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tabarani:15720ʿAbdān b. Aḥmad > al-ʿAbbās b. al-Walīd al-Narsī > Zakariyyā b. Yaḥyá > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Ḥumayd > Abū al-Malīḥ > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

[Machine] A woman came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have committed adultery." She repeated this several times. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Which one of you will shelter her?" A man from the people said, "I will, O Messenger of Allah." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Take her away and be patient with her. When she gives birth, bring her to me." So, he took her to the Prophet ﷺ after she had given birth. The Prophet ﷺ ordered that she be stoned to death. Then he said to his companions, "Come forward and offer the funeral prayer for her." Umar said, "O Messenger of Allah, will you pray for her?" He said, "She has repented in such a way that if it were to be divided among seventy of the people of Madinah, it would suffice them."  

الطبراني:١٥٧٢٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ ثنا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ النَّرْسِيُّ ثنا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ أَبِي حُمَيْدٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي الْمَلِيحِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ

أَتَتِ امْرَأَةٌ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّهَا زَنَتْ فَقَالَتْ ذَلِكَ مِرَارًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَيُّكُمْ يَأْوِي هَذِهِ؟» قَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ «فَانْطَلِقْ بِهَا فَلْتَكُنْ تُمْهِلْ فَإِذَا وَضَعَتْ فَائْتِنِي بِهَا» فَأَتَى بِهَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بَعْدَمَا وَضَعَتْ فَأَمَرَ بِهَا فَرُجِمَتْ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ «تَقَدَّمُوا فَصَلُّوا عَلَيْهَا» قَالَ عُمَرُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَتُصَلِّي عَلَيْهَا؟ قَالَ «لَقَدْ تَابَتْ تَوْبَةً لَوْ تَابَهَا سَبْعُونَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَة لَقُبِلَ مِنْهُمْ»  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ibn Ḥibbān
nasai:1957Ismāʿīl b. Masʿūd > Khālid > Hishām > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Qilābah > Abū al-Muhallab > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

a woman from Juhainah came to the Messenger of Allah sand said: "I have committed Zina." And she was committed Zina." And She was pregnant. He handed her over to her guardian and said: "Look after her, and when she gave birth, he brought her to him. He ordered that her garment be wrapped around her, then he offered the funeral prayer for her. 'Umar said to him: "Are you praying for her even though she committed Zina?" he said: "She has repented in a manner that, if it were to be shared among seventy of the people of Al-Madinah it would suffice them. Have you ever seen repentance better than the one who sacrificed herself for the sake of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime?"  

النسائي:١٩٥٧أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُهَلَّبِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً مِنْ جُهَيْنَةَ أَتَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ إِنِّي زَنَيْتُ وَهِيَ حُبْلَى فَدَفَعَهَا إِلَى وَلِيِّهَا فَقَالَ أَحْسِنْ إِلَيْهَا فَإِذَا وَضَعَتْ فَائْتِنِي بِهَا فَلَمَّا وَضَعَتْ جَاءَ بِهَا فَأَمَرَ بِهَا فَشُكَّتْ عَلَيْهَا ثِيَابُهَا ثُمَّ رَجَمَهَا ثُمَّ صَلَّى عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ أَتُصَلِّي عَلَيْهَا وَقَدْ زَنَتْ فَقَالَ لَقَدْ تَابَتْ تَوْبَةً لَوْ قُسِمَتْ بَيْنَ سَبْعِينَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ لَوَسِعَتْهُمْ وَهَلْ وَجَدْتَ تَوْبَةً أَفْضَلَ مِنْ أَنْ جَادَتْ بِنَفْسِهَا لِلَّهِ ﷻ  

ahmad:19903Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Hishām > Yaḥyá > Abū Qilābah > Abū al-Muhallab > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

