Update (Is It Really Possible
Content of the Doubt
The enemies of Islam mock Sahih al-Bukhari and raise doubts about a narration that says:
On the authority of Amr ibn Maymun , who said : ” I saw during the pre-Islamic period a group of monkeys who had committed adultery. They stoned her, and I stoned her along with them . ”
✴ Then the enemies of Islam ask and say: How can monkeys be stoned, and how did the narrator know that those monkeys had committed adultery?!
Response to the Doubt
Firstly:
From a scientific perspective, the narration contained in Sahih al-Bukhari does not contradict science. We will provide you with scientific examples that confirm its authenticity:
Chimpanzees are considered intelligent animals, capable of using tools such as sticks and stones .
Reference: [My Modern Scientific Encyclopedia - Animals of the World | Page 31]
Foreign newspapers even report that chimpanzees would pile up stones, place them in a designated area, and then throw them at zoo visitors. This was done with premeditation and planning.
Secondly
As for the narration in Sahih al-Bukhari, the person who narrated this scene was neither a companion nor did he narrate it from the Prophet Muhammad . Rather, the person who narrated this story was the follower Amr ibn Maymun , who witnessed these events himself during the pre-Islamic era of ignorance…; in other words, this personal story has no connection to the Prophet nor to the companions.
Third
What is the benefit of this novel?!
Answer: Al-Bukhari narrated this story to confirm to people that Amr ibn Maymun al-Awdi lived during the pre-Islamic period and lived for a short time, as evidenced by the fact that he himself said such-and-such.
The novel urges us to have chivalry and manliness. If some animals are jealous of their females, then how much more should we be jealous of our wives?!
Fourth:
We often see monkeys on social media doing things that are even more amazing. The internet and YouTube are testament to this.
The animal world is full of all kinds of curiosities.
Fifth:
Al-Bukhari is not the only one who narrated this story. There are many others who narrated it as well, and this refutes the accusation that Al-Bukhari made it up on his own.
Sixth:
If the deniers of the Sunnah mock the story of the monkeys that stoned the adulterous monkeys, would these deniers also mock the Qur’an when it told the story of the Ababil birds that stoned Abraha’s army with stones of baked clay? Would they mock the Qur’an when it told the story of the crow that buried a crow? Or would they mock the Qur’an when it told the story of the hoopoe that looked down on the people of Sheba and went and told Solomon about it? Or would they mock the Qur’an when it told the story of the ant that warned the rest of the ants of the coming of Solomon’s army? Or would they mock…?!
We have repeatedly said that those who deny the Sunnah are nothing but infidel atheists.
Seventh:
The story narrated by Bukhari does not state that the monkeys stoned the monkeys in accordance with their Sharia law (the punishment for adultery), nor does it state that the monkeys did so because they were legally required to do so. This is in response to those who mistakenly understood that the monkeys were stoned in accordance with the Sharia law (the punishment for adultery).
The monkeys did this as a form of animal behavior observed by zoologists in monkey herds, and it has nothing to do with the alleged law of adultery among monkeys.
The Holy Quran tells us the story of a crow who buried another crow so that humans could learn how to bury. Did that crow do that in accordance with the burial law of crows?
Answer: No, no, no…
🔴 As for those who claimed that the monkeys mentioned in the story were real humans in the past, but God transformed them into rational monkeys because of their disobedience , this claim has no evidence, rather it is a completely false claim; becauseIt has been proven in the books of Hadith that the transformed do not live more than three days and do not have offspring at all… Therefore, it is wrong to say that they were transformed humans or that they are the remnants of the transformed Jews of the Sabbath-keeping community.
Eighth:
Al-Hamidi claimed that this hadith is found in some copies of Sahih al-Bukhari, but not in all of them. Al-Hamidi claimed that this hadith may be one of the hadiths inserted into the book of al-Bukhari… but Ibn Hajar responded to him by saying:
[His statement is rejected; the hadith is found in most of the original sources that we have come across (and he mentioned examples of that)… As for al-Hamidi’s permitting the addition of something to “Sahih al-Bukhari” that is not from it, this contradicts the scholars’ ruling that everything that al-Bukhari included is authentic and their agreement that it is definitely attributed to him. What al-Hamidi said is a corrupt imagination that leads to not trusting everything in the Sahih, because if it is permissible for one person, not specifically, then it is permissible for every individual, so no one can trust what is in the aforementioned book . We have elaborated on this point so that a weak person would not be deceived by al-Hamidi’s words and rely on them, which is clearly corrupt .]
So what Al-Hamidi said is not true.
Ninth:
There is a silly question that the infidel deniers of the Sunnah ask us: How did Amr ibn Maimon know that these monkeys committed adultery?!
