A man from Bani Aslam came to Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was in the mosque and called (the Prophet ﷺ ) saying, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! I have committed illegal sexual intercourse." On that the Prophet ﷺ turned his face from him to the other side, whereupon the man moved to the side towards which the Prophet ﷺ had turned his face, and said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! I have committed illegal sexual intercourse." The Prophet turned his face (from him) to the other side whereupon the man moved to the side towards which the Prophet ﷺ had turned his face, and repeated his statement. The Prophet ﷺ turned his face (from him) to the other side again. The man moved again (and repeated his statement) for the fourth time. So when the man had given witness four times against himself, the Prophet ﷺ called him and said, "Are you insane?" He replied, "No." The Prophet ﷺ then said (to his companions), "Go and stone him to death." The man was a married one. Jabir bin ʿAbdullah Al-Ansari said: I was one of those who stoned him. We stoned him at the Musalla (ʿId praying place) in Medina. When the stones hit him with their sharp edges, he fled, but we caught him at Al-Harra and stoned him till he died. (Using translation from Bukhārī 5271)   

أَتَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رَجُلٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ وَهُوَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَنَادَاهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي زَنَيْتُ يُرِيدُ نَفْسَهُ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَتَنَحَّى لِشِقِّ وَجْهِهِ الَّذِي أَعْرَضَ قِبَلَهُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي زَنَيْتُ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ فَجَاءَ لِشِقِّ وَجْهِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ الَّذِي أَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ فَلَمَّا شَهِدَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ أَرْبَعَ شَهَادَاتٍ دَعَاهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَبِكَ جُنُونٌ؟ فَقَالَ لَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَقَالَ أَحْصَنْتَ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ اذْهَبُوا فَارْجُمُوهُ قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ أَخْبَرَنِي مَنْ سَمِعَ جَابِرًا قَالَ فَكُنْتُ فِيمَنْ رَجَمَهُ فَرَجَمْنَاهُ بِالْمُصَلَّى فَلَمَّا أَذْلَقَتْهُ الْحِجَارَةُ جَمَزَ حَتَّى أَدْرَكْنَاهُ بِالْحَرَّةِ فَرَجَمْنَاهُ  

A man from the tribe of Bani Aslam came to Messenger of Allah ﷺ and Informed him that he had committed illegal sexual intercourse and bore witness four times against himself. Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered him to be stoned to death as he was a married Person. (Using translation from Bukhārī 6814)   

أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَسْلَمَ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَحَدَّثَهُ أَنَّهُ قَدْ زَنَى وَشَهِدَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ أَرْبَعَ شَهَادَاتٍ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَرُجِمَ وَكَانَ قَدْ أُحْصِنَ  

[Machine] On the authority of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, a man who had embraced Islam confessed to committing adultery four times in front of him. The Prophet commanded that he be stoned to death. However, the man, who was married, had been granted protection by his tribe. Some people claimed that he was innocent.  

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَسْلَمَ شَهِدَ عِنْدَهُ بِالزِّنَا عَلَى نَفْسِهِ أَرْبَعَ مَرَّاتٍ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ فَرُجِمَ وَكَانَ قَدْ أُحْصِنَ قَالَ زَعَمُوا أَنَّهُ مَاعِزٌ  

[Machine] Ma'iz ibn Malik came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, purify me." The Prophet ﷺ exclaimed, "Woe to you, go back and seek forgiveness from Allah and repent to Him." Ma'iz returned after a short while and said, "O Messenger of Allah, purify me." The Prophet ﷺ responded once again, "Woe to you, go back and seek forgiveness from Allah and repent to Him." Ma'iz returned again shortly and repeated his request, saying, "O Messenger of Allah, purify me." The Prophet ﷺ finally replied, "Likewise, I have given you the same answer until now. But what is it that you want to be purified from?" Ma'iz answered, "From committing adultery." The Prophet ﷺ asked, "Are you insane?" Ma'iz's sanity was confirmed, and the Prophet ﷺ inquired if he had consumed any alcohol. A man stood up to condemn him, but could not smell alcohol on him. The Prophet ﷺ asked Ma'iz, "Are you sure you are telling the truth?" Ma'iz affirmed, so the Prophet ﷺ ordered that he be stoned to death. The Prophet ﷺ then mentioned the incident in the context of repentance, as he had done before. Afterwards, a woman from the tribe of Ghamid, from the Azd clan, came to him and requested, "O Messenger of Allah, purify me." He once again expressed, "Woe to you, go back and seek forgiveness from Allah and repent to Him." She responded, saying, "Perhaps you want to turn me away just as you turned away Ma'iz ibn Malik?" The Prophet ﷺ asked, "What are you talking about?" She explained, "I am pregnant from committing adultery." The Prophet ﷺ inquired, "Are you sure you are telling the truth?" She confirmed. He then said, "In that case, we will not stone you until you give birth." The Prophet ﷺ also mentioned this incident.  