Allah's Apostle, I have done something for which (prescribed punishment) must be imposed upon me, so impose that. Allah's Apostle ﷺ called her master and said: Treat her well, and when she delivers bring her to me. He did accordingly. Then Allah's Apostle ﷺ pronounced judgment about her and her clothes were tied around her and then he commanded and she was stoned to death. He then prayed over her (dead body). Thereupon Umar said to him: Allah's Apostle, you offer prayer for her, whereas she had committed adultery! Thereupon he said: She has made such a repentance that if it were to be divided among seventy men of Medina, it would be enough. Have you found any repentance better than this that she sacr ficed her life for Allah, the Majestic? (Using translation from Muslim 1696a)  

أحمد:١٩٩٠٣حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُهَلَّبِ أَنَّ عِمْرَانَ بْنَ حُصَيْنٍ حَدَّثَهُ

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ مِنْ جُهَيْنَةَ حُبْلَى مِنَ الزِّنَا فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي أَصَبْتُ حَدًّا فَأَقِمْهُ عَلَيَّ قَالَ فَدَعَا وَلِيَّهَا فَقَالَ أَحْسِنْ إِلَيْهَا فَإِذَا وَضَعَتْ فَأْتِنِي بِهَا فَفَعَلَ فَأَمَرَ بِهَا فَشُكَّتْ عَلَيْهَا ثِيَابُهَا ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِهَافَرُجِمَتْ ثُمَّ صَلَّى عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ عُمَرُ تُصَلِّي عَلَيْهَا وَقَدْ زَنَتْ فَقَالَ لَقَدْ تَابَتْ تَوْبَةً لَوْ قُسِمَتْ بَيْنَ سَبْعِينَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ لَوَسِعَتْهُمْ وَهَلْ وَجَدْتَ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ أَنْ جَادَتْ بِنَفْسِهَا لِلَّهِ؟  

darimi:2370And Hb b. Jarīr > Hishām > Yaḥyá > Abū Qilābah > Abū al-Muhallab > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

A woman belonging to the tribe of Juhaynah (according to the version of Aban) came to the Prophet ﷺ and said that she had committed fornication and that she was pregnant. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ called her guardian. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: Be good to her, and when she bears a child, bring her (to me). When she gave birth to the child, he brought her (to him). The Prophet ﷺ gave orders regarding her, and her clothes were tied to her. He then commanded regarding her and she was stoned to death. He commanded the people (to pray) and they prayed over her. Thereupon Umar said: Are you praying over her, Messenger of Allah, when she has committed fornication? He said: By Him in Whose hand my soul is, she has repented to such an extent that if it were divided among the seventy people of Medina, it would have been enough for them all. And what do you find better than the fact that she gave her life. Aban did not say in his version: Then her clothes were tied to her. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4440)   

الدارمي:٢٣٧٠حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُهَلَّبِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً مِنْ جُهَيْنَةَ أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَهِيَ حُبْلَى مِنَ الزِّنَا فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أَصَبْتُ حَدًّا فَأَقِمْهُ عَلَيَّ فَدَعَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَلِيَّهَا فَقَالَ «اذْهَبْ فَأَحْسِنْ إِلَيْهَا فَإِذَا وَضَعَتْ حَمْلَهَا فَأْتِنِي بِهَا» فَفَعَلَ فَأَمَرَ بِهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَشُكَّتْ عَلَيْهَا ثِيَابُهَا ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِهَا فَرُجِمَتْ ثُمَّ صَلَّى عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ عُمَرُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَتُصَلِّي عَلَيْهَا وَقَدْ زَنَتْ فَقَالَ «لَقَدْ تَابَتْ تَوْبَةً لَوْ قُسِمَتْ بَيْنَ سَبْعِينَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ لَوَسِعَتْهُمْ وَهَلْ وَجَدْتَ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ أَنْ جَادَتْ بِنَفْسِهَا لِلَّهِ ﷻ؟»  

