[Machine] I was sitting with the Prophet ﷺ when a man called Ma'iz ibn Malik came to him and said, "O Prophet of Allah, I have committed adultery and I want to be purified." The Prophet ﷺ told him to go back. The next day, the man came to him again and confessed his sin. The Prophet ﷺ told him to go back again. Then, the Prophet ﷺ sent a message to his people and asked them about the man. They replied, "O Prophet of Allah, we do not see any problem or defect in his intellect." The man came to the Prophet ﷺ a third time and confessed his sin. He asked the Prophet ﷺ to purify him. The Prophet ﷺ sent a message to his people again and asked them about the man, and they gave the same answer as before. The man came to the Prophet ﷺ a fourth time and confessed his sin. The Prophet ﷺ ordered a hole to be dug and the man was buried in it up to his chest. The Prophet ﷺ then ordered the people to stone him. Buraydah said, "We, the companions of the Prophet ﷺ, used to talk amongst ourselves and say that if Ma'iz ibn Malik had sat in his tent after confessing his sin three times, the Prophet ﷺ would not have bothered him. He was stoned only because he came to the Prophet ﷺ a fourth time and confessed his sin."  

كُنْتُ جَالِسًا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِذْ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ مَاعِزُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ فَقَالَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ إِنِّي قَدْ زَنَيْتُ وَأَنَا أُرِيدُأَنْ تُطَهِّرَنِي فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ارْجِعْ فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنَ الْغَدِ أَتَاهُ أَيْضًا فَاعْتَرَفَ عِنْدَهُ بِالزِّنَا فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ارْجِعْ ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِلَى قَوْمِهِ فَسَأَلَهُمْ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ مَا تَعْلَمُونَ مِنْ مَاعِزِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ الْأَسْلَمِيِّ هَلْ تَرَوْنَ بِهِ بَأْسًا أَوْ تُنْكِرُونَ مِنْ عَقْلِهِ شَيْئَا؟ قَالُوا يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ مَا نَرَى بِهِ بَأْسًا وَمَا نُنْكِرُ مِنْ عَقْلِهِ شَيْئًا ثُمَّ عَادَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ الثَّالِثَةَ فَاعْتَرَفَ عِنْدَهُ بِالزِّنَا أَيْضًا فَقَالَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ طَهِّرْنِي فَأَرْسَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِلَى قَوْمِهِ أَيْضًا فَسَأَلَهُمْ عَنْهُ فَقَالُوا لَهُ كَمَا قَالُوا لَهُ الْمَرَّةَ الْأُولَى مَا نَرَى بِهِ بَأْسًا وَمَا نُنْكِرُ مِنْ عَقْلِهِ شَيْئًا ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ الرَّابِعَةَ أَيْضًا فَاعْتَرَفَ عِنْدَهُ بِالزِّنَا فَأَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَحُفِرَ لَهُ حُفْرَةٌ فَجُعِلَ فِيهَا إِلَى صَدْرِهِ ثُمَّ أَمَرَ النَّاسَ أَنْ يَرْجُمُوهُ وَقَالَ بُرَيْدَةُ كُنَّا نَتَحَدَّثُ أَصْحَابَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بَيْنَنَا أَنَّ مَاعِزَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ لَوْ جَلَسَ فِي رَحْلِهِ بَعْدَ اعْتِرَافِهِ ثَلَاثَ مِرَارٍ لَمْ يَطْلُبْهُ وَإِنَّمَا رَجَمَهُ عِنْدَ الرَّابِعَةِ