سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الحدودPrescribed Punishments (Kitab Al-Hudud)
باب رَجْمِ مَاعِزِ بْنِ مَالِكٍChapter: Stoning of Ma’iz bin Malik.
Hadith 4431
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ زُرَيْعٍ . ح وحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ زَكَرِيَّا وَهَذَا لَفْظُهُ ، عَنْ دَاوُدَ ، عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ ، قَالَ : لَمَّا " أَمَرَ 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 : قَالَ فَرَمَيْنَاهُ بِالْعِظَامِ وَالْمَدَرِ وَالْخَزَفِ فَاشْتَدَّ وَاشْتَدَدْنَا خَلْفَهُ ، حَتَّى أَتَى عَرْضَ الْحَرَّةِ فَانْتَصَبَ لَنَا فَرَمَيْنَاهُ بِجَلَامِيدِ الْحَرَّةِ حَتَّى سَكَتَ ، قَالَ : فَمَا اسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُ وَلَا سَبَّهُ " .
Abu 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 narrator Abu Kamil said: So we threw at him bones, clods of mud and pieces of earthenware. He ran away and we ran after him till he came to a side of the Harrah. He stood there before us and we threw at him big stones of the Harrah until he died. He (the Prophet) did not ask forgiveness for him, nor did he speak ill of him.
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
Hujjat al-Islam Hafiz Ibn Hajar rahimahullah has given preference to the narration regarding performing the funeral prayer (salat al-janazah). Hafiz Ibn Hajar has reconciled the narrations on this subject in such a way that when he (the individual) was stoned (rajm), at that time the funeral prayer was not performed.
And Allah knows best.
For details, refer to: (Fath al-Bari, Kitab al-Hudud, Bab al-Rajm bi al-Musalli, 12/159, Sharh Hadith: 6820). Imam Bukhari rahimahullah was also asked whether the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam performed the funeral prayer for Hazrat Ma'iz bin Malik radi Allahu anhu—was this correct? He replied: Yes, indeed, Ma'mar narrated this, and no one else besides him has narrated it. See: (Sahih al-Bukhari, al-Hudud, Hadith: 6820).
Hujjat al-Islam Hafiz Ibn Hajar rahimahullah has given preference to the narration regarding performing the funeral prayer (salat al-janazah). Hafiz Ibn Hajar has reconciled the narrations on this subject in such a way that when he (the individual) was stoned (rajm), at that time the funeral prayer was not performed.
And Allah knows best.
For details, refer to: (Fath al-Bari, Kitab al-Hudud, Bab al-Rajm bi al-Musalli, 12/159, Sharh Hadith: 6820). Imam Bukhari rahimahullah was also asked whether the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam performed the funeral prayer for Hazrat Ma'iz bin Malik radi Allahu anhu—was this correct? He replied: Yes, indeed, Ma'mar narrated this, and no one else besides him has narrated it. See: (Sahih al-Bukhari, al-Hudud, Hadith: 6820).
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 4431
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: From this hadith, it is understood that for stoning (rajm), it is not necessary to use only stones. Stones, clods, shards, bones, and sticks, etc.—anything by which a person can be killed—are all permissible; there is consensus among all the imams on this matter. This is because the punishment is meant to be exemplary; it is not correct to kill immediately. However, if after being struck repeatedly the person is left half-dead but his soul has not yet departed, then it is permissible to strike him with a large, heavy stone to finish him off, because "julood" refers to a large stone.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 4428
