حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ سِمَاکٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ مَاعِزَ بْنَ مَالِکٍ حِينَ جِيئَ بِهِ إِلَی النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَجُلًا قَصِيرًا أَعْضَلَ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ رِدَائٌ فَشَهِدَ عَلَی نَفْسِهِ أَرْبَعَ مَرَّاتٍ أَنَّهُ قَدْ زَنَی فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَعَلَّکَ قَبَّلْتَهَا قَالَ لَا وَاللَّهِ إِنَّهُ قَدْ زَنَی الْآخِرُ قَالَ فَرَجَمَهُ ثُمَّ خَطَبَ فَقَالَ أَلَا کُلَّمَا نَفَرْنَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ خَلَفَ أَحَدُهُمْ لَهُ نَبِيبٌ کَنَبِيبِ التَّيْسِ يَمْنَحُ إِحْدَاهُنَّ الْکُثْبَةَ أَمَا إِنَّ اللَّهَ إِنْ يُمَکِّنِّي مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا نَکَلْتُهُ عَنْهُنَّ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 4422
Jabir 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 fornication. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Perhaps you kissed her. He said that this most discarded man has committed fornication. He said: So he had him stoned to death and gave an address, saying: Beware, whenever we go out on an expedition in the path of Allah, one of them (I. e. the people) lags behind with a bleating sound like that of a he-goat, and gives modicum of his milk (i. e. sperm) to one of the women. If Allah gives control over any of them, I shall deter him from them (i. e. women) by punishing him severely.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020