Sunan Abu Dawud, Book 38 (Kitab al Hudud, ie. Prescribed Punishments), Number 4434: Narrated Abdullah Ibn Umar: A group of Jews came and invited the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) to Quff. So he visited them in their school. They said: Abu Qasim, one of our men has committed fornication with a woman; so pronounce judgment upon them. They placed a cushion for the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) who sat on it and said: Bring the Torah. It was then brought. He then withdrew the cushion from beneath him and placed the Torah on it saying: I believed in thee and in Him Who revealed thee. He then said: Bring me one who is learned among you. Then a young Rabbi was brought..."
==Islam as a Noahide Faith?==
Some have speculated that the [i]Mesani[/i] refer to the Seven Laws of Noah, but this is impossible to prove.
15.87 And We have bestowed upon thee the Seven Oft-repeated (verses) and the Grand Qur'an.
17:22 — Prohibition of Idolatry #1
17:23 — Prohibition of Blasphemy #2
17:32 — Prohibition of Sexual Immorality #4
17:33 — Prohibition of Homicide #3
17:34 — Prohibition of Theft #5
17:35 — Imperative of Legal System #7
17:36 — Prohibition of Limb of a Living Creature #6??? (although prohibition of blood specifically mentioned by the 2:173; 5:3)
39.23 Allah has revealed the most beautiful Message in the form of a Book, consistent with the Oft-repeated (verses).
71:1 We sent Noah to his People: "Do thou warn thy People before there comes to them a grievous Penalty."
