Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Naeem bin Hazzal narrates that Ma'iz bin Malik was brought up by my father. He committed adultery with a slave woman of the tribe, so my father said to him: Go to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and inform him about what you have done, so that he may seek forgiveness for you. And my father intended by this that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would find a way out for him. So he went to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Indeed, I have committed adultery, so establish upon me the ruling of the Book of Allah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) turned away from him, then he came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) again, until the narrator mentioned four times. Then he came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) the fourth time and said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Indeed, I have committed adultery, so establish upon me the ruling of the Book of Allah. Upon this, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Have you not said this four times? With which woman did you do this? He said: With such-and-such woman. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Did you have intercourse with her? He said: Yes. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: Did you have sexual relations with her? He said: Yes. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked again: Did you have intercourse with her? He said: Yes. The narrator says that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the order regarding him, so he was stoned, and he was taken towards the land of Harrah. When he felt the severity of the stones, he began to moan and tried to escape due to the pain. Hazrat Abdullah bin Unais met him, and indeed the companions who were killing him had become exhausted, so he took the thin part of his camel's leg and struck him with it, killing him. Then he came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and mentioned this matter before him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Why did you not leave him? Perhaps he would have repented and Allah would have accepted his repentance?