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Sunan Abu DawudPrescribed Punishments (Kitab Al-Hudud)

Sunan Abu Dawud 4419

Chapter: Stoning of Ma'iz bin Malik

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Abu Dawud 4419

Narrator:نعيم بن هزال الأسلمي

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الأَنْبَارِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ نُعَيْمِ بْنِ هَزَّالٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ

كَانَ مَاعِزُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ يَتِيمًا فِي حِجْرِ أَبِي ‏.‏ فَأَصَابَ جَارِيَةً مِنَ الْحَىِّ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبِي ائْتِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَخْبِرْهُ بِمَا صَنَعْتَ لَعَلَّهُ يَسْتَغْفِرُ لَكَ وَإِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ بِذَلِكَ رَجَاءَ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُ مَخْرَجًا فَأَتَاهُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي زَنَيْتُ فَأَقِمْ عَلَىَّ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ ‏.‏ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ فَعَادَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي زَنَيْتُ فَأَقِمْ عَلَىَّ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ ‏.‏ حَتَّى قَالَهَا أَرْبَعَ مِرَارٍ ‏.‏ قَالَ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ إِنَّكَ قَدْ قُلْتَهَا أَرْبَعَ مَرَّاتٍ فَبِمَنْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ بِفُلاَنَةَ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ هَلْ ضَاجَعْتَهَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ نَعَمْ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ هَلْ بَاشَرْتَهَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ نَعَمْ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ هَلْ جَامَعْتَهَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ نَعَمْ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ أَنْ يُرْجَمَ فَأُخْرِجَ بِهِ إِلَى الْحَرَّةِ ‏.‏ فَلَمَّا رُجِمَ فَوَجَدَ مَسَّ الْحِجَارَةِ جَزِعَ فَخَرَجَ يَشْتَدُّ فَلَقِيَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أُنَيْسٍ وَقَدْ عَجَزَ أَصْحَابُهُ فَنَزَعَ لَهُ بِوَظِيفِ بَعِيرٍ فَرَمَاهُ بِهِ فَقَتَلَهُ ثُمَّ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ هَلاَّ تَرَكْتُمُوهُ لَعَلَّهُ أَنْ يَتُوبَ فَيَتُوبَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ ‏"

Narrated Nu'aym ibn Huzzal:

Yazid ibn Nu'aym ibn Huzzal, on his father's authority said: Ma'iz ibn Malik was an orphan under the protection of my father. He had illegal sexual intercourse with a slave-girl belonging to a clan. My father said to him: Go to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and inform him of what you have done, for he may perhaps ask Allah for your forgiveness. His purpose in that was simply a hope that it might be a way of escape for him.

So he went to him and said: Messenger of Allah! I have committed fornication, so inflict on me the punishment ordained by Allah. He (the Prophet) turned away from him, so he came back and said: Messenger of Allah! I have committed fornication, so inflict on me the punishment ordained by Allah. He (again) turned away from him, so he came back and said: Messenger of Allah! I have committed fornication, so inflict on me the punishment ordained by Allah.

When he uttered it four times, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: You have said it four times. With whom did you commit it?

He replied: With so and so. He asked: Did you lie down with her? He replied: Yes. He asked: Had your skin been in contact with hers? He replied. Yes. He asked: Did you have intercourse with her? He said: Yes. So he (the Prophet) gave orders that he should be stoned to death. He was then taken out to the Harrah, and while he was being stoned he felt the effect of the stones and could not bear it and fled. But Abdullah ibn Unays encountered him when those who had been stoning him could not catch up with him. He threw the bone of a camel's foreleg at him, which hit him and killed him. They then went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and reported it to him.

He said: Why did you not leave him alone. Perhaps he might have repented and been forgiven by Allah.

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 4419) and Ahmad (No. 20885).

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Classical commentary

Al-Azimabadi — Awn al-Ma'bud

( عَنْ هِشَام بْن سَعْد ) : هُوَ الْقُرَشِيّ ضَعَّفَهُ اِبْن مَعِين وَالنَّسَائِيُّ وَابْن عَدِيّ ( عَنْ أَبِيهِ ) : أَيْ نُعَيْم ( فِي حَجْر أَبِي ) : بِفَتْحِ الْحَاء وَيُكْسَر أَيْ فِي تَرْبِيَة أَبِي هَزَّال ( فَأَصَابَ جَارِيَة ) : أَيْ جَامَعَ مَمْلُوكَة ( مِنْ الْحَيّ ) : أَيْ الْقَبِيلَة ( فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبِي ) : أَيْ هَزَّال ( اِئْتِ ) : أَمْر مِنْ الْإِتْيَان أَيْ اُحْضُرْ وَإِنَّمَا يُرِيد بِذَلِكَ أَيْ بِمَا ذَكَرَ مِنْ الْإِتْيَان وَالْإِخْبَار ( رَجَاء أَنْ يَكُون لَهُ مَخْرَجًا ) : أَيْ عَنْ الذَّنْب. قَالَ الطِّيبِيّ : اِسْم كَانَ يَرْجِع إِلَى الْمَذْكُور وَخَبَره مَخْرَجًا وَلَهُ ظَرْف لَغْو كَمَا فِي قَوْله تَعَالَى : { وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَد } وَالْمَعْنَى يَكُون…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 4419
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH AuthenticSahih Lighairihi The hadith No. 4419
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH Good chain (hasan)Isnaad Hasan The chain only No. 4419
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamidd. 1392 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 4419

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Not graded Musnad Ahmad 20885

حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ أَخْبَرَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ نُعَيْمِ بنِ هَزَّالٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ كَانَ مَاعِزُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ فِي حِجْرِ أَبِي فَأَصَابَ جَارِيَةً مِنْ الْحَيِّ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبِي ائْتِ…

Narrator: نعيم بن هزال الأسلمي Arabic only

Good (hasan) Mishkat al-Masabih 3581

Yazid b. Nu'aim b. Hazzal told on his father’s authority that Ma'iz b. Malik who was an orphan under his father's protection had intercourse with a slave girl belonging to the clan, so his father told him to go and inform God's Messenger what he had done, for he might perhaps ask forgiveness for…

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  • مصنف ابن أبي شيبة (28194)زَنَيْتُ فَأَقِمْ عَلَيَّ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ , فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ، ﷺ ، : أَلَيْسَ قَدْ قُلْتهَا أَرْبَعَ مَرَّاتٍ ؟ فَبِمَنْ ؟ قَالَ : بِفُلَانَةَ , قَالَ : هَلْ ضَاجَعْتهَا ؟ قَالَ : نَعَمْ , قَالَ : بَاشَرْتهَا ؟ قَالَ : نَعَمْ , قَالَ : هَلْ جَامَعْتهَا ؟ قَالَ : نَعَمْ , قَالَ : فَأَمَرَ بِهِ

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