Abu Hurairah (RA) reported that a person from amongst the Muslims came to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) while he was in the mosque. He called him saying: Allah's Messenger. I have committed adultery. He (the Holy Prophet) turned away from him, He (again) came round facing him and said to him: Allah's Messenger, I have committed adultery. He (the Holy Prophet) turned away until he did that four times, and as he testified four times against his own self, Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) called him and said: Are you mad? He said: No. He (again) said: Are you married? He said: Yes. Thereupon Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Take him and stone him. Ibn Shihab (one of the narrators) said: One who had heard Jabir bin 'Abdullah saying this informed me thus: I was one of those who stoned him. We stoned him at the place of prayer (either that of 'Id or a funeral). When the stones hurt him, he ran away. We caught him in the Harra and stoned him (to death). This hadith has been narrated through another chain of transmitters.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Hurairah (RA) through other chains of transmitters.

This hadith has been narrated through another chain of transmitters.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira through other chains of transmitters.

Jabir bin ahadeeth reported: As he was being brought to Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) I saw Ma'iz bin Malik-a short-statured person with strong sinews, having no cloak around him. He bore witness against his own self four times that he had committed adultery, whereupon Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Perhaps (you kissed her or embraced her). He said: No. by God, one deviating (from the path of virtue) has committed adultery. He then got him stoned (to death), and then delivered the address: Behold, as we set out for Jihad in the cause of Allah, one of you lagged behind and shrieked like the bleating of a male goat, and gave a small quantity of milk. By Allah, in case I get hold of him, I shall certainly punish him.

Jabir bin ahadeeth reported that there was brought to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) a short-statured person with thick uncombed hair, muscular body, having a mantle around him and he had committed adultery. He turned him away twice and then made pronouncement about him and he was stoned. Then Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: We set out for Jihad in the cause of Allah and one of you lagged behind and shrieked like the bleating of a male goat and one of then (goats' gave a small quantity of milk. In case Allah gives me power over one of them, I will punish him (in such a way that it may have a deterrent effect upon others). In another narration transmitted on the authority of Sa'id b Jubair (the words are), that He (the Holy Prophet) turned him away four times."

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Jabir bin ahadeeth through another chain of transmitters with the difference that along with the mentioning (of the fact) that he (the Holy Prophet) turned him away twice, or thrice.

Ibn Abbas (RA) reported that Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said to Ma'iz bin Malik: Is it true what has reached me about you? He said: What has reached you about me? He said: It has reached me that you have committed (adultery) with the slave-girl of so and so? He said: Yes. He (the narrator) said: He testified four times. He (the Holy Prophet) then made pronouncement about him and he was stoned (to death).

Abu Sa'id reported that a person belonging to the clan of Aslam, who was called Maiz bin Malik, came to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and said: I have committed immorality (adultery), so inflict punishment upon me. Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) turned him away again and again. He then asked his people (about the state of his mind). They said: We do not know of any ailment of his except that he has committed something about which he thinks that he would not be able to relieve himself of its burden but with the Hadd being imposed upon him. He (Ma'iz) came back to Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and he commanded us to stone him. We took him to the Baqi' al-Gharqad (the graveyard of Madinah). We neither tied him nor dug any ditch for him. We attacked him with bones, with clods and pebbles. He ran away and we ran after him until he came upon the stone ground (al-Harra) and stopped there and we stoned him with heavy stones of the Harra until he became motionless (he died). He (the Holy Prophet) then addressed (us) in the evening saying: Whenever we set forth on an expedition in the cause of Allah, some one of those connected with us shrieked (under the pressure of sexual lust) as the bleating of a male goat. It is essential that if a person having committed such a deed is brought to me, I should punish him. He neither begged forgiveness for him nor cursed him.

Dawud narrated the hadith with the same chain of transmitters (and the words are): Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) stood up (to address the audience) in the evening and praised Allah, glorified Him and then said: What about the people, that as we set out on an expedition, one of you remained behind us and he shrieked like the bleating of a male goat? But he did not mention (these words): "People connected with us."