Maez bin Malik came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "Messenger of Allah, purify me."The Prophet replied, "Woe to you, go back, seek Allah's forgiveness, and repent to Him."He went back a short distance, then returned and said, "Messenger of Allah, purify me."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Woe to you, go back, seek Allah's forgiveness, and repent to Him."He went back a short distance, then came again and said, "Messenger of Allah, purify me."The Prophet ﷺ responded the same way. When it was the fourth time, the Messenger of Allah said to him, "Of what shall I purify you?"He answered, "Of fornication."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked whether he was insane, and was told that he was not. He asked, "Has he been drinking wine?" A man stood up and smelled his breath but found no scent of wine on him.The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then asked, "Have you committed fornication?"He said, "Yes."So the Prophet ordered that he be stoned, and he was stoned.The people were divided into two groups concerning him. One group said, "He is doomed, his sin has encompassed him." Another said, "No repentance is better than the repentance of Maaz. He came to the Prophet ﷺ, placed his hand in his hand, and said, 'Kill me with stones.'"They remained in this state for two or three days. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came while they were sitting, greeted them, and sat down. He said, "Seek forgiveness for Maez bin Malik."They said, "May Allah forgive Maez bin Malik."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "He has repented a repentance which, if divided among a whole nation, would suffice them."Then a woman from Ghamid of Azd came to him and said, "Messenger of Allah, purify me."He said, "Woe to you, go back, seek Allah's forgiveness, and repent to Him."She said, "I see that you wish to turn me away as you turned away Maez bin Malik."He asked, "What is your situation?"She replied that she was pregnant from fornication.He asked, "Is it really you?"She said, "Yes."He told her, "Wait until you give birth to what is in your womb."A man from the Ansar took responsibility for her until she gave birth. Then he came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "The Ghamidi woman has given birth."The Prophet said, "In that case, we will not stone her and leave her infant with no one to nurse him."A man from the Ansar stood up and said, "His nursing is upon me, Prophet of Allah."So she was stoned.
و حدثني محمد بن العلاء الهمداني حدثنا يحيى بن يعلى وهو ابن الحارث المحاربي عن غيلان وهو ابن جامع المحاربي عن علقمة بن مرثد
جاء ماعز بن مالك إلى النبي ﷺ فقال يا رسول الله طهرني فقال ويحك ارجع فاستغفر الله وتب إليه قال فرجع غير بعيد ثم جاء فقال يا رسول الله طهرني فقال رسول الله ﷺ ويحك ارجع فاستغفر الله وتب إليه قال فرجع غير بعيد ثم جاء فقال يا رسول الله طهرني فقال النبي ﷺ مثل ذلك حتى إذا كانت الرابعة قال له رسول الله فيم أطهرك فقال من الزنى فسأل رسول الله ﷺ أبه جنون فأخبر أنه ليس بمجنون فقال أشرب خمرا فقام رجل فاستنكهه فلم يجد منه ريح خمر قال فقال رسول الله ﷺ أزنيت فقال نعم فأمر به فرجم فكان الناس فيه فرقتين قائل يقول لقد هلك لقد أحاطت به خطيئته وقائل يقول ما توبة أفضل من توبة ماعز أنه جاء إلى النبي ﷺ فوضع يده في يده ثم قال اقتلني بالحجارة قال فلبثوا بذلك يومين أو ثلاثة ثم جاء رسول الله ﷺ وهم جلوس فسلم ثم جلس فقال استغفروا لماعز بن مالك قال فقالوا غفر الله لماعز بن مالك قال فقال رسول الله ﷺ لقد تاب توبة لو قسمت بين أمة لوسعتهم قال ثم جاءته امرأة من غامد من الأزد فقالت يا رسول الله طهرني فقال ويحك ارجعي فاستغفري الله وتوبي إليه فقالت أراك تريد أن ترددني كما رددت ماعز بن مالك قال وما ذاك قالت إنها حبلى من الزنى فقال آنت قالت نعم فقال لها حتى تضعي ما في بطنك قال فكفلها رجل من الأنصار حتى وضعت قال فأتى النبي ﷺ فقال قد وضعت الغامدية فقال إذا لا نرجمها وندع ولدها صغيرا ليس له من يرضعه فقام رجل من الأنصار فقال إلي رضاعه يا نبي الله قال فرجمها