Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ الْمُقْرِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَجُلًا يُحَدِّثُ عَمْرَو بْنَ عُثْمَانَ وَأَنَا شَاهِدٌ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرَةَ حَدَّثَهُمْ أَنَّهُ شَهِدَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى بَغْلَتِهِ وَاقِفًا إِذْ جَاءُوا بِامْرَأَةٍ حُبْلَى فَقَالَتْ إِنَّهَا زَنَتْ أَوْ بَغَتْ فَارْجُمْهَا فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ اسْتَتِرِي بِسِتْرِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَرَجَعَتْ ثُمَّ جَاءَتْ الثَّانِيَةَ وَالنَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى بَغْلَتِهِ فَقَالَتْ ارْجُمْهَا يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ اسْتَتِرِي بِسِتْرِ اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى فَرَجَعَتْ ثُمَّ جَاءَتْ الثَّالِثَةَ وَهُوَ وَاقِفٌ حَتَّى أَخَذَتْ بِلِجَامِ بَغْلَتِهِ فَقَالَتْ أَنْشُدُكَ اللَّهَ أَلَا رَجَمْتَهَا فَقَالَ اذْهَبِي حَتَّى تَلِدِي فَانْطَلَقَتْ فَوَلَدَتْ غُلَامًا ثُمَّ جَاءَتْ فَكَلَّمَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهَا اذْهَبِي فَتَطَهَّرِي مِنْ الدَّمِ فَانْطَلَقَتْ ثُمَّ أَتَتْ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَتْ إِنَّهَا قَدْ تَطَهَّرَتْ فَأَرْسَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نِسْوَةً فَأَمَرَهُنَّ أَنْ يَسْتَبْرِئْنَ الْمَرْأَةَ فَجِئْنَ وَشَهِدْنَ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِطُهْرِهَا فَأَمَرَ لَهَا بِحُفَيْرَةٍ إِلَى ثَنْدُوَتِهَا ثُمَّ جَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَالْمُسْلِمُونَ فَأَخَذَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَصَاةً مِثْلَ الْحِمَّصَةِ فَرَمَاهَا ثُمَّ مَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَقَالَ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ ارْمُوهَا وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَوَجْهَهَا فَلَمَّا طَفِئَتْ أَمَرَ بِإِخْرَاجِهَا فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ لَوْ قُسِّمَ أَجْرُهَا بَيْنَ أَهْلِ الْحِجَازِ وَسِعَهُمْ حَدَّثَنَا عَتَّابُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْمُبَارَكِ أَخْبَرَنَا زَكَرِيَّا أَبُو عِمْرَانَ الْبَصْرِيُّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ شَيْخًا يُحَدِّثُ عَمْرَو بْنَ عُثْمَانَ الْقُرَشِيَّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ فَكَفَلَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَقَالَ لَوْ قُسِّمَ أَجْرُهَا بَيْنَ أَهْلِ الْحِجَازِ لَوَسِعَهُمْ.
English Translation
'Abd al-Samad narrated to us: Zakariyya b. Sulaym al-Muqri narrated to us, saying: I heard a man narrating to 'Amr b. 'Uthman, while I was present, that he heard 'Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Bakra narrating that Abu Bakra told them that he witnessed the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, standing upon his mule when they brought a pregnant woman. She said: "I have committed fornication" — or "transgressed" — "so stone me." The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said to her: "Conceal yourself with God's concealment, Mighty and Majestic." So she went back. Then she came a second time, while the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, was on his mule, and said: "Stone me, O Prophet of God." He said: "Conceal yourself with God's concealment, Blessed and Exalted." So she went back. Then she came a third time while he was standing, until she seized the bridle of his mule and said: "I ask you by God, will you not stone me?" He said: "Go away until you give birth." So she went away and gave birth to a boy. Then she came and spoke to the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, and he said to her: "Go and purify yourself from the blood." So she went away. Then she came to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and said: "I have purified myself." The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, sent some women and instructed them to examine the woman. They came and testified before the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, to her purity. So he ordered that a pit be dug for her up to her chest. Then the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, came, along with the Muslims, and the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, took a stone the size of a chickpea and cast it at her; then the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, turned aside and said to the Muslims: "Stone her, and beware of her face." When she had died, he ordered that she be taken out, and he prayed over her, then said: "If her reward were divided among the people of the Hijaz, it would suffice them all." 'Attab b. Ziyad narrated to us: 'Abdullah — meaning Ibn al-Mubarak — informed us: Zakariyya Abu 'Imran al-Basri informed us, saying: I heard a shaykh narrating to 'Amr b. 'Uthman al-Qurashi, that 'Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Bakra narrated to us, and he related the hadith, except that he said: "So the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, took charge of him," and said: "If her reward were divided among the people of the Hijaz, it would suffice them."