on stoning, see Adultery.
Muslim in the seventh part of his Sahih (commentary of An-Nawawi)
in the book of Al-Zakat about the virtue of being satisfied with
whatever God gives and about urging people to have that virtue,
pages 139-40, reported that Abu Al-Aswad reported that his father
said: Abu Musa Al-Ashari invited the Qur'an readers of Basra. Three
hundred readers responded to his invitation. He told them: You are
the readers and the choice of the people of Basra. Recite the Qur'an
and do not neglect it. Otherwise, a long time may elapse and your
hearts will be hardened as the heartsw of those who came before you
were hardened.
We used to read a chapter from the Qu'ran similar to Bara'ah
in length (about 130 verses) and seriousness, but I forgot it. I can
remember from that chapter only the following words:
"Should a son of Adam own two valleys full of wealth, he would
seek a third valley, and nothing would fill Ibn Adam's abdomen but
the soil."
We used to read a chapter similar to the Musabihat and I forgot
it. I only remember the following:
"Oh you who believe, why do you say what you do not do? Thus, a
testimony will be written on your necks and you will be questioned
about it on the day of judgement."
Muslim also reported in the book Al-Ridhaa (book of nursing),
part 10, page 29, that Ayeshah [reportedly] said the following:
There was in what was revealed in the Qur'an that ten times of
nursing known with certainty makes the nursing woman a mother of
a nursed child. This number of nursings would make the woman "haram"
(forbidden) to the child.
Muhammad died while these words were recorded and read in the
Qur'an.
Umar reportedly said that Chap 33 is incomplete
Al-Muttaqi Ali Ibn Husam Ad-Deen, in his book "Mukhtasar Kanz
al-Ummal," (printed on the margin of Imam Ahmad's Musnad, part two,
page two), in his hadith about chapter 33, said that Ibn Murdawayh
reported that Huthaifah said: Umar said to me "How many verses are
contained in the chapter of Al-Ahzab?" I said, "72 or 73 verses."
He said it was almost as long as the chapter of the Cow, which
contains 287 verses, and in it was the verse of stoning.
Al-Hakim An-Nisaboori in his book "Al-Mustadrak" in the book of
commentary on the Qur'an, part two, page 224, reported that Ubayy
Ibn Kaab (whom the Prophet called the leader of Al-ansar), said
that the Messenger of God said to him: Certainly the Almighty
commanded me to read the Qur'an in front of you, and he read "The
unbelievers from the people of the Book and the pagans will not
change their way until they see the evidence. Those who disbelieve
among the people of the scripture and the idolators could not change
until the clear proof came unto them. A Messenger from Allah,
reading purified pages..." And of the very excellent part of it
"Should Ibn Adam ask for a valley full of wealth and I grant it to
him, he would ask for another valley. And if I grant him that, he
would ask for a third valley. Nothing would fill the abdomen of Ibn
Adam except the soil. God accepts the repentance of anyone who repents.
The religion in the eyes of God is the Hanafiyah (Islam) rather than
Yahudiyya (Judaism) or Nasraniya (Christianity). Whoever does good,
his goodness will not be denied.