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ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الدَّالِّ عَلَى أَنَّ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ تَوَهَّمَ فِي مَاعِزِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قِلَّةَ عَقْلٍ، وَعِلْمٍ مِمَّا يَقُولُ فَلِذَلِكَ رَدَّهُ أَرْبَعَ مَرَّاتٍ

ibnhibban:4438Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Khuzaymah > Aḥmad b. ʿAbdah al-Ḍabbī > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Dāwud b. Abū Hind > Abū Naḍrah > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

[Machine] Maa'iz ibn Malik came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "I have committed a grave sin." The Prophet ﷺ turned away from him multiple times. Maa'iz then asked the people, "Is there a punishment for me?" They replied, "There is nothing wrong with you except that you have come seeking a punishment that can only be lifted from you by establishing the prescribed punishment." Maa'iz then asked them to take him to the area of Gharkad, where they did not dig a hole or tie him up. Instead, they stoned him with pottery, bones, and clumps of earth. Maa'iz complained and struggled, but they persisted until he calmed down. Later, the Prophet ﷺ ascended the pulpit in the evening and praised Allah and spoke highly of Him. He then said, "What is wrong with people that when we engage in battle, one of them leaves their family behind, and they would have someone guardian-like as the nanny goat? By Allah, if I was to give preference to anyone in this matter, I would have preferred to take action against him." The Prophet ﷺ did not curse him nor ask for forgiveness for him.  

ابن حبّان:٤٤٣٨أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ الضَّبِّيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ

أَنَّ مَاعِزَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَصَبْتُ فَاحِشَةً فَرَدَّهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مِرَارًا قَالَ فَسَأَلَ قَوْمَهُ «أَبِهِ بَأْسٌ؟ » فَقِيلَ مَا بِهِ بَأْسٌ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ أَتَى أَمْرًا يَرَى أَنَّهُ لَا يُخْرِجُهُ مِنْهُ إِلَّا أَنْ يُقَامَ الْحَدُّ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ فَأَمَرَنَا فَانْطَلَقْنَا بِهِ إِلَى بَقِيعِ الْغَرْقَدِ قَالَ فَلَمْ نَحْفُرْ لَهُ وَلَمْ نُوثِقْهُ فَرَمَيْنَاهُ بِخَزَفٍ وَعِظَامٍ وَجَنْدَلٍ قَالَ فَاشْتَكَى فَسَعَى فَاشْتَدَدْنَا خَلْفَهُ فَأَتَى الْحَرَّةَ فَانْتَصَبَ لَنَا فَرَمَيْنَاهُ بِجَلَامِيدِهَا حَتَّى سَكَنَ فَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مِنَ الْعَشِيِّ خَطِيبًا فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَمَا بَعْدُ مَا بَالَ أَقْوَامٍ إِذَا غَزَوْنَا تَخَلَّفَ أَحَدُهُمْ فِي عِيَالِنَا لَهُ نَبِيبٌ كَنَبِيبِ التَّيْسِ أَمَا إِنَّ عَلَيَّ أَنْ لَا أُوتِيَ بِأَحَدٍ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ إِلَّا نَكَّلْتُ بِهِ» قَالَ وَلَمْ يَسُبَّهُ وَلَمْ يَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُ  


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muslim:1694aMuḥammad b. al-Muthanná > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Dāwud > Abū Naḍrah > Abū Saʿīd > a man from Aslam

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.  

مسلم:١٦٩٤aحَدَّثَنِي 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 ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَصَبْتُ فَاحِشَةً فَأَقِمْهُ عَلَىَّ فَرَدَّهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ 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 ﷺ 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 ﷺ 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 قَالَ فَمَا اسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُ وَلاَ سَبَّهُ  

hakim:8079Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Shaybānī > Yaḥyá b. Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá al-Dhuhlī > Musaddad > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Dāwud b. Abū Hind > Abū Naḍrah > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

[Machine] "A man named Ma'iz ibn Malik came to the Prophet ﷺ and confessed that he had committed a grave sin. The Prophet ﷺ turned him away repeatedly, but Ma'iz kept asking the people if there was any punishment for him. They replied that there was no punishment for him except that he had involved himself in something that he should not have and the punishment for this was to be executed. The Prophet ﷺ then ordered them to take him to the outskirts of the city and they did not dig a pit for him or tie him up, but rather they threw him with stones, bones and clods of earth until he died. After that, the Prophet ﷺ delivered a sermon and praised and thanked Allah. He then said, 'Why is it that when we launch an attack and someone among us remains behind with our families, he is not like a wet nurse who takes care of the young ones of a goat?' He further added, 'Indeed, I am not to have sexual relations with any of them. However, I apply it (the prescribed punishment) to them.' He did not curse him or ask forgiveness for him."  

الحاكم:٨٠٧٩أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ ثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الذُّهْلِيُّ ثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ ثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ

أَنَّ مَاعِزَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَصَبْتُ فَاحِشَةً فَرَدَّهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مِرَارًا فَسَأَلَ قَوْمَهُ «أَبِهِ بَأْسٌ؟» فَقَالُوا مَا بِهِ بَأْسٌ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ أَتَى أَمْرًا لَا يَرَى أَنْ يُخْرِجَهُ مِنْهُ إِلَّا أَنْ يُقَامَ عَلَيْهِ الْحَدُّ قَالَ فَأَمَرَنَا فَانْطَلَقْنَا بِهِ إِلَى بَقِيعِ الْغَرْقَدِ قَالَ فَلَمْ نَحْفِرْ لَهُ وَلَمْ نُوَثِّقْهُ فَرَمَيْنَاهُ بِخَزَفٍ وَعِظَامٍ وَجَنْدَلٍ فَاسْتَكَنَّ فَسَعَى فَاشْتَدَدْنَا خَلْفَهُ فَأَتَى الْحَرَّةَ فَانْتَصَبَ لَنَا فَرَمَيْنَاهُ بِحَلَامِيذِهَا حَتَّى سَكَنَ فَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مِنَ الْعَشِيِّ خَطِيبًا فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ «أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَمَا بَالُ أَقْوَامٍ إِذَا غَزَوْنَا فَتَخَلَّفَ أَحَدُهُمْ فِي عِيَالِنَا لَهُ نَبِيبٌ كَنَبِيبِ التَّيْسِ أَمَا إِنِّي عَلَيَّ لَا أُوتَى بِأَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ إِلَّا نَكَّلْتُ بِهِ» قَالَ فَلَمْ يَسُبَّهُ وَلَمْ يَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُ  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ» على شرط النسائي ومسلم
bayhaqi:16997Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū ʿAmr al-Ḥīrī > ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad > Isḥāq And Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Dāwud > Abū Naḍrah > Abū Saʿīd > a man from Aslam

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)   

البيهقي:١٦٩٩٧وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو عَمْرٍو الْحِيرِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ثنا إِسْحَاقُ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى عَنْ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى ثنا دَاوُدُ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَسْلَمَ

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  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى وَسُؤَالُهُ قَوْمَهُ بَعْدَ اعْتِرَافِهِ مِرَارًا دَلِيلٌ عَلَى أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَشُكُّ فِي عَقْلِهِ