Sunan Abi Dawud · Prescribed Punishments (Kitab Al-Hudud)
باب رَجْمِ مَاعِزِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ
Chapter: Stoning of Ma’iz bin Malik.
20 hadith · references 4419–4439
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Abu Dawud · 4419كَانَ مَاعِزُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ يَتِيمًا فِي حِجْرِ أَبِي فَأَصَابَ جَارِيَةً مِنَ الْحَيِّ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبِي : ائْتِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَخْبِرْهُ بِمَا صَنَعْتَ لَعَلَّهُ يَسْتَغْفِرُ لَكNarrated Nuaym ibn Huzzal: Yazid ibn Nuaym ibn Huzzal, on his father's authority said: Maiz ibn Malik was an orphan under the protection of my father. He had illegal sexual intercourse with a slave-girl belonging to a cl5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4420إِنَّا لَمَّا خَرَجْنَا بِهِ فَرَجَمْنَاهُ فَوَجَدَ مَسَّ الْحِجَارَةِ ، صَرَخَ بِنَا : يَا قَوْمُ رُدُّونِي إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَإِنَّ قَوْمِي قَتَلُونِي وَغَرُّونِي مِنْ نَفْسِي ، وNarrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: Muhammad ibn Ishaq said: I mentioned the story of Maiz ibn Malik to Asim ibn Umar ibn Qatadah. He said to me: Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Abu Talib said to me: Some men of the tribe of Asl6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4421أَنَّ مَاعِزَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : إِنَّهُ زَنَى ، فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ فَأَعَادَ عَلَيْهِ مِرَارًا ، فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ ، فَسَأَلَ قَوْمَهُ : أَمَجْنُونٌ هُوَ ؟ قَالُواNarrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: Maiz ibn Malik came to the Prophet ﷺ and said that he had committed fornication and he (the Prophet) turned away from him. He repeated it many times, but he (the Prophet) turned away from him5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4422رَأَيْتُ مَاعِزَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ حِينَ جِيءَ بِهِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَجُلًا قَصِيرًا أَعْضَلَ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ رِدَاءٌ ، فَشَهِدَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ أَرْبَعَ مَرَّاتٍ أَنَّهُ قَدْ زَنَى ، فَقَالَJabir bin Samurah said: I saw Ma’iz bin Malik when he was brought to the Prophet ﷺ. He was a small and muscular man. He did not wear the loose outer garment. He made confession about him four times that he committed forn4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4423حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ ، عَنْ سِمَاكٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ ، وَالْأَوَّلُ أَتَمُّ ، قَالَ : فَرَدَّهُ مَرَّتَSimak said: I heard this tradition from Jabir bin Samurah. But the first version is more perfect. This version has: He repeated twice, Simak said: I narrated to Saeed bin Jubair. He said: He repeated it four times.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4425أَحَقٌّ مَا بَلَغَنِي عَنْكَ ؟ قَالَ : وَمَا بَلَغَكَ عَنِّي ؟ قَالَ : بَلَغَنِي عَنْكَ أَنَّكَ وَقَعْتَ عَلَى جَارِيَةِ بَنِي فُلَانٍ ، قَالَ : نَعَمْ فَشَهِدَ أَرْبَعَ شَهَادَاتٍ ، فَأَمَرَ بِهِ فَرُجِمَIbn Abbas said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked Ma’iz bin Malik: Is what I have heard about you is true? He said: What have you heard about me? He said: I have heard that you have had intercourse with a girl belonging to 5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4426شَهِدْتَ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ أَرْبَعَ مَرَّاتٍ ، اذْهَبُوا بِهِ فَارْجُمُوهُNarrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: Maiz ibn Malik came to the Prophet ﷺ and admitted fornication twice. But he drove him away. He then came and admitted fornication twice. But he drove him away. He then came and admitted forni6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4427لَعَلَّكَ قَبَّلْتَ أَوْ غَمَزْتَ أَوْ نَظَرْتَ ؟ قَالَ : لَا ، قَالَ : أَفَنِكْتَهَا ؟ قَالَ : نَعَمْ ، قَالَ : فَعِنْدَ ذَلِكَ أَمَرَ بِرَجْمِهِNarrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet ﷺ said to Maiz ibn Malik: Perhaps you kissed, or squeezed, or looked. He said: No. He then said: Did you have intercourse with her? He said: Yes. On the (reply) he (the Prophet) g11 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 4428جَاءَ الْأَسْلَمِيُّ إِلَى نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَشَهِدَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ أَنَّهُ أَصَابَ امْرَأَةً حَرَامًا أَرْبَعَ مَرَّاتٍ كُلُّ ذَلِكَ يُعْرِضُ عَنْهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَNarrated Abu Hurairah: A man of the tribe of Aslam came to the Prophet ﷺ and testified four times against himself that he had had illicit intercourse with a woman, while all the time the Prophet ﷺ was turning away from h6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4429حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَمِّ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ بِنَحْوِهِ ، زَادَ A similar tradition has also been transmitted by Abu Hurrairah through a different chain of narrators. This version adds: The narrator Hasan bin “All said: The transmitters have differed in the wordings (of this traditio6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4430فَاعْتَرَفَ بِالزِّنَا فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ ، ثُمَّ اعْتَرَفَ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ ، حَتَّى شَهِدَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ أَرْبَعَ شَهَادَاتٍ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : أَبِكَ جُنُونٌ ؟ قَالَ : لَا ،Jabir bin Abdullah said: A man of the tribe of Asalam came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and made confession of fornication. He (the prophet) turned away from him. When he testified against him four times, the Prophet ﷺ sa7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4431أَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِرَجْمِ مَاعِزِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ، خَرَجْنَا بِهِ إِلَى الْبَقِيعِ ، فَوَاللَّهِ مَا أَوْثَقْنَاهُ وَلَا حَفَرْنَا لَهُ وَلَكِنَّهُ قَامَ لَنَا ، قَالَ أَبُو كَامِلٍ : قَاAbu Saeed said: When the Prophet (May peace e upon him) commanded to stone Ma’iz bin Malik, we took him out to Baql. I swear by Allah, we did not tie him, nor did we dig a pit for him. But he was standing before us. The 7 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 4432حَدَّثَنَا مُؤَمَّلُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيل ، عَنْ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ ، عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ ، قَالَ : جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَحْوَهُ ، وَلَيْسَ بِتَمَامِهِ ، قAbu Nadrah said: A man came to Prophet ﷺ. He then mentioned a similar tradition but not completely. This version has: People began to speak ill of him but he (the Prophet) forbade them. Then they began to ask forgiveness4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4433أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ اسْتَنْكَهَ مَاعِزًاBuraidah said.: The Prophet ﷺ smelt the breath of Ma’iz.7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4434أَنَّ الْغَامِدِيَّةَ ، وَمَاعِزَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ لَوْ رَجَعَا بَعْدَ اعْتِرَافِهِمَا ، أَوْ قَالَ : لَوْ لَمْ يَرْجِعَا بَعْدَ اعْتِرَافِهِمَا لَمْ يَطْلُبْهُمَا ، وَإِنَّمَا رَجَمَهُمَا عِنْدَ الرَّابِعَةِNarrated Buraydah ibn al-Hasib: We, the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, used to talk mutually: Would that al-Ghamidiyyah and Maiz ibn Malik had withdrawn after their confession; or he said: Had they not withdrawn5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4435أَنَّهُ كَانَ قَاعِدًا يَعْتَمِلُ فِي السُّوقِ فَمَرَّتِ امْرَأَةٌ تَحْمِلُ صَبِيًّا فَثَارَ النَّاسُ مَعَهَا وَثُرْتُ فِيمَنْ ثَارَ ، فَانْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ : مNarrated Al-Lajlaj al-Amiri: I was working in the market. A woman passed carrying a child. The people rushed towards her, and I also rushed along with them. I then went to the Prophet ﷺ while he was asking: Who is the fa7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4436حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا صَدَقَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ . ح وحَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَاصِمٍ الْأَنْطَاكِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ جَمِيعًا ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ ، وَقَالَ هِشَامٌ مُحَمَّA part of tradition has also been transmitted by al-Lajlaj from the Prophet ﷺ through a different chain of narrators.8 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 4437أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَاهُ فَأَقَرَّ عِنْدَهُ أَنَّهُ زَنَى بِامْرَأَةٍ سَمَّاهَا لَهُ ، فَبَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَى الْمَرْأَةِ ، فَسَأَلَهَا عَنْ ذَلِكَ ؟ فَأَنْكَرَتْ أَنْ تَكُونَ زَنَتNarrated Sahl ibn Saad: A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and confessed before him that he had committed fornication with a woman whom he named. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent for the woman and asked her about it. But she denie5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4438أَنّ رَجُلًا زَنَى بِامْرَأَةٍ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَجُلِدَ الْحَدَّ ، ثُمَّ أُخْبِرَ أَنَّهُ مُحْصَنٌ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ فَرُجِمَNarrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: A man committed fornication with a woman. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered regarding him and the prescribed punishment of flogging was inflicted on him. He was then informed that he was ma12 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 4439أَنّ رَجُلًا زَنَى بِامْرَأَةٍ فَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ بِإِحْصَانِهِ فَجُلِدَ ثُمَّ عَلِمَ بِإِحْصَانِهِ فَرُجِمَJabir said: A man committed fornication with a woman. It was not known that he was married. So he was flogged. It was then known that he was married, so he was stoned to death.5 narrators