[Machine] A woman was approached by a man in the darkness of the morning while she was heading towards the mosque. He forcefully dragged her against her will, but she sought help from a passing man who scared the man away and then a group of armed men passed by, and she sought their help. They caught the man who had attacked her and were about to punish him when they brought him to the Prophet ﷺ . She informed him that the man had assaulted her, and the people corroborated that they had caught him. The Prophet ﷺ said, "I was there to help her because of her male companion. Now you have caught me, so leave the man." She said that he was lying and it was the man who had attacked her. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Take him and stone him." A man from the crowd stood up and said, "Don't stone him because I am the one who committed the act with her." He confessed, and then three individuals, the man who had assaulted her, the one who had helped her, and the woman, gathered before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . He said to the man who had assaulted her, "As for you, you are forgiven." Then he said kind words to the man who had helped her. Umar said, "Stone the one who has confessed to committing adultery." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Verily, he has repented to Allah with a repentance that if the people of Madinah had done, it would have been accepted from them."  

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً وَقَعَ عَلَيْهَا رَجُلٌ فِي سَوَّادِ الصُّبْحِ وَهِي تَعَمِدُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ يَغْصِبُهَا عَلَى نَفْسِهَا فَاسْتَعَانَتْ بِرَجُلٍ مَرَّ عَلَيْهَا وَفَرَّ صَاحِبُهَا ثُمَّ مَرَّ عَلَيْهَا قَوْمٌ ذُو عُدَّةٍ فَاسْتَعَانَتْ بِهِمْ فَأَدْرَكُوا الَّذِي اسْتِعَانَتْ بِهِ وسَبَقَهُمُ الْآخَرُ فَأَتَوْا بِهِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرَتْهُ أَنَّهُ وَقَعَ عَلَيْهَا وَأَخْبَرَهُ الْقَوْمُ أَنَّهُمْ أَدْرَكُوهُ يَشْتَدُّ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا كُنْتُ أُعْيِنُهَا عَلَى صَاحِبِهَا فَأَدْرَكُونِي هَؤُلَاءِ فَأَخَذُونِي قَالَتْ كَذَبَ هُوَ الَّذِي وَقَعَ عَلَيَّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اذْهَبُوا بِهِ فَارْجُمُوهُ» فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ فَقَالَ لَا تَرْجُمُوهُ وَلَأَنَا الَّذِي فَعَلْتُ بِهَا الْفِعْلَ فَاعْتَرَفَ فَاجْتَمَعَ ثَلَاثَةٌ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الَّذِي وَقَعَ عَلَيْهَا وَالَّذِي أَعَانَهَا وَالْمَرْأَةُ فَقَالَ «أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَقَدْ غُفِرَ لَكَ» وَقَالَ لِلَّذِي أَعَانَها قَوْلًا حَسَنًا فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ارْجُمِ الَّذِي اعْتَرَفَ بِالزِّنَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَلَا إِنَّهُ قَدْ تَابَ إِلَى اللهِ تَوْبَةً لَوْ تَابَهَا أَهْلُ يَثْرِبَ لَقُبِلَ مِنْهُمْ»  

[Machine] A man fell upon a woman in the darkness of the morning while she was heading to the mosque. She cried out for help to a passing man, and her companion fled. Then a group of people with weapons passed by, and she called out to them for help. They caught the man she was calling to and the others arrived afterwards. They brought him to her, and he claimed to be the one she was calling to for help, and the other man had already left. They brought him to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and she informed him that the man had assaulted her, and the companions informed him that they caught the man. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "You did not do it, so there is no punishment for you. As for the one who responded to her, his statement is good." Umar said, "Should I stone the one who confessed to adultery?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "No, because he has repented to Allah. If it was the people of Madinah or people of Yathrib who had confessed, their repentance would have been accepted from them." Isra'il narrated it from Simak, and he mentioned in it that they brought him to the Prophet ﷺ . When he ordered him to be punished, her companion who fell upon her stood up and mentioned the story. Based on this narration, it is possible that he ordered his punishment and it is possible that they testified against him regarding adultery, and they erred in that until her companion stood up and confessed to adultery. Similar confessions have been found from Ma'iz, the Juhaniyyah, and the Ghameediyyah, and their punishments were not dropped. Their narrations are more numerous and well-known, and Allah knows best.  