جَاءَ مَاعِزُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ طَهِّرْنِي فَقَالَ وَيْحَكَ ارْجِعْ فَاسْتَغْفِرِ اللهَ وَتُبْ إِلَيْهِ قَالَ فَرَجَعَ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ ثُمَّ جَاءَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ طَهِّرْنِي فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَيْحَكَ ارْجِعْ فَاسْتَغْفِرِ اللهَ وَتُبْ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ فَرَجَعَ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ ثُمَّ جَاءَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ طَهِّرْنِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَتِ الرَّابِعَةُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِمَّ أُطَهِّرُكَ؟ فَقَالَ مِنَ الزِّنَا فَسَأَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَبِهِ جُنُونٌ؟ فَأُخْبِرَ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِمَجْنُونٍ فَقَالَ أَشَرِبْتَ خَمْرًا؟ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فَاسْتَنْكَهَهُ فَلَمْ يَجِدْ مِنْهُ رِيحَ خَمْرٍ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَثَيِّبٌ أَنْتَ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ فَرُجِمَ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ فِي التَّوْبَةِ كَمَا مَضَى قَالَ ثُمَّ جَاءَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ غَامِدٍ مِنَ الْأَزْدِ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ طَهِّرْنِي فَقَالَ وَيْحَكِ ارْجِعِي فَاسْتَغْفِرِي اللهَ وَتُوبِي إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَتْ لَعَلَّكَ تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَرْدُدَنِي كَمَا رَدَدْتَ مَاعِزَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ؟ قَالَ وَمَا ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَتْ إِنَّهَا حُبْلَى مِنَ الزِّنَا فَقَالَ أَثَيِّبٌ أَنْتِ؟ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قَالَ إِذًا لَا نَرْجُمُكِ حَتَّى تَضَعِي مَا فِي بَطْنِكِ وَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ  

[Machine] "When a goat came to the Prophet ﷺ , he said to him, 'Woe to you! Perhaps you kissed or winked or looked?' He replied, 'No.' The Prophet ﷺ said, 'But you did this and that to me. Did it not annoy me?' He said, 'Yes.' At that point, he ordered his stoning to death and Abu Amr Al-Adib informed us that Abu Bakr Al-Isma'ili told me that Al-Hasan ibn Sufyan informed us that Ibrahim ibn Ya'qub narrated to me from Wahb ibn Jarir, who narrated from his father that he said, 'Did you enjoy it?' He said, 'Yes.'  

أَنَّ مَاعِزًا لَمَّا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لَهُ وَيْحَكَ لَعَلَّكَ قَبَّلْتَ أَوْ غَمَزْتَ أَوْ نَظَرْتَ؟ فَقَالَ لَا فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَعَلْتَ كَذَا وَكَذَا لَا يُكَنِّي؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَعِنْدَ ذَلِكَ أَمَرَ بِرَجْمِهِ 16995 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَمْرٍو الْأَدِيبُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيُّ أَخْبَرَنِي الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ ثنا أَبِي بِهَذَا غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ أَفَنِكْتَهَا؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ  

[Machine] I saw Ma'iz bin Malik brought to the Prophet when a man, who was short and crippled, brought him. The man had no cloak on him, so he testified against himself four times that he had committed adultery. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: “Perhaps you just saw (what was done)?” He said: “No, by Allah, I have committed adultery.” So he ordered him to be stoned to death, and he (the Prophet) recited the verses of stoning.  

