وَفِي رِوَايَةِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ: جَاءَ مَاعِرُ بْنُ مَالِكَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ عَلَى فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ طَهِّرْنِي، فَقَالَ: ( (وَيُحَكَ، ارْجِعُ فَاسْتَغْفِرِ اللَّهَ وَتُبُ إِلَيْهِ))) قَالَ: فَرَجَعَ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ ثُمَّ جَاءَ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ طَهِّرُنِي، [قَالَ] : (The Prophet said: ((And be flogged)) Go back and seek Allah’s forgiveness and repent to Him)) He said: He went back not far and then came and said: O Messenger of Allah, purify me. The Prophet said the same until the fourth time, the Messenger of Allah said to him: ((From what shall I purify you?)) He said: From adultery. The Messenger of Allah said: ((Is he insane?)) He was informed that he was not insane, so he said: ((Has he drunk wine?)) A man stood up and smelled him but found no smell of wine. He said: The Messenger of Allah said: ((Have you committed adultery?)) He said: Yes. He ordered him and he was stoned. The people were divided into two groups: one saying: He is doomed, his sin has encompassed him, and the other saying: Repentance is better than the repentance of Ma’iz. He came to the Messenger of Allah and placed his hand in his hand, then said: Stone me with stones. They stayed with that for two or three days. Then the Messenger of Allah came while they were sitting, greeted them, then sat and said: Seek forgiveness for Ma’iz bin Malik. They said: May Allah forgive Ma’iz bin Malik. He said: He has repented a repentance that if divided among a nation, it would suffice them. Then a woman from Ghamid from the Azd came and said: O Messenger of Allah, purify me. He said: ((And be flogged, go back and you will be forgiven by Allah and repent to Him)) She said: I see you want to turn me away as you turned away Ma’iz bin Malik. He said: ((What is that?)) She said: I am pregnant from adultery. He said: ((Have you committed adultery?)) She said: Yes. He said to her: ((Be patient until you give birth to what is in your womb)). A man from the Ansar took her custody until she gave birth. He said: The Prophet came and said: The Ghamidiya woman has given birth. He said: ((Then do not stone her and leave her child small, there is no one to nurse him)). A man from the Ansar stood up and said: I will nurse him, O Prophet of Allah. He said: Then she was stoned.
Narrated by Sulaiman bin Buraidah from his father, who said that Ma’iz bin Malik came to the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah, purify me. He said: “You have a great regret upon you, go back, seek Allah’s forgiveness and repent.” The narrator said he went a little distance then returned and said: O Messenger of Allah, purify me. He said the same. When it happened the fourth time, the Messenger of Allah asked: “From what shall I purify you?” He said: From adultery. The Prophet asked: “Is he insane?” He was told he was not insane. He asked: “Has he drunk wine?” A man stood up and smelled him but found no smell of wine. The Prophet said: “Have you committed adultery?” He said yes. The narrator said the Prophet ordered for him and he was stoned. People were divided into two groups: one saying he is doomed, his sin has encompassed him; the other saying there is no repentance better than Ma’iz’s repentance. He came to the Prophet, placed his hand in his hand, then said: Stone me with stones. The narrator said they stayed with that for two or three days. Then he came to the Prophet while people were sitting, greeted and sat. The Prophet said: Pray for forgiveness for Ma’iz bin Malik. They said: May Allah forgive Ma’iz bin Malik. The Prophet said: He has repented a repentance that if divided among a nation, it would suffice them. The narrator said then a woman from the tribe of Azd from Ghamid came and said: O Messenger of Allah, purify me. He said: “You have regret, go back and seek Allah’s forgiveness and repent.” She said: I think you will turn me away as you turned away Ma’iz bin Malik. He said: “What is that?” She said: I am pregnant from adultery. He asked: “Have you committed adultery?” She said yes. He said: “Be patient until you give birth to what is in your womb.” A man from the Ansar took her custody until she gave birth. The narrator said the custodian came to the Prophet and said the Ghamidi woman has given birth. The Prophet said: “We will not stone her now, leaving her child small with no one to nurse him?” A man from the Ansar stood up and said: O Prophet of Allah, I will nurse him. The narrator said then she was stoned.
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Benefits:
1. The adulterer is filled with the filth of sin; flogging or stoning purifies him from this filth.
2. How restless is the sinner that he does not find peace without the punishment being carried out, whereas our condition is that whether the sin is new or old, it holds the same weight.
3. Pure repentance is a beneficial antidote for major sins.
4. Nothing said in a state of intoxication is trustworthy nor will any action be taken based on it.
5. When the sinful adulterer is punished, the public has two kinds of mindsets: ① To curse the adulterer for his sin. ② To consider the punishment as expiation and that it is accepted by Allah. Stoning is expiation for sin, so this is the status of sincere repentance by which a person is saved forever.
