سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب الحدودThe Chapters on Legal Punishments
بَابُ : الرَّجْمِChapter: Stoning
Hadith 2554
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : جَاءَ مَاعِزُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى 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 ، حَتَّى أَقَرَّ أَرْبَعَ مَرَّاتٍ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ أَنْ يُرْجَمَ فَلَمَّا أَصَابَتْهُ الْحِجَارَةُ أَدْبَرَ يَشْتَدُّ فَلَقِيَهُ رَجُلٌ بِيَدِهِ لَحْيُ جَمَلٍ فَضَرَبَهُ فَصَرَعَهُ ، فَذُكِرَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِرَارُهُ حِينَ مَسَّتْهُ الْحِجَارَةُ فَقَالَ : " فَهَلَّا تَرَكْتُمُوهُ " .
´It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said:` “Ma`iz bin Malik came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: 'I have committed fornication,' and he (the Prophet (ﷺ)) turned away from him. He said: 'I have committed fornication,' and he turned away from him. Then, he said: I have committed fornication, and he turned away from him, 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 (ﷺ) was told about how he fled when the stones hit him and he said: 'Why did you not let him be?'”
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
➊ The crime of adultery (zina) is established through confession.
➋ In order to administer the punishment for a crime, it is necessary that the commission of the crime is known with certainty and that there remains no kind of doubt. The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) asked this person: “Do you have any complaint of insanity?” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Hudud, Chapter: The Insane Man and Woman Are Not to Be Stoned, Hadith: 6815). In addition, he asked him: “Perhaps you only kissed, or touched, or (with bad intention) looked (and you are calling this adultery and demanding the punishment for adultery)?” He replied, “No, O Messenger of Allah.” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Hudud, Chapter: Should the Imam Say to the Confessor: Perhaps You Only Touched or Winked, Hadith: 6824)
➌ From this incident, the greatness of Ma‘iz ibn Malik (radi Allahu anhu) is evident, as he accepted to give his life through the prescribed punishment (hadd) purely out of fear of Allah.
➍ On occasions of necessity, it is permissible to use such words which, in ordinary circumstances, are considered contrary to modesty.
➎ The implementation of hudud (prescribed punishments) should be carried out outside the mosque.
➏ If a person confesses to his crime himself, and then after the confession retracts it, he will not be punished. Imam Tirmidhi has derived this ruling from this incident. (Jami‘ Tirmidhi, Hudud, Chapter: What Has Been Reported Regarding Preventing the Hadd from the Confessor If He Retracts, Hadith: 1428)
➊ The crime of adultery (zina) is established through confession.
➋ In order to administer the punishment for a crime, it is necessary that the commission of the crime is known with certainty and that there remains no kind of doubt. The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) asked this person: “Do you have any complaint of insanity?” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Hudud, Chapter: The Insane Man and Woman Are Not to Be Stoned, Hadith: 6815). In addition, he asked him: “Perhaps you only kissed, or touched, or (with bad intention) looked (and you are calling this adultery and demanding the punishment for adultery)?” He replied, “No, O Messenger of Allah.” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Hudud, Chapter: Should the Imam Say to the Confessor: Perhaps You Only Touched or Winked, Hadith: 6824)
➌ From this incident, the greatness of Ma‘iz ibn Malik (radi Allahu anhu) is evident, as he accepted to give his life through the prescribed punishment (hadd) purely out of fear of Allah.
➍ On occasions of necessity, it is permissible to use such words which, in ordinary circumstances, are considered contrary to modesty.
➎ The implementation of hudud (prescribed punishments) should be carried out outside the mosque.
➏ If a person confesses to his crime himself, and then after the confession retracts it, he will not be punished. Imam Tirmidhi has derived this ruling from this incident. (Jami‘ Tirmidhi, Hudud, Chapter: What Has Been Reported Regarding Preventing the Hadd from the Confessor If He Retracts, Hadith: 1428)
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 2554
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
In the Noble Qur'an, Allah the Exalted has also described backbiting as akin to eating the flesh of one's dead Muslim brother. (: Surah al-Hujurat: 12) From this, one can gauge how repugnant an act backbiting is.
And in the following ahadith, it is mentioned that the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) remembered the one who had been punished with goodness and with good words.
In the Noble Qur'an, Allah the Exalted has also described backbiting as akin to eating the flesh of one's dead Muslim brother. (: Surah al-Hujurat: 12) From this, one can gauge how repugnant an act backbiting is.
And in the following ahadith, it is mentioned that the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) remembered the one who had been punished with goodness and with good words.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 4428
