السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب الحدود
Book of Legal Punishments
باب: المعترف بالزنا يرجع عن إقراره فيترك
One who confesses to zina and retracts his confession is left alone
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أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، أنبأ أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الْفَقِيهُ، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ خَشْرَمٍ، ثنا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: جَاءَ مَاعِزٌ الْأَسْلَمِيُّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: إِنِّي زَنَيْتُ، فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ، وَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ قَالَ: " اذْهَبُوا بِهِ فَارْجُمُوهُ " فَلَمَّا وَجَدَ مَسَّ الْحِجَارَةِ فَرَّ يَشْتَدُّ، فَمَرَّ رَجُلٌ مَعَهُ لَحْيُ بَعِيرٍ، فَضَرَبَهُ فَقَتَلَهُ، فَذُكِرَ فِرَارُهُ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: " أَفَلَا تَرَكْتُمُوهُ ".
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that Ma'iz al-Aslami (may Allah be pleased with him) came and confessed to adultery before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); then he narrated the full hadith. At the end of it is that when the stones struck him he ran, but he was caught at al-Harrah and struck with a camel's bone, and he died. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was told about his running away, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Why did you not leave him!"
أَخْبَرَنَاهُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ، أنبأ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ، ثنا تَمْتَامٌ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ غَالِبٍ، ثنا أَبُو حُذَيْفَةَ، ثنا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ نُعَيْمِ بْنِ هَزَّالٍ الْأَسْلَمِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ فِي مَاعِزٍ لَمَّا ذَهَبَ: " هَلَّا تَرَكْتُمُوهُ، فَلَعَلَّهُ ⦗٣٩٨⦘ يَتُوبُ فَيَتُوبَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ " وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " يَا هَزَّالُ لَوْ كُنْتَ سَتَرْتَ عَلَيْهِ بِثَوْبِكَ لَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَكَ مِمَّا صَنَعْتَ ".
Sayyiduna Nu'aym bin Hazzal (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that when Ma'iz (may Allah be pleased with him) had been caught after running away and was stoned, he (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. O Hazzal, had you covered him with your garment, it would have been better than what you did."