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً وَقَعَ عَلَيْهَا رَجُلٌ فِي سَوَادِ الصُّبْحِ وَهِيَ تَعْمَدُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ فَاسْتَغَاثَتْ بِرَجُلٍ مَرَّ عَلَيْهَا وَفَرَّ صَاحِبُهَا ثُمَّ مَرَّ عَلَيْهَا قَوْمٌ ذَوُو عِدَّةٍ فَاسْتَغَاثَتْ بِهِمْ فَأَدْرَكُوا الَّذِي اسْتَغَاثَتْ بِهِ وَسَبَقَهُمُ الْآخَرُ فَذَهَبَ فَجَاءُوا بِهِ يَقُودُونَهُ إِلَيْهَا فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا أَنَا الَّذِي أَغَثْتُكِ وَقَدْ ذَهَبَ الْآخَرُ فَأَتَوْا بِهِ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرَتْهُ أَنَّهُ وَقَعَ عَلَيْهَا وَأَخْبَرَهُ الْقَوْمُ أَنَّهُمْ أَدْرَكُوهُ يَشْتَدُّ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا كُنْتُ أَغِيثُهَا عَلَى صَاحِبِهَا فَأَدْرَكُونِي هَؤُلَاءِ فَأَخَذُونِي قَالَتْ كَذَبَ هُوَ الَّذِي وَقَعَ عَلَيَّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اذْهَبُوا بِهِ فَارْجُمُوهُ قَالَ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ فَقَالَ لَا تَرْجُمُوهُ وَارْجُمُونِي أَنَا الَّذِي فَعَلْتُ بِهَا الْفِعْلَ فَاعْتَرَفَ فَاجْتَمَعَ ثَلَاثَةٌ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الَّذِي وَقَعَ عَلَيْهَا وَالَّذِي أَجَابَهَا وَالْمَرْأَةُ فَقَالَ أَمَّا أَنْتِ فَقَدْ غَفَرَ اللهُ لَكِ وَقَالَ لِلَّذِي أَجَابَهَا قَوْلًا حَسَنًا فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ أَرْجُمُ الَّذِي اعْتَرَفَ بِالزِّنَا؟ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا؛ لِأَنَّهُ قَدْ تَابَ إِلَى اللهِ أَحْسَبُهُ قَالَ تَوْبَةً لَوْ تَابَهَا أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ أَوْ أَهْلُ يَثْرِبَ لَقُبِلَ مِنْهُمْ فَأَرْسَلَهُمْ وَرَوَاهُ إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ وَقَالَ فِيهِ فَأَتَوْا بِهِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَلَمَّا أَمَرَ بِهِ قَامَ صَاحِبُهَا الَّذِي وَقَعَ عَلَيْهَا فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ فَعَلَى هَذِهِ الرِّوَايَةِ يُحْتَمَلُ أَنَّهُ إِنَّمَا أَمَرَ بِتَعْزِيرِهِ وَيُحْتَمَلُ أَنَّهُمْ شَهِدُوا عَلَيْهِ بِالزِّنَا وَأَخْطئُوا فِي ذَلِكَ حَتَّى قَامَ صَاحِبُهَا فَاعْتَرَفَ بِالزِّنَا وَقَدْ وُجِدَ مِثْلُ اعْتِرَافِهِ مِنْ مَاعِزٍ وَالْجُهَنِيَّةِ وَالْغَامِدِيَّةِ وَلَمْ يُسْقِطْ حُدُودَهُمْ وَأَحَادِيثُهُمْ أَكْثَرُ وَأَشْهَرُ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