[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "All of my ummah (followers) will be forgiven except for those who openly commit sins. And verily, one form of open sinning is when a person does something at night and then wakes up in the morning while Allah has kept his action hidden. He says, 'O so-and-so, I did such and such last night,' when Allah had concealed him under His cover. But in the morning, he removes Allah's cover from himself."  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ كُلُّ أُمَّتِي مُعَافًى إِلَّا الْمُجَاهِرِينَ وَإِنَّ مِنَ الْإِجْهَارِ أَنْ يَعْمَلَ الرَّجُلُ فِي اللَّيْلِ عَمَلًا ثُمَّ يُصْبِحُ وَقَدْ سَتَرَهُ رَبُّهُ فَيَقُولُ يَا فُلَانُ عَمِلْتُ الْبَارِحَةَ كَذَا وَكَذَا وَقَدْ بَاتَ يَسْتُرُهُ رَبُّهُ يَبِيتُ فِي سِتْرِ رَبِّهِ وَيُصْبِحُ يَكْشِفُ سِتْرَ اللهِ عَنْهُ  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ once stoned a person who had committed adultery and then said, "Stay away from this filth that Allah has forbidden. Whoever has sinned, let them conceal it with the concealment of Allah." 17602 Abu Al-Hasan bin Abdan informed us that Ahmad bin Ubaid narrated to him from Umar bin Ahmad bin Bishr from Harun bin Musa Al-Farwi from Abu Damrah from Yahya bin Said from Abdullah bin Dinar who mentioned it with similar words: "Increase in repentance to Allah, for whoever shows us his sins, we will enforce the punishment of Allah's Book upon him." Ash-Shafi'i may Allah have mercy on him stated that it has been narrated that during the time of the Prophet ﷺ , Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) instructed a man who had been punished with stoning to hide himself, and Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) also instructed the same. The Sheikh, may Allah have mercy on him, said, "The chain of narration for this hadith in the chapter of confessing adultery has already passed." 17603 Abu Zakariya bin Abi Ishaq informed us that Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Ya'qub narrated to him from Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab, who narrated from Jafar bin Awn, who narrated from Abdul Rahman bin Abdullah, who narrated from Wasil, who said, "Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) entered upon a woman who had committed adultery and mentioned the hadith." He said, "Then Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said, 'Indeed, Allah has made four witnesses a concealment for you from your indecencies, so do not infringe upon the concealment of Allah. Verily, if Allah willed, He could have made it one true witness or one false witness." Ash-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said, "We prefer for the one who has been punished to hide himself and fear Allah, and not to return to the disobedience of Allah. Verily, Allah accepts repentance from His servants."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَعْدَ أَنْ رَجَمَ الْأَسْلَمِيَّ قَالَ اجْتَنِبُوا هَذِهِ الْقَاذُورَةَ الَّتِي نَهَى الله عَنْهَا فَمَنْ أَلَمَّ فَلْيَسْتَتِرْ بِسِتْرِ اللهِ ﷻ 17602 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ بْنُ عَبْدَانَ أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ ثنا عُمَرُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ بِشْرٍ ثنا هَارُونُ بْنُ مُوسَى الْفَرْوِيُّ ثنا أَبُو ضَمْرَةَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ فَذَكَرَهُ بِمِثْلِهِ زَادَ وَلْيَتُبْ إِلَى اللهِ فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يُبْدِ لَنَا صَفْحَتَهُ نُقِمْ كِتَابَ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ وَرُوِيَ أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَرَ رَجُلًا أَصَابَ حَدًّا بِالِاسْتِتَارِ وَأَنَّ عُمَرَ ؓ أَمَرَهُ بِهِ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ قَدْ مَضَى إِسْنَادُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ فِي بَابِ الِاعْتِرَافِ بِالزِّنَا 17603 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ أنبأ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ أنبأ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَوْنٍ أنبأ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ وَاصِلٍ عَنِ الْمَعْرُورِ قَالَ أُتِيَ عُمَرُ ؓ بِامْرَأَةٍ قَدْ زَنَتْ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ إِنَّمَا جَعَلَ اللهُ أَرْبَعَةَ شُهَدَاءَ سِتْرًا يَسْتُرُكُمْ دُونَ فَوَاحِشِكُمْ فَلَا يَتَطَلَّعَنَّ سِتْرَ اللهِ أَحَدٌ أَلَا وَإِنَّ اللهَ لَوْ شَاءَ لَجَعَلَهُ وَاحِدًا صَادِقًا أَوْ كَاذِبًا قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ وَنَحْنُ نُحِبُّ لِمَنْ أَصَابَ الْحَدَّ أَنْ يَسْتَتِرَ وَأَنْ يَتَّقِيَ اللهَ وَلَا يَعُودَ لِمَعْصِيَةِ اللهِ فَإِنَّ اللهَ يَقْبَلُ التَّوْبَةَ عَنْ عِبَادِهِ