It has been narrated from Imam Baghir (AS) that; a Jew, and a Jewess, who were both married and belonged to the Jewish aristocrat classes, committed adultery. The Jews didn't want to punish them for that sin, which was stonning them to death according to the Bible. So they thought it better to refer the case for judgement to Mohammad S.A., considering that the punishment in Quran for the adulterer and adultress is whipping which is lighter than stonning. The prophet judged that case according to the Mosaic Law in the Bible, and decreed to stone both of them to death. The Jews objected, and the prophet refered the judgement to a learned Rabbi, whose name was Ibn-suria; a man of high reputation among the Jews. Ibn-Suria too, gave the same order from the Bible, and the sinners were stonned. CAUSE OF THE REVELATION. (VERSE NO. 41)