Someone said to Jabir bin Abdullah, and Jabir bin Abdullah replied, "Nephew, I am the most knowledgeable of people about this incident. I was among those who stoned the man, meaning Maaz. When we began stoning him and he felt the impact of the stones, he cried out, 'My people, take me back to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ! My own people have killed me and deceived me. They told me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would not put me to death.' But we did not stop until we had finished him off.When we returned to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and told him what the man had said, he said, 'Why did you not leave him and bring him to me? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ only wanted to verify his case.'"
حدثنا يزيد بن هارون حدثنا محمد بن إسحاق عن عاصم بن عمر بن قتادة قال
لجابر بن عبد الله فقال جابر بن عبد الله يا ابن أخي أنا أعلم الناس بهذا الحديث كنت فيمن رجم الرجل يعني ماعزا إنا لما رجمناه وجد مس الحجارة فقال أي قوم ردوني إلى رسول الله ﷺ فإن قومي هم قتلوني وغروني من نفسي وقالوا إن رسول الله ﷺ غير قاتلك قالوا فلم ننزع عن الرجل حتى فرغنا منه قال فلما رجعنا إلى رسول الله ﷺ ذكرنا له قوله فقال ألا تركتم الرجل وجئتموني به إنما أراد رسول الله ﷺ أن يتثبت في أمره