حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَکْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ جَائَ مَاعِزُ بْنُ مَالِکٍ إِلَی النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ إِنِّي زَنَيْتُ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنِّي قَدْ زَنَيْتُ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنِّي زَنَيْتُ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ قَدْ زَنَيْتُ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ حَتَّی أَقَرَّ أَرْبَعَ مَرَّاتٍ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ أَنْ يُرْجَمَ فَلَمَّا أَصَابَتْهُ الْحِجَارَةُ أَدْبَرَ يَشْتَدُّ فَلَقِيَهُ رَجُلٌ بِيَدِهِ لَحْيُ جَمَلٍ فَضَرَبَهُ فَصَرَعَهُ فَذُکِرَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِرَارُهُ حِينَ مَسَّتْهُ الْحِجَارَةُ فَقَالَ فَهَلَّا تَرَکْتُمُوهُ
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 2554
It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said: "Ma'iz bin Malik came to the Prophet and said: 'I have committed fornication,' and he (the Prophet ) turned away from him. He said: 'I have committed fornication,' and he turned away from him. He said: 'I have committed fornication,' and he turned away from him. Then, he said: I have committed fornication, he turned away until when he had confessed four times , he ordered that he should be stoned. When he was being struck with the stones, he ran away, but a man caught up with him who had a camel’s jawbone in his hand; he struck him and he fell down. The Prophet was told about. How he fled when the stones hit him, and he said: 'Why did you not let him be?”
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020