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Sahih MuslimThe Book of Legal Punishments

Sahih Muslim 1694a

Chapter: One who confesses to Zina

Authentic hadith of Sahih Muslim Sahih Muslim 1694a

Narrator:Abu Sa‘īd al-Khudri

حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى، حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ، عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي، سَعِيدٍ أَنَّ

رَجُلاً، مِنْ أَسْلَمَ يُقَالُ لَهُ مَاعِزُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَصَبْتُ فَاحِشَةً فَأَقِمْهُ عَلَىَّ ‏.‏ فَرَدَّهُ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِرَارًا قَالَ ثُمَّ سَأَلَ قَوْمَهُ فَقَالُوا مَا نَعْلَمُ بِهِ بَأْسًا إِلاَّ أَنَّهُ أَصَابَ شَيْئًا يَرَى أَنَّهُ لاَ يُخْرِجُهُ مِنْهُ إِلاَّ أَنْ يُقَامَ فِيهِ الْحَدُّ - قَالَ - فَرَجَعَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَمَرَنَا أَنْ نَرْجُمَهُ - قَالَ - فَانْطَلَقْنَا بِهِ إِلَى بَقِيعِ الْغَرْقَدِ - قَالَ - فَمَا أَوْثَقْنَاهُ وَلاَ حَفَرْنَا لَهُ - قَالَ - فَرَمَيْنَاهُ بِالْعَظْمِ وَالْمَدَرِ وَالْخَزَفِ - قَالَ - فَاشْتَدَّ فَاشْتَدَدْنَا خَلْفَهُ حَتَّى أَتَى عُرْضَ الْحَرَّةِ فَانْتَصَبَ لَنَا فَرَمَيْنَاهُ بِجَلاَمِيدِ الْحَرَّةِ - يَعْنِي الْحِجَارَةَ - حَتَّى سَكَتَ - قَالَ - ثُمَّ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم خَطِيبًا مِنَ الْعَشِيِّ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ أَوَكُلَّمَا انْطَلَقْنَا غُزَاةً فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ تَخَلَّفَ رَجُلٌ فِي عِيَالِنَا لَهُ نَبِيبٌ كَنَبِيبِ التَّيْسِ عَلَىَّ أَنْ لاَ أُوتَى بِرَجُلٍ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ إِلاَّ نَكَّلْتُ بِهِ ‏"

Abu Sa'id reported that a person belonging to the clan of Aslam, who was called Ma, iz b. Malik, came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said:

I have committed immorality (adultery), so inflict punishment upon me. Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) turned him away again and again. He then asked his people (about the state of his mind). They said: We do not know of any ailment of his except that he has committed something about which he thinks that he would not be able to relieve himself of its burden but with the Hadd being imposed upon him. He (Ma'iz) came back to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) and he commanded us to stone him. We took him to the Baqi' al-Gharqad (the graveyard of Medina). We neither tied him nor dug any ditch for him. We attacked him with bones, with clods and pebbles. He ran away and we ran after him until he came upon the ston ground (al-Harra) and stopped there and we stoned him with heavy stones of the Harra until he became motionless (lie died). He (the Holy Prophet) then addressed (us) in the evening saying Whenever we set forth on an expedition in the cause of Allah, some one of those connected with us shrieked (under the pressure of sexual lust) as the bleating of a male goat. It is essential that if a person having committed such a deed is brought to me, I should punish him. He neither begged forgiveness for him nor cursed him.

Reported by Muslim (No. 1694a), Abu Dawud (No. 4431), Ahmad (No. 11160) and Ad-Darimi (No. 2216).

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An-Nawawi — Sharh Sahih Muslim

