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Sunan Abu Dawud 4435

Chapter: Stoning of Ma'iz bin Malik

Good chain (hasan) 3 scholars’ grades Sunan Abu Dawud 4435

Narrator:Al-Lajlāaj Abāh

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ بْنِ صُبَيْحٍ، قَالَ عَبْدَةُ أَخْبَرَنَا حَرَمِيُّ بْنُ حَفْصٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُلاَثَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، أَنَّ خَالِدَ بْنَ اللَّجْلاَجِ، حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ اللَّجْلاَجَ أَبَاهُ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ، كَانَ قَاعِدًا يَعْتَمِلُ فِي السُّوقِ فَمَرَّتِ امْرَأَةٌ تَحْمِلُ صَبِيًّا فَثَارَ النَّاسُ مَعَهَا وَثُرْتُ فِيمَنْ ثَارَ فَانْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَهُوَ يَقُولُ ‏"‏

مَنْ أَبُو هَذَا مَعَكِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَسَكَتَتْ فَقَالَ شَابٌّ حَذْوَهَا أَنَا أَبُوهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ‏.‏ فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ ‏"‏ مَنْ أَبُو هَذَا مَعَكِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ الْفَتَى أَنَا أَبُوهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ‏.‏ فَنَظَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِلَى بَعْضِ مَنْ حَوْلَهُ يَسْأَلُهُمْ عَنْهُ فَقَالُوا مَا عَلِمْنَا إِلاَّ خَيْرًا ‏.‏ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ أَحْصَنْتَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ نَعَمْ ‏.‏ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ فَرُجِمَ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَخَرَجْنَا بِهِ فَحَفَرْنَا لَهُ حَتَّى أَمْكَنَّا ثُمَّ رَمَيْنَاهُ بِالْحِجَارَةِ حَتَّى هَدَأَ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ يَسْأَلُ عَنِ الْمَرْجُومِ فَانْطَلَقْنَا بِهِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقُلْنَا هَذَا جَاءَ يَسْأَلُ عَنِ الْخَبِيثِ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ لَهُوَ أَطْيَبُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مِنْ رِيحِ الْمِسْكِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَإِذَا هُوَ أَبُوهُ فَأَعَنَّاهُ عَلَى غُسْلِهِ وَتَكْفِينِهِ وَدَفْنِهِ وَمَا أَدْرِي قَالَ وَالصَّلاَةِ عَلَيْهِ أَمْ لاَ ‏.‏

Narrated Al-Lajlaj al-Amiri:

I was working in the market. A woman passed carrying a child. The people rushed towards her, and I also rushed along with them.

I then went to the Prophet (ﷺ) while he was asking: Who is the father of this (child) who is with you? She remained silent.

A young man by her side said: I am his father, Messenger of Allah!

He then turned towards her and asked: Who is the father of this child with you?

The young man said: I am his father, Messenger of Allah! The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) then looked at some of those who were around him and asked them about him. They said: We only know good (about him).

The Prophet (ﷺ) said to him: Are you married? He said: Yes. So he gave orders regarding him and he was stoned to death.

He (the narrator) said: We took him out, dug a pit for him and put him in it. We then threw stones at him until he died. A man then came asking about the man who was stoned.

We brought him to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: This man has come asking about the wicked man.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: He is more agreeable than the fragrance of musk in the eyes of Allah. The man was his father. We then helped him in washing, shrouding and burying him. (The narrator said:) I do not know whether he said or did not say "in praying over him." This is the tradition of Abdah, and it is more accurate.

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 4435) and Ahmad (No. 15369).

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Al-Azimabadi — Awn al-Ma'bud

( أَنَّ اللَّجْلَاج ) : بِفَتْحِ اللَّام وَسُكُون الْجِيم وَآخِره جِيم أَيْضًا بِوَزْنِ تَكْرَار ( أَبَاهُ ) : بَدَل مِنْ اللَّجْلَاج ( أَخْبَرَهُ ) : أَيْ خَالِدًا أَنَّهُ أَيْ اللَّجْلَاج ( يَعْتَمِل ) : قَالَ فِي الْقَامُوس اِعْتَمَلَ عَمِلَ بِنَفْسِهِ ( تَحْمِل صَبِيًّا ) : صِفَة لِامْرَأَة ( فَثَارَ النَّاس ) : أَيْ وَثَبُوا ( مَعَهَا ) : أَيْ مَعَ تِلْكَ الْمَرْأَة ( وَهُوَ ) : أَيْ رَسُول اللَّه صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَالْوَاو حَالِيَّة ( مَنْ أَبُو هَذَا ) : أَيْ هَذَا الصَّبِيّ ( مَعَك ) : بِكَسْرِ الْكَاف. وَالْحَاصِل أَنَّهُ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لِتِلْكَ الْمَرْأَة مَنْ الَّذِي تَوَلَّدَ هَذَا الصَّبِيّ مِنْ زِنَاهُ بِك فَصَارَ هُوَ أَبًا لِهَذَا الصَّ…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH Good chain (hasan)Hasan Isnaad The chain only No. 4435
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH Good chain (hasan)Isnaad Hasan The chain only No. 4435
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamidd. 1392 AH Good chain (hasan)Hasan Isnaad The chain only No. 4435

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  • تاريخ دمشق لابن عساكر (54231)مَنْ أَبُو هَذَا ؟ ، فَسَكَتَتْ ، فَقَالَ : مَنْ أَبُو هَذَا ؟ ، فَسَكَتَتْ ، فَقَالَ شَابٌّ بِحِذَائِهَا : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، إِنَّهَا حَدِيثَةُ السِّنِّ ، حَدِيثَةُ عَهْدٍ بِجِزْيَةٍ ، وَإِنَّهَا لَنْ تُخْبَرَكَ ، وَأَنَا أَبُوهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَى مَنْ عِنْدَهُ كَأَنَّهُ ي

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