(وَعَنْهُ مِنْ طَرِيقٍ ثَانٍ) أَنَّهُ قَالَ أُتِيَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَنَادَاهُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي زَنَيْتُ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ فَتَنَحَّى تِلْقَاءَ وَجْهِهِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي زَنَيْتُ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ حَتَّى ثَنَّى ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِ أَرْبَعَ مَرَّاتٍ فَلَمَّا شَهِدَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ أَرْبَعَ مَرَّاتٍ دَعَاهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ أَبِكَ جُنُونٌ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَهَلْ أَحْصَنْتَ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ اذْهَبُوا بِهِ فَارْجُمُوهُ قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ فَأَخْبَرَنِي مَنْ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ كُنْتُ فِيمَنْ رَجَمَهُ فَرَجَمْنَاهُ فِي الْمُصَلَّى فَلَمَّا أَذْلَقَتْهُ الْحِجَارَةُ هَرَبَ فَأَدْرَكْنَاهُ بِالْحَرَّةِ فَرَجَمْنَا
(Second chain) A man from among the Muslims was brought to the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), while he was sitting in the mosque. The man called out: O Messenger of Allah! I have committed adultery. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) turned his face away from him in avoidance. The man came before the Prophet’s face again and said: O Messenger of Allah! I have committed adultery. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) again turned his face away from him in avoidance, until the man repeated it four times and bore witness against himself four times. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) called him and asked: Are you insane? He replied: No. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: Are you married? He replied: Yes. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Take him away and stone him. Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: I was also among those who stoned him. We stoned him at the Eid ground. When the stones struck him, he ran away, but we caught him at Harrah and stoned him.