّاسُ زَادَ عُمَرُ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ لَكَتَبْتُ آيَةَ الرَّجْمِ بِيَدِي وَأَقَرَّ مَاعِزٌ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِالزِّنَا أَرْبَعًا فَأَمَرَ بِرَجْمِهِ وَلَمْ يُذْكَرْ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَشْهَدَ مَنْ حَضَرَهُ وَقَالَ حَمَّادٌ إِذَا أَقَرَّ مَرَّةً عِنْدَ الْحَاكِمِ رُجِمَ وَقَالَ الْحَكَمُ أَرْبَعًاNote:
In this narration Umar bin Khattab said that he had written this Aya with his own hand (as a Kaatib-e-wahi)
The following narration by Ibn-e- Maja is more or less similar and it gives the Aya also :
سنن ابن ماجه - (ج 7 / ص 451)
- حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ
لَقَدْ خَشِيتُ أَنْ يَطُولَ بِالنَّاسِ زَمَانٌ حَتَّى يَقُولَ قَائِلٌ مَا أَجِدُ الرَّجْمَ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ فَيَضِلُّوا بِتَرْكِ فَرِيضَةٍ مِنْ فَرَائِضِ اللَّهِ أَلَا وَإِنَّ الرَّجْمَ حَقٌّ إِذَا أُحْصِنَ الرَّجُلُ وَقَامَتْ الْبَيِّنَةُ أَوْ كَانَ حَمْلٌ أَوْ اعْتِرَافٌ وَقَدْ قَرَأْتُهَا الشَّيْخُ وَالشَّيْخَةُ إِذَا زَنَيَا فَارْجُمُوهُمَا الْبَتَّةَ رَجَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَرَجَمْنَا بَعْدَهُ
The aya is :
الشَّيْخُ وَالشَّيْخَةُ إِذَا زَنَيَا فَارْجُمُوهُمَا
My question :
1. Which Quranic Aya or Hadith says that this aya Rajm is abrogated from recitation point of view??
2. Which Aya of the Holy Quran does replace it ?? Because according to Quran if some aya is abrogated it is replaced by a better or similar one.
3. Is Umar Bin Khattab alone in talking about this Aya Rajm or some other companion has also narrated it?
I will be grateful if someone helps to resolve this problem .
