Umar's Friday sermon on the stoning verse and on Abu Bakr's pledge
خطبة عمر الجمعة في آية الرجم وبيعة أبي بكر
c. 12 June 632 CE · c. Rabi' I 11 AH
On the first Friday after the death Umar recalled a verse of stoning, which he said had been in God's book and had been recited, memorised and applied, and feared that someone might say there is no stoning in God's book; he then called the pledge to Abu Bakr a sudden act that God had averted the harm of, and said whoever pledges to a man without consultation has no pledge, nor has the one he pledged to.
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علامات الرواية
- الخطبة عن ابن إسحاق عن الزهري عن سعيد بن المسيب عن أبي هريرة؛ وفيها «لا ترغبوا عن آبائكم فإنه كفر بكم» بوصفه مما كان يُقرأ. 1
- نص الآية المذكورة لا يرد في الخبر نفسه، ولا يُعرض هنا؛ والمتحف يقرأ الخبر كما رواه ابن إسحاق ويعرض الخلاف في حكم الرجم في مدخله (Tier A).
Opinions on the question
The question: Was there a verse on stoning in the Qur'an whose recitation was dropped? And what does Umar's sermon say about consultation and the pledge?
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More opinions (2)
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Academic viewSecondary opinion
Connections
- Had participant
- Uwaym ibn Sa'ida· Abu Bakr al-Siddiq· Umar ibn al-Khattab
- Occurred at
- Medina
- Part of
- The meeting at Saqifa
People and things also explored
The meeting at Saqifa· The death of the Prophet· Abu Bakr al-Siddiq· Umar ibn al-Khattab· Medina· Umar's denial of the Prophet's death and Abu Bakr's reply· Abu Bakr leads the prayers during the final illness· Abu Sufyan's mission to Medina
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/308
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/309
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islam.museum contributors. “Umar's Friday sermon on the stoning verse and on Abu Bakr's pledge”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/umar-sermon-on-the-stoning-verse/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.