رَأَيْتُ مَاعِزَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ حِينَ جِيءَ بِهِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ رَجُلٌ قَصِيرٌ أَعْضَلُ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ رِدَاءٌ فَشَهِدَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ أَرْبَعَ شَهَادَاتٍ أَنَّهُ قَدْ زَنَى فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَعَلَّكَ؟ قَالَ لَا وَاللهِ قَدْ زَنَى الْأَخِرُ فَرُجِمَ ثُمَّ خَطَبَ فَقَالَ أَلَا كُلَّمَا نَفَرْنَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ خَلَفَ أَحَدُهُمْ لَهُ نَبِيبٌ كَنَبِيبِ التَّيْسِ أَلَا وَإِنِّي لَا أُوتَى بِأَحَدِهِمْ إِلَّا جَعَلْتُهُ نَكَالًا  

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. (Using translation from Muslim 1694a)   

يُقَالُ لَهُ مَاعِزُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ أَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَصَبْتُ فَاحِشَةً فَأَقِمْهُ عَلَيَّ فَرَدَّهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِرَارًا ثُمَّ سَأَلَ قَوْمَهُ فَقَالُوا مَا نَعْلَمُ بِهِ بَأْسًا إِلَّا أَنَّهُ أَصَابَ شَيْئًا يَرَى أَنْ لَا يُخْرِجَهُ مِنْهُ إِلَّا أَنْ يُقَامَ فِيهِ الْحَدُّ قَالَ فَرَجَعَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَمَرَنَا أَنْ نَرْجُمَهُ قَالَ فَانْطَلَقْنَا إِلَى بَقِيعِ الْغَرْقَدِ قَالَ فَمَا أَوْثَقْنَاهُ وَلَا حَفَرْنَا لَهُ قَالَ فَرَمَيْنَاهُ بِالْعِظَامِ وَالْمَدَرِ وَالْخَزَفِ قَالَ فَاشْتَدَّ وَاشْتَدَدْنَا خَلْفَهُ حَتَّى أَتَى عُرْضَ الْحَرَّةِ فَانْتَصَبَ لَنَا فَرَمَيْنَاهُ بِجَلَامِيدِ الْحَرَّةِ يَعْنِي الْحِجَارَةَ حَتَّى سَكَتَ قَالَ ثُمَّ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خَطِيبًا مِنَ الْعِشَاءِ قَالَ أَكُلَّمَا انْطَلَقْنَا غُزَاةً فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ تَخَلَّفَ رَجُلٌ فِي عِيَالِنَا لَهُ نَبِيبٌ كَنَبِيبِ التَّيْسِ عَلَى أَنْ لَا أُوتَى بِرَجُلٍ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ إِلَّا نَكَّلْتُ بِهِ قَالَ فَمَا اسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُ وَلَا سَبَّهُ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ الْمُثَنَّى  

A man of the tribe of Aslam came to the Prophet ﷺ and testified four times against himself that he had had illicit intercourse with a woman, while all the time the Prophet ﷺ was turning away from him. Then when he confessed a fifth time, he turned round and asked: Did you have intercourse with her? He replied: Yes. He asked: Have you done it so that your sexual organ penetrated hers? He replied: Yes. He asked: Have you done it like a collyrium stick when enclosed in its case and a rope in a well? He replied: Yes. He asked: Do you know what fornication is? He replied: Yes. I have done with her unlawfully what a man may lawfully do with his wife. He then asked: What do you want from what you have said? He said: I want you to purify me. So he gave orders regarding him and he was stoned to death. Then the Prophet ﷺ heard one of his companions saying to another: Look at this man whose fault was concealed by Allah but who would not leave the matter alone, so that he was stoned like a dog. He said nothing to them but walked on for a time till he came to the corpse of an ass with its legs in the air. He asked: Where are so and so? They said: Here we are, Messenger of Allah ﷺ! He said: Go down and eat some of this ass's corpse. They replied: Messenger of Allah! Who can eat any of this? He said: The dishonour you have just shown to your brother is more serious than eating some of it. By Him in Whose hand my soul is, he is now among the rivers of Paradise and plunging into them. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4428)   

