It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Ma'iz bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah! I have committed adultery." He (peace and blessings be upon him) turned away from him, until he repeated the same thing four times. When he confessed the fifth time, he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Have you really committed adultery?" He said: "Yes." He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Do you know what adultery is?" He said: "Yes, I did with this woman unlawfully what a man does with his wife lawfully." He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "What do you want by this confession?" He said: "I want you to purify me (by carrying out Allah's prescribed punishment)." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (in view of the gravity of the matter, for final confirmation) asked: "Did you insert that part of yours into that part of hers, just as the kohl stick disappears into the kohl container and the stick into something?" He said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allah!" So he (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that he be stoned, and he was stoned. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) heard two men talking, one of whom was saying to his companion: "Did you see this man? Allah had concealed his sin, but his own self did not leave him alone until he was stoned like a dog." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) walked on a little until he passed by the carcass of a donkey, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Where are so-and-so and so-and-so? Come down and eat from this dead donkey." The two of them said: "May Allah forgive you, O Messenger of Allah! Can this (carcass) be eaten?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The attack on your brother's honour that you made a little while ago is far more grievous than eating this. By the One in whose hand is my soul! He (Ma'iz) is at this moment plunging into the rivers of Paradise."
Hadith Referenceمسند أبي يعلى الموصلي / مسند أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه / 6140
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده ضعيف
Hadith Takhrij«حکم الحدیث مسند ابی یعلی محققاً تنسیق حسين سليم أسد - مکتبہ شاملہ :قال حسين سليم أسد: إسناده ضعيف . » «قال سعيد بن محمد السناري: ضعيف بهذا السياق والتمام» «أخرجه سنن أبي داود برقم: 4428، وأخرجه صحيح ابن حبان برقم: 4399، 4400، مسند ابویعلیٰ ترقیم الاثری: 6114»