Sahih al-Bukhari · The Book of Al-Maharbeen

28- بَابُ هَلْ يَقُولُ الإِمَامُ لِلْمُقِرِّ لَعَلَّكَ لَمَسْتَ أَوْ غَمَزْتَ:

(28) Chapter. Can a ruler say to the one who confesses his crime of adultery, “Can’t be that you have only touched the lady or winked at her?"

1 hadith · references 6824–6824

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Bukhari · 6824لَمَّا أَتَى مَاعِزُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ لَهُ :When Ma'iz bin Malik came to the Prophet (in order to confess), the Prophet (ﷺ) said to him, "Probably you have only kissed (the lady), or winked, or looked at her?" He said, "No, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)!" The Prophet sa6 narrators