A similar tradition has also been transmitted by Abu Hurrairah through a different chain of narrators. This version adds: The narrator Hasan bin “All said: The transmitters have differed in the wordings (of this tradition) reported to me. Some said: He (Ma’iz) was tied to a tree, and others said: He was made to stand.
Read More..Jabir bin Abdullah said: A man of the tribe of Asalam came to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم and made confession of fornication. He (the prophet) turned away from him. When he testified against him four times, the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: Are you mad? He said: No. he asked: Are you married? He replied: Yes. The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم then commanded regarding him and he was stoned in the place of prayer. Then when the stones hurt him, he fled, but was overtaken and stoned to death. The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم then spoke well of him and did not pray over him.
Read More..Abu Saeed said: When the Prophet (May peace e upon him) commanded to stone Ma’iz bin Malik, we took him out to Baql. I swear by Allah, we did not tie him, nor did we dig a pit for him. But he was standing before us. The narrator Abu Kamil said: So we threw at him bones, clods of mud and pieces of earthenware. He ran away and we ran after him till he came to a side of the Harrah. He stood there before us and we threw at him big stones of the Harrah until he died. He (the Prophet) did not ask forgiveness for him, nor did he speak ill of him.
Read More..Abu Nadrah said: A man came to Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم. He then mentioned a similar tradition but not completely. This version has: People began to speak ill of him but he (the Prophet) forbade them. Then they began to ask forgiveness from him, but he forbade them by saying. He is a man who had committed a sin. Allah will call him to account himself.
Read More..Buraidah said.: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم smelt the breath of Ma’iz.
Read More..Narrated Buraydah ibn al-Hasib: We, the Companions of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم, used to talk mutually: Would that al-Ghamidiyyah and Maiz ibn Malik had withdrawn after their confession; or he said: Had they not withdrawn after their confession, he would not have pursued them (for punishment). He had them stoned after the fourth (confession).
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