Hadith 26809

Malik related to me that he had heard that Uthman ibn Affan wasbrought a woman who had given birth after six months and he orderedher to be stoned. Ali ibn Abi Talib said to him, "She does not deservethat. Allah, the Blessed, the Exalted, says in His Book, 'Theircarrying and weaning is thirty months,' (Sura 46 ayat 15) and he said,'Mothers suckle their children for two full years for whoever wishesto complete the suckling.' (Sura 2 ayat 233) Pregnancy can then be sixmonths, so she does not deserve to be stoned." Uthman ibn Affan sentfor her and found that she had already been stoned.Malikrelated to me that he asked Ibn Shihab about someone who committedsodomy. Ibn Shihab said, "He is to be stoned, whether or not he ismuhsan."