[Machine] A woman encountered a man in the darkness of the morning while she was going to the mosque, wrapped in a garment over herself. She called out for help to a passing man, so he ran away with his companion. Then, others passed by her, so she called out for help to them and they caught the man she had called out for. They reached him before the others did, and they brought him to her. She said to him, "I am the one who called out for help from you, but the other man is already gone." So they brought him to the Prophet ﷺ, and she informed him that he had encountered her. The people also informed the Prophet that they had caught him after he had made a strong escape. The Prophet said, "I had only come to the aid of her companion, so how were they able to catch me?" She said, "He is the one who encountered me." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Take him away and stone him." Then, a man from the people stood up and said, "Don't stone him, but stone me. I am the one who committed this act." So, he confessed, and three individuals gathered before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ - the one who had encountered her, the one who had come to her aid, and the woman. The Prophet said to the woman, "As for you, forgiveness has been granted to you." He said to the one who had come to her aid, "Well-spoken." Then, Umar asked, "Shouldn't we stone the one who confessed to adultery?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ refused, saying, "No, for he has repented to Allah." Abu Abdur Rahman said, "The most generous of them in narration is the hadith of Abu Umamah, which is marfu."  

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً وَقَعَ عَلَيْهَا رَجُلٌ فِي سَوَادِ الصُّبْحِ وَهِيَ تَعْمِدُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ عَكُورَةً عَلَى نَفْسِهَا فَاسْتَغَاثَتْ بِرَجُلٍ مَرَّ عَلَيْهَا وَفَرَّ صَاحِبُهَا ثُمَّ مَرَّ عَلَيْهَا ذَوُو عَدَدٍ فَاسْتَغَاثَتْ بِهِمْ فَأَدْرَكُوا الرَّجُلَ الَّذِي كَانَتِ اسْتَغَاثَتْ بِهِ فَأَخَذُوهُ وَسَبَقَهُمُ الْآخَرُ فَجَاءُوا بِهِ يَقُودُونَهُ إِلَيْهَا فَقَالَ لَهَا أَنَا الَّذِي أَغَثْتُكِ وَقَدْ ذَهَبَ الْآخَرُ قَالَ فَأَتَوْا بِهِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرَتْهُ أَنَّهُ وَقَعَ عَلَيْهَا وَأَخْبَرَ الْقَوْمُ أَنَّهُمْ أَدْرَكُوهُ يَشْتَدُّ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا كُنْتُ أُغِيثُهَا عَلَى صَاحِبِهَا فَأَدْرَكُونِي هَؤُلَاءِ فَأَخَذُونِي قَالَتْ كَذَبَ هُوَ الَّذِي وَقَعَ عَلَيَّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «انْطَلِقُوا بِهِ فَارْجُمُوهُ» فَقَامَ الرَّجُلُ مِنَ النَّاسِ فَقَالَ لَا تَرْجُمُوهُ وَارْجُمُونِي فَأَنَا الَّذِيُ فَعَلْتُ بِهَا الْفِعْلَ فَاعْتَرَفَ فَاجْتَمَعَ ثَلَاثَةٌ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الَّذِي وَقَعَ عَلَيْهَا وَالَّذِي أَغَاثَهَا وَالْمَرْأَةُ فَقَالَ أَمَّا أَنْتِ فَقَدْ غُفِرَ لَكِ وَقَالَ لِلَّذِي أَغَاثَهَا قَوْلًا حَسَنًا فَقَالَ عُمَرُ أَرْجُمُ الَّذِي اعْتَرَفَ بِالزِّنَى؟ فَأَبَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا إِنَّهُ قَدْ تَابَ إِلَى اللهِ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَجْوَدُهَا حَدِيثُ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ مُرْسَلٌ  

[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