That came from the words of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, "Why did you not leave him alone? You could have brought him to one of the men of Aslam whom I do not suspect of wrongdoing."He said, "I did not know this hadith."He said, "So I went to Jabir bin Abdullah and said, 'Some men from Aslam are reporting that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to them, when they told him how Maaz panicked from the stones when they struck him, "Why did you not leave him alone?" But I do not know this hadith.'"Jabir replied, "Nephew, I am the most knowledgeable of people about this hadith. I was among those who stoned the man. When we took him out and began stoning him, and he felt the touch of the stones, he cried out to us, 'My people, take me back to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ! My people have killed me and deceived me about myself. They told me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would not put me to death.' But we did not stop until we killed him. When we returned to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and informed him, he said, 'Why did you not leave him alone and bring him to me?' so that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ could verify the matter from him directly. But as for abandoning the prescribed punishment, no."He said, "So I came to understand the meaning of the hadith."
حدثنا عبيد الله بن عمر بن ميسرة حدثنا يزيد بن زريع عن محمد بن إسحق قال ذكرت لعاصم بن عمر بن قتادة قصة ماعز ابن مالك فقال لي حدثني
ذلك من قول رسول الله ﷺ فهلا تركتموه من شئتم من رجال أسلم ممن لا أتهم قال ولم أعرف هذا الحديث قال فجئت جابر بن عبد الله فقلت إن رجالا من أسلم يحدثون أن رسول الله ﷺ قال لهم حين ذكروا له جزع ماعز من الحجارة حين أصابته ألا تركتموه وما أعرف الحديث قال يا ابن أخي أنا أعلم الناس بهذا الحديث كنت فيمن رجم الرجل إنا لما خرجنا به فرجمناه فوجد مس الحجارة صرخ بنا يا قوم ردوني إلى رسول الله ﷺ فإن قومي قتلوني وغروني من نفسي وأخبروني أن رسول الله ﷺ غير قاتلي فلم ننزع عنه حتى قتلناه فلما رجعنا إلى رسول الله ﷺ وأخبرناه قال فهلا تركتموه وجئتموني به ليستثبت رسول الله ﷺ منه فأما لترك حد فلا قال فعرفت وجه الحديث