I say: This chain is sahih upon the standard of the two Shaykhs.

I say: This chain is sahih upon the standard of the two Shaykhs.[^9] So, this is the full picture, as gleaned from the reports: • Abu Bakrah and some other people filed a criminal complaint of adultery against al-Mughirah b. Shu’bah with ‘Umar. • Al-Mughirah was a close friend of ‘Umar. • ‘Umar summoned the accused – who was his friend – and the Abu Bakrah team to his court for the trial. • As Abu Bakrah and two other people testified, ‘Umar – the judge – increasingly blushed.

Convicting and sentencing al-Mughirah was very unbearable for him. So, he dismissively denied the reports of Abu Bakrah and his…