Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Muḥammad > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Yūnus b. Jubayr > Kathīr b. al-Ṣalt > Zayd b. Thābit

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "When an old man and an old woman commit adultery, stone them to death." 'Umar said, "When this verse was revealed, I went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, 'Write it for me.' Shu'bah said, 'It seems that he disliked that.' 'Umar said, 'Don't you see that an old man, if he does not marry, he is whipped, and if a young man commits adultery after having been married, he is stoned to death?'"

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ الصَّلْتِ قَالَ قَالَ زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «الشَّيْخُ وَالشَّيْخَةُ إِذَا زَنَيَا فَارْجُمُوهُمَا أَلْبَتَّةَ» قَالَ عُمَرُ لَمَّا أُنْزِلَتْ أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ أَكْتِبْنِيهَا قَالَ شُعْبَةُ كَأَنَّهُ كَرِهَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ أَلَا تَرَى أَنَّ الشَّيْخَ إِذَا لَمْ يُحْصَنْ جُلِدَ وَأَنَّ الشَّابَّ إِذَا زَنَا وَقَدْ أُحْصِنَ رُجِمَ؟