صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب الحدودThe Book of Legal Punishments
باب مَنِ اعْتَرَفَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ بِالزِّنَا:Chapter: One who confesses to Zina
وحَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ اللَّيْثِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ، عَنْ جَدِّي ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلٌ ، عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ ، وَسَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ : " أَتَى رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَنَادَاهُ ، فَقَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، إِنِّي زَنَيْتُ ، فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ فَتَنَحَّى تِلْقَاءَ وَجْهِهِ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، إِنِّي زَنَيْتُ ، فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ حَتَّى ثَنَى ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِ أَرْبَعَ مَرَّاتٍ ، فَلَمَّا شَهِدَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ أَرْبَعَ شَهَادَاتٍ دَعَاهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : أَبِكَ جُنُونٌ ؟ ، قَالَ : لَا ، قَالَ : فَهَلْ أَحْصَنْتَ ؟ ، قَالَ : نَعَمْ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : اذْهَبُوا بِهِ فَارْجُمُوهُ " ، قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ : فَأَخْبَرَنِي مَنْ ، سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، يَقُولُ : فَكُنْتُ فِيمَنْ رَجَمَهُ فَرَجَمْنَاهُ بِالْمُصَلَّى ، فَلَمَّا أَذْلَقَتْهُ الْحِجَارَةُ هَرَبَ فَأَدْرَكْنَاهُ بِالْحَرَّةِ ، فَرَجَمْنَاهُ
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported that a person from amongst the Muslims came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) while he was in the mosque. He called him saying: Allah's Messenger. I have committed adultery. He (the Holy Prophet) turned away from him, He (again) came round facing him and said to him: Allah's Messenger, I have committed adultery. He (the Holy Prophet) turned away until he did that four times, and as he testified four times against his own self, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) called him and said: Are you mad? He said: No. He (again) said: Are you married? He said: Yes. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Take him and stone him. Ibn Shihab (one of the narrators) said: One who had heard Jabir bin 'Abdullah saying this informed me thus: I was one of those who stoned him. We stoned him at the place of prayer (either that of 'Id or a funeral). When the stones hurt him, he ran away. We caught him in the Harra and stoned him (to death). This hadith has been narrated through another chain of transmitters.
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary:
Vocabulary of the Hadith:
(1)
Thani dhalika:
Repeated,
Did again.
(2)
Musalla:
Funeral place.
(3)
Adhlaqat-hu:
Put him in anxiety and distress.
Vocabulary of the Hadith:
(1)
Thani dhalika:
Repeated,
Did again.
(2)
Musalla:
Funeral place.
(3)
Adhlaqat-hu:
Put him in anxiety and distress.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 4420
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
1:
The wording of one narration is as follows:
«هلاَّ تركْتموهُ،
لعلهُ أن يتوبَ فيتوبُ اللهُ عليهِ؟» That is, why did you not leave him alone?
It is possible that he might have retracted his confession and repented,
then Allah would have accepted his repentance.
(This very portion is in accordance with the chapter heading.)
The wording of one narration is as follows:
«هلاَّ تركْتموهُ،
لعلهُ أن يتوبَ فيتوبُ اللهُ عليهِ؟» That is, why did you not leave him alone?
It is possible that he might have retracted his confession and repented,
then Allah would have accepted his repentance.
(This very portion is in accordance with the chapter heading.)
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 1428
Shaykh Safi ur-Rahman Mubarakpuri
Takhrij:
«أخرجه البخاري، الطلاق، باب الطلاق في الإغلاق...، حديث:5271، 6825، ومسلم، الحدود، باب من اعترف علي نفسه بالزني، حديث:1691.»©Explanation:
➊ Many rulings are derived from this hadith.
Among them is also this: that the punishment of stoning (rajm) for a married person guilty of fornication was pronounced by none other than the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) himself.
➋ In the ahadith, this detail is also present: that the noble Companions (radi Allahu anhum), acting upon the stoning punishment pronounced by the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), stoned that person to death.
See: (Sahih al-Bukhari, Kitab al-Talaq, Bab al-Talaq..., Hadith: 5270)
➌ From this hadith, it is also understood that for the implementation of the punishment of stoning (rajm) upon the adulterer, the testimony of four witnesses is not an essential condition; rather, if the person himself confesses to adultery, then he will also be stoned, and the enforcement of the punishment is the responsibility of the Islamic government alone.
➍ Some individuals have deduced from this hadith that, for the implementation of the hadd punishment for adultery, it is a condition that the crime of adultery be confessed four times. However, in this hadith, it is only mentioned that he confessed to the crime four times—where is it established that confessing four times is a condition? Rather, the context indicates that the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) turned away from him only due to doubt regarding this confession, or he did so in order that the person might turn back and repent from that matter which, until then, was only between Allah, the Exalted, and himself. For this reason, even his four confessions were not deemed sufficient; rather, subsequently, several questions were put to him, relating to different aspects, and several doubts were highlighted, and he was instructed in several words that could assist and support him in turning back. Or, perhaps, this confession was so that the matter would become absolutely certain and no kind of doubt or uncertainty would remain. Therefore, to make four confessions a condition for the admission of the crime, based on this hadith, is questionable.
«أخرجه البخاري، الطلاق، باب الطلاق في الإغلاق...، حديث:5271، 6825، ومسلم، الحدود، باب من اعترف علي نفسه بالزني، حديث:1691.»©Explanation:
➊ Many rulings are derived from this hadith.
Among them is also this: that the punishment of stoning (rajm) for a married person guilty of fornication was pronounced by none other than the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) himself.
➋ In the ahadith, this detail is also present: that the noble Companions (radi Allahu anhum), acting upon the stoning punishment pronounced by the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), stoned that person to death.
See: (Sahih al-Bukhari, Kitab al-Talaq, Bab al-Talaq..., Hadith: 5270)
➌ From this hadith, it is also understood that for the implementation of the punishment of stoning (rajm) upon the adulterer, the testimony of four witnesses is not an essential condition; rather, if the person himself confesses to adultery, then he will also be stoned, and the enforcement of the punishment is the responsibility of the Islamic government alone.
➍ Some individuals have deduced from this hadith that, for the implementation of the hadd punishment for adultery, it is a condition that the crime of adultery be confessed four times. However, in this hadith, it is only mentioned that he confessed to the crime four times—where is it established that confessing four times is a condition? Rather, the context indicates that the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) turned away from him only due to doubt regarding this confession, or he did so in order that the person might turn back and repent from that matter which, until then, was only between Allah, the Exalted, and himself. For this reason, even his four confessions were not deemed sufficient; rather, subsequently, several questions were put to him, relating to different aspects, and several doubts were highlighted, and he was instructed in several words that could assist and support him in turning back. Or, perhaps, this confession was so that the matter would become absolutely certain and no kind of doubt or uncertainty would remain. Therefore, to make four confessions a condition for the admission of the crime, based on this hadith, is questionable.
Source: Bulugh al-Maram: Commentary by Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri, Page: 1036
