(حديث مرفوع) حَدَّثَنَا
أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا
إِسْرَائِيلُ ، عَنْ
جَابِرٍ ، عَنْ
عَامِرٍ ، عَنْ
عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبْزَى ، عَنْ
أَبِي بَكْرٍ ، قَالَ : " كُنْتُ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ جَالِسًا ، فَجَاءَ مَاعِزُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ فَاعْتَرَفَ عِنْدَهُ مَرَّةً فَرَدَّهُ ، ثُمَّ جَاءَهُ فَاعْتَرَفَ عِنْدَهُ الثَّانِيَةَ فَرَدَّهُ ، ثُمَّ جَاءَهُ فَاعْتَرَفَ الثَّالِثَةَ فَرَدَّهُ ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ : إِنَّكَ إِنْ اعْتَرَفْتَ الرَّابِعَةَ رَجَمَكَ ، قَالَ : فَاعْتَرَفَ الرَّابِعَةَ ، فَحَبَسَهُ ، ثُمَّ سَأَلَ عَنْهُ ، فَقَالُوا : مَا نَعْلَمُ إِلَّا خَيْرًا ، قَالَ : فَأَمَرَ بِرَجْمِهِ " .
Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that once I was sitting in the gathering of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when Ma'iz bin Malik came and confessed to adultery once before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent him back. The same happened the second time. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent him back the third time, I said to him: If you confess a fourth time, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) will order the punishment of stoning for you. However, he came and confessed his crime a fourth time as well. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stopped him and inquired about him from the people. The people said that we only know good about him. In any case, according to the prescribed procedure, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered him to be stoned.