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Sunan Abu DawudPrescribed Punishments (Kitab Al-Hudud)

Sunan Abu Dawud 4422

Chapter: Stoning of Ma'iz bin Malik

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Abu Dawud 4422

Narrator:Jābir ibn Samurah

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ سِمَاكٍ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ، قَالَ رَأَيْتُ مَاعِزَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ حِينَ جِيءَ بِهِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم رَجُلاً قَصِيرًا أَعْضَلَ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ رِدَاءٌ فَشَهِدَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ أَرْبَعَ مَرَّاتٍ أَنَّهُ قَدْ زَنَى ‏.‏ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏

فَلَعَلَّكَ قَبَّلْتَهَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ لاَ وَاللَّهِ إِنَّهُ قَدْ زَنَى الآخِرُ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَرَجَمَهُ ثُمَّ خَطَبَ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ أَلاَ كُلَّمَا نَفَرْنَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ خَلَفَ أَحَدُهُمْ لَهُ نَبِيبٌ كَنَبِيبِ التَّيْسِ يَمْنَحُ إِحْدَاهُنَّ الْكُثْبَةَ أَمَا إِنَّ اللَّهَ إِنْ يُمَكِّنِّي مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ إِلاَّ نَكَلْتُهُ عَنْهُنَّ ‏"

Jabir b. Samurah said:

I saw Ma’iz b. Malik when he was brought to the Prophet (ﷺ). He was a small and muscular man. He did not wear the loose outer garment. He made confession about him four times that he committed fornication. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Perhaps you kissed her. He said that this most discarded man has committed fornication. He said: So he had him stoned to death and gave an address, saying: Beware, whenever we go out on an expedition in the path of Allah, one of them (I.e. the people) lags behind with a bleating sound like that of a he-goat, and gives modicum of his milk(i.e. sperm) to one of the women. If Allah gives control over any of them, I shall deter him from them (i.e. women) by punishing him severely.

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 4422) and Muslim (No. 1692a).

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Al-Azimabadi — Awn al-Ma'bud

( أَعْضَل ) : بِالضَّادِ الْمُعْجَمَة أَيْ مُشْتَدّ الْخَلْق قَالَهُ النَّوَوِيّ وَقَالَ الْحَافِظ وَفِي لَفْظ ذُو عَضَلَات بِفَتْحِ الْمُهْمَلَة ثُمَّ الْمُعْجَمَة قَالَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَة الْعَضَلَة مَا اِجْتَمَعَ مِنْ اللَّحْم فِي أَعْلَى بَاطِن السَّاق. وَقَالَ الْأَصْمَعِيّ كُلّ عَصَبَة مَعَ لَحْم فَهِيَ عَضَلَة. وَقَالَ اِبْن الْقَطَّاع الْعَضَلَة لَحْم السَّاق وَالذِّرَاع وَكُلّ لَحْمَة مُسْتَدِيرَة فِي الْبَدَن , وَالْأَعْضَل الشَّدِيد الْخَلْق , وَمِنْهُ أَعْضَلَ الْأَمْر إِذَا اِشْتَدَّ لَكِنْ دَلَّتْ الرِّوَايَة الْأُخْرَى عَلَى أَنَّ الْمُرَاد بِهِ هُنَا كَثِير الْعَضَلَات اِنْتَهَى ( فَشَهِدَ عَلَى نَفْسه أَرْبَع مَرَّات ) : اِحْتَجَّ بِهِ مَنْ قَالَ إِنَّ الْإِقْرَار بِالزِّنَا لَ…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih صحيح The hadith No. 4422
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH AuthenticSahih Lighairihi The hadith No. 4422
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih Muslim (1692) The hadith No. 4422
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamidd. 1392 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 4422

Other versions

Authentic Sahih Muslim 1692a

As he was being brought to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) I saw Ma'iz b. Malik-a short-statured person with strong sinews, having no cloak around him. He bore witness against his own self four times that he had committed adultery, whereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Perhaps (you kissed her or embraced her)…

رَجُلٌ قَصِيرٌ أَعْضَلُ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ رِدَاءٌ فَشَهِدَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ أَرْبَعَ مَرَّاتٍ أَنَّهُ زَنَى فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ فَلَعَلَّكَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ لاَ وَاللَّهِ إِنَّهُ قَدْ زَنَى الأَخِرُ…

Narrated by Jābir ibn Samurah

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  • المعجم الكبير للطبراني (1945)أَلا كُلَّمَا نَفَرْنَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ خَلَّفَ أَحَدُهُمْ لَهُ نَبِيبٌ كَنَبِيبِ التَّيْسِ يَمْنَحُ إِحْدَاهُنَّ الْكُثْبَةَ . أَمَا إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُمَكِنِّي مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ إِلا نَكَّلْتُهُ عَنْهُنَّ
  • مستخرج أبي عوانة (4969)أَلا كُلَّمَا نَفَرْنَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ , خَلَفَ أَحَدُهُمْ لَهُ نَبِيبٌ كَنَبِيبِ التَّيْسِ , يَمْنَحُ إِحْدَاهُنَّ الْكُثْبَةَ ، أَمَا إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَمْ يُمْكِنِّي مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ ، إِلا نَكَّلْتُهُ عَنْهُنَّ

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