Answer: Many books of Hadith have told us how Amr ibn Maymun knew that these monkeys had committed adultery…
It was mentioned in the book (Tahdhib al-Kamal fi Asma’ al-Rijal 22/265) the following:
[ Shababah ibn Suwar said on the authority of Abd al-Malik ibn Musallam on the authority of Isa ibn Hattan that he said : I entered the mosque of Kufa and there was Amr ibn Maymun al-Awdi sitting with some people, so a man said to him: Tell us the most amazing thing you saw in the pre-Islamic era. Amr said : I was in the field of the people of Yemen and I saw many monkeys gathered. He said: I saw a male and female monkeys lying down, then the female monkey put her hand under the neck of the monkey and embraced her, then they slept, then a male monkey came and nudged her from under her head, so she pulled her hand out from under the monkey’s head, then she went with him not far away and he had intercourse with her while I was watching, then she returned to her bed. So she went to put her hand under the monkey’s neck as it was, and the monkey noticed, so he went to her and smelled her anus. The monkeys gathered and he started walking towards her, but the monkeys dispersed. It was not long before that particular monkey was brought to me, and I knew him. They went with her and the monkey to a place with a lot of sand, and they dug a hole for them, and put them in it, then they stoned them until they killed them. By God, I saw the stoning before God sent Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace.
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The same story was mentioned in another book as follows:
Narrated by Abdullah bin Abi Jaafar Al-Razi , on the authority of Abu Salam , who is Abdul Malik bin Muslim bin Isa bin Hattan , on the authority of Amr bin Maymun , who said: It was said to him: Tell us the most amazing thing you saw in the pre-Islamic era. Amr said : I saw stoning for people other than the sons of Adam. My family sent me to guard their palm trees from monkeys. One day, while I was in the garden, the monkeys came and climbed a palm tree. The monkeys dispersed and lay down. A male and female monkeys came and lay down. The female monkey put her hand under the male monkey, and they slept soundly. A male monkey came and nudged the female monkey, and she went to put her hand in the place where she had been. The male monkey woke up, got up, smelled her anus, and shouted loudly. The monkeys gathered, and one of them stood up like an orator. They went after the monkey, and they brought him back, and I knew him. They dug a pit for them and stoned them.]
🔴 The same narration was reported as follows:
[This hadith of Amr , we narrated at length from the hadith of Isa bin Hattan : I heard the judge of Mecca and Marra al-Bakali asking Amr bin Maymun al-Awdi : What is the most amazing thing you saw in the pre-Islamic era? He said: I was in Yemen with my family’s sheep and I was on a high place, so a monkey came with a group of monkeys and put its hand as a pillow, then he put his cheek over her hand and slept. He said: Then I saw a smaller monkey coming, walking stealthily until it nudged the monkey with its hand, then it did not leave. He said: It gently slipped its hand out from under his cheek and placed its cheek on the ground, then it followed him. He said: So he fell on her while I was looking at him , then she returned and began to gently insert her hand under his cheek. He woke up startled and terrified, so he circled around her, sniffing her, then he smelled her cheek and cried out loudly. The monkeys began to come right and left, and from in front of him and from behind him. He said: So he began to cry and beckon to her with his hand, then he was silent. The monkeys went right and left , and from in front of him and from behind him. We did not wait long until they brought him, a person I knew, and they dug a hole for them and stoned them. I saw Stoning is done to non-humans before I see it done to human beings.
So all the events unfolded before the narrator’s eyes and it became clear to him that the monkeys had indeed committed adultery… especially since the people of the Arabian Peninsula had experience with animals in ancient times.
See:
❄ Book [Al-Tawdih for Explaining the Sahih Collection 20/470]
❄ Book [Biographies of the Noble Figures 5/86]
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Tenth:
There are monkeys in Yemen to this day, and many of them attack and destroy Yemeni crops.
Point eleven:
As for some of the filthy deniers of the Sunnah who mock the name of the narrator (Amr bin Maimun) , and say that Maimun is a type of monkey…, I respond to these filthy people and say:
1The title (Maymoun), meaning blessed, is an Arabic title given to a person who is blessed and auspicious. Therefore, it is said: “Maymoun was born”, meaning blessed was born.
2Even if we assume that the narrator’s father was named “Maymun” after the animal “Maymun”, this is not a defect, because the Arabs used to name their children after animals. Therefore, we see names such as: “Zainab bint Jahsh ”, ” Usama bin Zaid”, “Bani Kalb tribe ”, etc.
3Has the secularists become so base that they mock a respected narrator like Amr bin Maimon ?!
Where are the slogans of secularism and deniers of the Sunnah regarding respecting others, and where is their slogan: (No to personalization) ?!
Do you, who deny the Sunnah, allow yourselves to mock the fathers of others, but you forbid others from insulting your fathers and your honor under the name of (No to personalization) ?!
Haven’t you heard the words of God Almighty:
Indeed, the most honorable of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Acquainted. [Al-Hujurat 13]
I want the whole world to witness that secularists and deniers of the Sunnah are infidel atheists who have no covenant or trust.
Reference links:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2009/mar/09/chimp-zoo-stones-science
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna29596932
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Chimp who threw stones at zoo visitors showed human trait, says sci…
Assembling ammunition in advance reveals ape’s unsuspected ability to plan for future
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https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna29596932
Zoo chimp plots stone throwing attacks
If non-human primates could be arrested, Santino the chimp might be behind jail bars for throwing stones and handcrafted weapons at zoo visitors, since a new study found his cleverly orchestrated attacks were premeditated.