قَوْله : ( فَمَا أَوْثَقنَا وَلَا حَفَرْنَا لَهُ ) , وَفِي الرِّوَايَة الْأُخْرَى فِي صَحِيح مُسْلِم : ( فَلَمَّا كَانَ الرَّابِعَة حَفَرَ لَهُ حُفْرَة ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِهِ فَرُجِمَ ) وَذَكَرَ بَعْده فِي حَدِيث الْغَامِدِيَّة ( ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِهَا فَحُفِرَ لَهَا إِلَى صَدْرهَا , وَأَمَرَ النَّاس فَرَجَمُوهَا ). أَمَّا قَوْله : ( فَمَا أَوْثَقْنَاهُ ) فَهَكَذَا الْحُكْم عِنْد الْفُقَهَاء , وَأَمَّا الْحَفْر لِلْمَرْجُومِ وَالْمَرْجُومَة فَفِيهِ مَذَاهِب لِلْعُلَمَاءِ , قَالَ مَالِك وَأَبُو حَنِيفَة وَأَحْمَد - رَضِيَ اللَّه عَنْهُمْ - فِي الْمَشْهُور عَنْهُمْ : لَا يُحْفَر لِوَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا , وَقَالَ قَتَادَةُ وَأَبُو ثَوْر وَأَبُو يُوسُف وَأَبُو حَنِيفَة فِي رِوَايَة : يُحْفَر لَهُمَا , وَقَال…

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Authentic Sunan Abu Dawud 4431

When the Prophet (May peace e upon him) commanded to stone Ma’iz b. Malik, we took him out to Baql. I swear by Allah, we did not tie him, nor did we dig a pit for him. But he was standing before us. The narrator Abu Kamil said: So we threw at him bones, clods of mud and pieces of earthenware. He…

بِرَجْمِ مَاعِزِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ خَرَجْنَا بِهِ إِلَى الْبَقِيعِ فَوَاللَّهِ مَا أَوْثَقْنَاهُ وَلاَ حَفَرْنَا لَهُ وَلَكِنَّهُ قَامَ لَنَا ‏.‏ - قَالَ أَبُو كَامِلٍ قَالَ - فَرَمَيْنَاهُ بِالْعِظَامِ وَالْمَدَرِ…

Narrated by Abu Sa‘īd al-Khudri

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  • السنن الكبرى للبيهقي (15625)مَاعِزُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ ، أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ ، فَقَالَ : إِنِّي أَصَبْتُ فَاحِشَةً ، فَأَقِمْهُ عَلَيَّ ، فَرَدَّهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِرَارًا ، ثُمَّ سَأَلَ قَوْمَهُ ، فَقَالُوا : مَا نَعْلَمُ بِهِ بَأْسًا إِلا أَنَّهُ أَصَابَ شَيْئًا يَرَى أَنْ لا يُخْرِجَهُ مِنْهُ إِلا أَنْ يُقَامَ فِيهِ الْحَد
  • المحلى بالآثار لابن حزم (1536)أَوَكُلَّمَا انْطَلَقْنَا غُزَاةً فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ تَخَلَّفَ رَجُلٌ فِي عِيَالِنَا لَهُ نَبِيبٌ كَنَبِيبِ التَّيْسِ ، عَلَى أَنْ لَا أُوتَى بِرَجُلٍ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ إلَّا نَكَّلْتُ بِهِ قَالَ : فَمَا اسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُ وَلَا سَبَّهُ
  • غوامض الأسماء المبهمة لابن بشكوال (160)إِنِّي أَصَبْتُ فَاحِشَةً ، فَأَقِمْهُ عَلَيَّ ، فَرَدَّهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مِرَارًا ، ثُمَّ سَأَلَ قَوْمَهُ ، فَقَالُوا : مَا نَعْلَمُ بِهِ بَأْسًا ، إِلا أَنَّهُ أَصَابَ شَيْئًا يَرَى أَنَّهُ لا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُ ، إِلا أَنْ يُقَامَ فِيهِ الْحَدُّ . قَالَ : فَرَجَعَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ، فَأَمَرَنَا أَنْ
  • مستخرج أبي عوانة (4976)بِرَجْمِ مَاعِزِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ , خَرَجْنَا بِهِ إِلَى الْبَقِيعِ ، فَوَاللَّهِ مَا أَوْثَقْنَاهُ وَلا حَفَرْنَا لَهُ ، وَلَكِنَّهُ قَامَ لَنَا
  • مستخرج أبي عوانة (4977)مَا بَالُ أَقْوَامٍ كُلَّمَا انْطَلَقْنَا غُزَاةً فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ , تَخَلَّفَ رَجُلٌ فِي عِيَالِنَا , لَهُ نَبِيبٌ كَنَبِيبِ التَّيْسِ , عَلَيَّ أَنْ لا أُوتَى بِرَجُلٍ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ ، إِلا نَكَّلْتُ بِهِ ، قَالَ : فَمَا سَبَّهُ , وَلا اسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُ

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