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. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4419)   

لَهُ أَبِي ائْتِ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبِرْهُ بِمَا صَنَعْتَ لَعَلَّهُ يَسْتَغْفِرُ لَكَ وَإِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ بِذَلِكَ رَجَاءَ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُ مَخْرَجٌ فَأَتَاهُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي زَنَيْتُ فَأَقِمْ عَلَيَّ كِتَابَاللهِ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ فَعَادَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي زَنَيْتُ فَأَقِمْ عَلَيَّ كِتَابَ اللهِ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ الثَّالِثَةَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي زَنَيْتُ فَأَقِمْ عَلَيَّ كِتَابَ اللهِ ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ الرَّابِعَةَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي زَنَيْتُ فَأَقِمْ عَلَيَّ كِتَابَ اللهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّكَ قَدْ قُلْتَهَا أَرْبَعَ مَرَّاتٍ فَبِمَنْ؟ قَالَ بِفُلَانَةَ قَالَ هَلْ ضَاجَعْتَهَا؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ هَلْ بَاشَرْتَهَا؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ هَلْ جَامَعْتَهَا؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ أَنْ يُرْجَمَ قَالَ فَأُخْرِجَ بِهِ إِلَى الْحَرَّةِ فَلَمَّا رُجِمَ فَوَجَدَ مَسَّ الْحِجَارَةِ جَزَعَ فَخَرَجَ يَشْتَدُّ فَلَقِيَهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أُنَيْسٍ وَقَدْ أَعْجَزَ أَصْحَابَهُ فَنَزَعَ لَهُ بِوَظِيفِ بَعِيرٍ فَرَمَاهُ بِهِ فَقَتَلَهُ قَالَ ثُمَّ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ هَلَّا تَرَكْتُمُوهُ لَعَلَّهُ يَتُوبُ فَيَتُوبَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ هِشَامٌ فَحَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ نُعَيْمِ بْنِ هَزَّالٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِأَبِي حِينَ رَآهُ وَاللهِ يَا هَزَّالُ لَوْ كُنْتَ سَتَرْتَهُ بِثَوْبِكَ كَانَ خَيْرًا مِمَّا صَنَعْتَ بِهِ  

[Machine] It is said that Fatimah was given ownership and she used to tend their sheep, and one day a goat fell upon her, so she informed Hazal who deceived him. Hazal said to the goat, "Go to the Prophet ﷺ and inform him, perhaps a revelation will come to you." The Prophet ﷺ ordered that he be stoned, and when he bit him, he ran away. A man with a long beard or the leg of a camel approached him and struck him with it, causing him to be killed. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Woe to you, O Hazal! If only you had covered him with your garment, it would have been better for you."  

يُقَالُ لَهَا فَاطِمَةُ قَدْ أُمْلِكَتْ وَكَانَتْ تَرْعَىغَنَمًا لَهُمْ وَإِنَّ مَاعِزًا وَقَعَ عَلَيْهَا فَأَخْبَرَ هَزَّالًا فَخَدَعَهُ فَقَالَ انْطَلِقْ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَخْبِرْهُ عَسَى أَنْ يَنْزِلَ فِيكَ قُرْآنٌ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَرُجِمَ فَلَمَّا عَضَّتْهُ مَسُّ الْحِجَارَةِ انْطَلَقَ يَسْعَى فَاسْتَقْبَلَهُ رَجُلٌ بِلَحْيِ جَزُورٍ أَوْ سَاقِ بَعِيرٍ فَضَرَبَهُ بِهِ فَصَرَعَهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَيْلَكَ يَا هَزَّالُ لَوْ كُنْتَ سَتَرْتَهُ بِثَوْبِكَ كَانَ خَيْرًا لَكَ  

[Machine] Goat ibn Malik came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "Reveal to me the book of Allah." The Prophet ﷺ turned away from him four times, then ordered his stoning. When the stones touched him, Abdul Rahman said that he confessed once. When he was being stoned, he panicked and came out, distressed. Abdullah bin Unais or Anas also came out from his gathering and threw him with a piece of donkey's dung, killing him. He then came to the Prophet ﷺ and informed him of his actions. The Prophet ﷺ spoke to him about his action and said, "Why did you not leave him? Perhaps he would have repented and Allah would have accepted his repentance." Then he said, "Oh Hazal, if only you had covered him with your garment, it would have been better for you."  

أَنَّ مَاعِزَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَقِمْ عَلَيَّ كِتَابَ اللهِ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ أَرْبَعَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِرَجْمِهِ فَلَمَّا مَسَّتْهُالْحِجَارَةُ قَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ وَقَالَ مَرَّةً فَلَمَّا عَضَّتْهُ جَزَعَ فَخَرَجَ يَشْتَدُّ وَخَرَجَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أُنَيْسٍ أَوْ أَنَسُ مِنِ نَادِيهِ فَرَمَاهُ بِوَظِيفِ حِمَارٍ فَصَرَعَهُ فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَحَدَّثَهُ بِأَمْرِهِ فَقَالَ هَلَّا تَرَكْتُمُوهُ لَعَلَّهُ أَنْ يَتُوبَ فَيَتُوبَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا هَزَّالُ لَوْ سَتَرْتَهُ بِثَوْبِكَ كَانَ خَيْرًا لَكَ  

[Machine] "Go and meet the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and inform him." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him when he met him, "O Hazal, if only you had covered him with your garment, it would have been better than what you did with it."  

لَهُ ائْتِ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبِرْهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَهُ وَلَقِيَهُ يَا هَزَّالُ أَمَا لَوْ كُنْتَ سَتَرْتَهُ بِثَوْبِكَ لَكَانَ خَيْرًا مِمَّا صَنَعْتَ بِهِ  

[Machine] "He mentioned something about the matter of Ma'iz to the Prophet ﷺ , so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, 'If you had concealed it with your garment, it would have been better for you.'"  

أَنَّهُ ذَكَرَ شَيْئًا مِنْ أَمْرِ مَاعِزٍ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ له رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَوْ كُنْتَ سَتَرْتَهُ بِثَوْبِكَ كَانَ خَيْرًا لَكَ  

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ, he said to him, "Woe to you, O Hazal! If you had covered it, meaning the billy goat, with your garment, it would have been better for you."  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَهُ وَيْحَكَ يَا هَزَّالُ لَوْ سَتَرْتَهُ يَعْنِي مَاعِزًا بِثَوْبِكَ كَانَ خَيْرًا لَكَ