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ بِأَنَّ الْحُدُودَ تَكُونُ كَفَّارَاتٍ لِأَهْلِهَا

ibnhibban:4403Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. al-Khalīl > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ibrāhīm > al-Walīd > al-Awzāʿī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Abū Qilābah from his uncle > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

a woman from Juhainah came to the Messenger of Allah sand said: "I have committed Zina." And she was committed Zina." And She was pregnant. He handed her over to her guardian and said: "Look after her, and when she gave birth, he brought her to him. He ordered that her garment be wrapped around her, then he offered the funeral prayer for her. 'Umar said to him: "Are you praying for her even though she committed Zina?" he said: "She has repented in a manner that, if it were to be shared among seventy of the people of Al-Madinah it would suffice them. Have you ever seen repentance better than the one who sacrificed herself for the sake of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime?" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1957)   

ابن حبّان:٤٤٠٣أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْخَلِيلِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ عَمِّهِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ

أَتَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ جُهَيْنَةَ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أَصَبْتُ حَدًّا فَأَقِمْهُ عَلَيَّ فَدَعَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَلِيِّهَا فَقَالَ «أَحْسِنْ إِلَيْهَا حَتَّى تَضَعَ مَا فِي بَطْنِهَا فَإِذَا وَضَعَتْ فَأْتِنِي بِهَا» فَلَمَّا وَضَعَتْ أَتَى بِهَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَمَرَ بِهَا فَشُدَّ عَلَيْهَا ثِيَابُهَا ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِهَا فَرُجِمَتْ ثُمَّ صَلَّى عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ عُمَرُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَتُصَلِّي عَلَيْهَا وَقَدْ زَنَتْ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَقَدْ تَابَتْ تَوْبَةً لَوْ قُسِمَتْ عَلَى سَبْعِينَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ لَوَسِعَتْهُمْ وَهَلْ وَجَدْتَ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ أَنْ جَادَتْ بِنَفْسِهَا لِلَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا»  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ الْحَامِلَ إِذَا أَقَرَّتْ عَلَى نَفْسِهَا بِالزِّنَى يَجِبُ أَنْ يُتَرَبَّصَ بِرَجْمِهَا إِلَى أَنْ تَضَعَ حَمْلَهَا

ibnhibban:4441ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Salm > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ibrāhīm > al-Walīd b. Muslim And ʿUmar b. ʿAbd al-Wāḥid > al-Awzāʿī > Yaḥyá > Abū Qilābah from his uncle > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

a woman from Juhainah came to the Messenger of Allah sand said: "I have committed Zina." And she was committed Zina." And She was pregnant. He handed her over to her guardian and said: "Look after her, and when she gave birth, he brought her to him. He ordered that her garment be wrapped around her, then he offered the funeral prayer for her. 'Umar said to him: "Are you praying for her even though she committed Zina?" he said: "She has repented in a manner that, if it were to be shared among seventy of the people of Al-Madinah it would suffice them. Have you ever seen repentance better than the one who sacrificed herself for the sake of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime?" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1957)   

ابن حبّان:٤٤٤١أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَلْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ وَعُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَاحِدِ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَنْ عَمِّهِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ

أَتَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ جُهَيْنَةَ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أَصَبْتُ حَدًّا فَأَقِمْهُ عَلَيَّ قَالَ فَدَعَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِوَلِيِّهَا فَقَالَ «أَحْسِنْ إِلَيْهَا حَتَّى تَضَعَ مَا فِي بَطْنِهَا فَإِذَا وَضَعَتْ فَأْتِنِي بِهَا» فَأَتَى بِهَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَمَرَ بِهَا فَشُدَّتْ عَلَيْهَا ثِيَابُهَا ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِهَا فَرُجِمَتْ ثُمَّ صَلَّى عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ عُمَرُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَتُصَلِّي عَلَيْهَا وَقَدْ زَنَتْ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَقَدْ تَابَتْ تَوْبَةً لَوْ قُسِمَتْ عَلَى سَبْعِينَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ لَوَسِعَتْهُمْ وَهَلْ وَجَدْتَ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ أَنْ جَادَتْ بِنَفْسِهَا لِلَّهِ؟ »