He was the first among Ahle Sunnat leaders, who considered this Quran defective. It is narrated in the old editions of Sahih Bukhari that Umar said, “Allah sent Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) with truth and revealed the Book on him. The verse of ‘Rajm’ (stoning to death) was among the verses revealed by Allah. Thus, we read it, understood and remembered it. The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) also did ‘Rajm’ and we also did ‘Rajm’ after him. I fear that after sometime people will say that they do not find the verse of ‘Rajm’ in the book of God. So they will leave a religious obligation and become deviated. Thus the verse of ‘Rajm’ is the Quranic punishment for adultery.” [1]
[1] Sahih Bukhari
Note: Editing and revision of source books started in Egypt, at the end of the nineteenth century. As a result this prime narration was omitted till “we also did ‘Rajm’ after him.” from Sahih Bukhari 1311 A.H. edition, Published by Maktabul Jamhooriyyatul Arabiyyah, Cairo, Egypt. Refer Part VIII, page 208 of the above-mentioned edition.
In any case the actual wording of the Verse of Stoning is not present in this narration. Therefore let us see one more narration: “It is narrated that Umar said, ‘If I had not feared that people would say that Umar has made an addition to the Book of Allah, I would have written this in the Quran, because a verse was revealed as follows: ‘When old men and women commit adultery, surely you stone them to death. This is a punishment from God and God is a severe punisher.’”
The second caliph, Umar also used to seek every opportunity to state that this verse has been excluded from Quran.
Apart from the above two references, narrations on this topic are also present in the following books:
1) Itqan by Allamah Jalaluddin Suyuti
2) Muwatta by Imam Malik
3) Musnad of Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal (there are three narrations on this topic from Umar in this book)
It is apparent from the second narration quoted above that Umar did not dare to include this verse in the Holy Quran due to lack of witnesses.
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