أَنَّ مَاعِزًا جَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي قَدْ زَنَيْتُ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ حَتَّى قَالَهَا أَرْبَعًا فَلَمَّا كَانَ فِي الْخَامِسَةِ قَالَ زَنَيْتَ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ وَتَدْرِي مَا الزِّنَا؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ أَتَيْتُ مِنْهَا حَرَامًا مَا يَأْتِي الرَّجُلُ مِنَ امْرَأَتِهِ حَلَالًا قَالَ مَا تُرِيدُ إِلَى هَذَا الْقَوْلِ؟ قَالَ أُرِيدُ أَنْ تُطَهِّرَنِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَدْخَلْتَ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُ فِي ذَلِكَ مِنْهَا كَمَا يَغِيبُ الْمِيلُ فِي الْمُكْحُلَةِ وَالْعَصَا فِي الشَّيْءِ؟ أَوْ قَالَ الرِّشَاءُ فِي الْبِئْرِ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَأَمَرَ بِرَجْمِهِ فَرُجِمَ فَسَمِعَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ رَجُلَيْنِ يَقُولُ أَحَدُهُمَا لِصَاحِبِهِ أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى هَذَا الَّذِي سَتَرَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمْ تَدَعْهُ نَفْسُهُ حَتَّى رُجِمَ رَجْمَ الْكَلْبِ فَسَارَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ شَيْئًا ثُمَّ مَرَّ بِجِيفَةِ حِمَارٍ فَقَالَ أَيْنَ فُلَانٌ وَفُلَانٌ؟ قُومَا فَانْزِلَا فَكُلَا مِنْ جِيفَةِ هَذَا الْحِمَارِ فَقَالَا غَفَرَ اللهُ لَكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَهَلْ يُؤْكَلُ مِثْلُ هَذَا؟ قَالَ فَمَا نِلْتُمَا مِنْ أَخِيكُمَا آنِفًا شَرٌّ مِنْ هَذَا وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنَّهُ الْآنَ لَفِي أَنْهَارِ الْجَنَّةِ يَتَقَمَّسُ فِيهَا  

[Machine] A man who had converted to Islam came to Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq and said, "Indeed, the brother has committed adultery." Abu Bakr asked him, "Did you mention this to anyone other than me?" He replied, "No." Abu Bakr said to him, "Repent to Allah and seek the cover of Allah's concealment, for Allah accepts the repentance of His servants." However, he (the man) did not feel at ease until he approached Umar ibn Al-Khattab and said the same thing he had said to Abu Bakr. Umar responded to him as Abu Bakr did, and he still did not feel at ease until he went to the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , and said, "Indeed, the brother has committed adultery." Sa'id turned away from him repeatedly until, when he persisted, he sent for his family and said to them, "Does he have any signs of madness?" They replied, "By Allah, he is sane." The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , asked, "Is he Abu Bakr or Thayyib?" They replied, "Rather, he is Thayyib." So, the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , ordered that he be stoned to death.  

رَجُلًا مِنْ أَسْلَمَ جَاءَ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ ؓ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الْأَخِرَ زَنَى فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ هَلْ ذَكَرْتَ هَذَا لِأَحَدٍ غَيْرِي؟ فَقَالَ لَا قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَتُبْ إِلَى اللهِ وَاسْتَتِرْ بِسِتْرِ اللهِ فَإِنَّ اللهَ يَقْبَلُ التَّوْبَةَ عَنْ عِبَادِهِ فَلَمْ تُقِرَّهُ نَفْسُهُ حَتَّى أَتَى عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ فَقَالَ لَهُ كَمَا قَالَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ كَمَا قَالَ لَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ فَلَمْ تُقِرَّهُ نَفْسُهُ حَتَّى أَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الْأَخِرَ زَنَى قَالَ سَعِيدٌ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِرَارًا كُلُّ ذَلِكَ يَعْرِضُ عَنْهُ حَتَّى إِذَا أَكْثَرَ عَلَيْهِ بَعَثَ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ فَقَالَ أَيَشْتَكِي بِهِ جِنَّةً؟ فَقَالُوا وَاللهِ إِنَّهُ لَصَحِيحٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَبِكْرٌ أَمْ ثَيِّبٌ؟ فَقَالُوا بَلْ ثَيِّبٌ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَرُجِمَ