His father reported that Maez bin Malik was an orphan under the care of my father. He had relations with a slave girl from the neighborhood, so my father said to him, "Go to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and tell him what you have done. Perhaps he will seek forgiveness for you." He intended by this only the hope that it might provide a way out for him.So Maez went to him and said, "Messenger of Allah, I have committed fornication, so apply to me the prescribed punishment of Allah."The Prophet turned away from him.Then he came back and said, "Messenger of Allah, I have committed fornication, so apply to me the prescribed punishment of Allah."He turned away from him again.Then he came back and said, "Messenger of Allah, I have committed fornication, so apply to me the prescribed punishment of Allah."He repeated this four times. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "You have said it four times. With whom?"He answered, "With so-and-so."The Prophet asked, "Did you lie down with her?"He replied, "Yes."He asked, "Did you have direct contact with her?"He replied, "Yes."He asked, "Did you have intercourse with her?"He replied, "Yes."So the Prophet ordered that he be stoned. He was taken out to the Harrah, and when he was being stoned and felt the impact of the stones, he panicked and fled at a run. Abdullah bin Unays met him after his companions had grown unable to catch him, so he pulled out a camel's leg bone and hurled it at him, killing him. He then came to the Prophet ﷺ and told him what had happened.The Prophet said, "Why did you not leave him? Perhaps he would have repented and Allah would have accepted his repentance."
حدثنا محمد بن سليمان الأنباري حدثنا وكيع عن هشام بن سعد قال
عن أبيه قال كان ماعز بن مالك يتيما في حجر أبي فأصاب جارية من الحي فقال له أبي ائت رسول الله ﷺ فأخبره بما صنعت لعله يستغفر لك وإنما يريد بذلك رجاء أن يكون له مخرجا فأتاه فقال يا رسول الله إني زنيت فأقم علي كتاب الله فأعرض عنه فعاد فقال يا رسول الله إني زنيت فأقم علي كتاب الله فأعرض عنه فعاد فقال يا رسول الله إني زنيت فأقم علي كتاب الله حتى قالها أربع مرار قال ﷺ إنك قد قلتها أربع مرات فبمن قال بفلانة فقال هل ضاجعتها قال نعم قال هل باشرتها قال نعم قال هل جامعتها قال نعم قال فأمر به أن يرجم فأخرج به إلى الحرة فلما رجم فوجد مس الحجارة جزع فخرج يشتد فلقيه عبد الله بن أنيس وقد عجز أصحابه فنزع له بوظيف بعير فرماه به فقتله ثم أتى النبي ﷺ فذكر ذلك له فقال هلا تركتموه لعله أن يتوب فيتوب الله عليه