It is narrated from Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "The old man and the old woman (when they commit adultery), stone them both without fail."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jundub al-Khayr (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The prescribed punishment (hadd) of the sorcerer is a single strike with the sword (execution)." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration. Although the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) left aside the hadith of Isma'il bin Muslim, this is a rare (gharib) and sahih narration. And there is a sahih supporting narration (shahid) on the condition of the two Shaykhs to the contrary of this (that is, concerning the effect of sorcery).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Zayd bin Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man used to come in to visit the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He cast a spell on him (peace and blessings be upon him) and tied knots (in a thread), then he threw it into the well of a man from the Ansar. So two angels came to him (peace and blessings be upon him) to visit him (peace and blessings be upon him) in his illness. One of them sat at his (peace and blessings be upon him) head and the other at his feet. One of them asked: Do you know what ails him (peace and blessings be upon him)? The other said: So-and-so, who used to come in to him (peace and blessings be upon him), has bewitched him (peace and blessings be upon him) by tying knots and has thrown it into the well of so-and-so the Ansari. If he (peace and blessings be upon him) were to send someone, he would bring those knots out from there. (So this was done), and it was found that the water there had turned yellow. The narrator said: He (peace and blessings be upon him) took those knots and untied them (and the effect of the sorcery ended). That man continued to come in to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) after that, but he (peace and blessings be upon him) never mentioned it to him, nor did he reproach him. This hadith is sahih on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Hasan al-Basri that one of the governors of Kufah called a sorcerer who was performing tricks in front of the people. When the news reached Sayyiduna Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him), he came with his sword, which he had hidden in his garments. When he saw him, he killed him with a single blow of the sword. The people scattered from there, and he said: "O people, do not be alarmed; I only intended to strike the sorcerer." The governor seized him and imprisoned him. When this reached Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: "Both of them did wrong. It did not befit this governor, being a leader (imam) who is followed, to call a sorcerer to perform tricks before him, and nor was it proper for this one (Jundub) to correct or rebuke his governor with the sword."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Ma'iz bin Malik: "Woe to you! Perhaps you only kissed, or touched, or winked, or merely looked?" He said: No. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Did you really do that (act)?" He said: Yes. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that he be stoned (rajm). This hadith is sahih on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Ma'iz came to a man from the Muslims and said: I have committed an indecent act; what do you advise me? The man said: Go to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) so that he may pray for forgiveness for you. When Ma'iz came and informed the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he (peace and blessings be upon him) disliked what he said. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked the people who were with him: "Does this companion of yours have some mental disorder (madness)?" Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: I was looking at the people so that I might signal to them (to keep silent), but none of them paid any attention to me. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Ma'iz: "Perhaps you only kissed her?" He said: No. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Did you touch her?" He said: No. He (peace and blessings be upon him) inquired: "Did you do that (act) with her?" and he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not use an allusion in it (but asked explicitly). He said: Yes. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Stone him." The narrator said: While he was being stoned, the very man to whom Ma'iz had gone for advice struck him with a bone. Ma'iz fell, turned towards him and said: "May Allah destroy you! It was you who exposed me (before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)), and now it is you who are stoning me."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Buraydah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when Ma'iz bin Malik of the Aslam tribe came and said: O Messenger of Allah, I have committed adultery, and I want you to purify me (by imposing the punishment). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Go back." He went back and came again three times. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent a man to his people and asked about him. They praised him. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "How is his intellect? Is he not insane?" They said: By Allah, no, and they praised his intellect and his religion. When he came the fourth time, he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked his people again, and they gave the same answer. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the order, and a pit was dug for him up to his chest, and then he was stoned. This hadith is sahih on the condition of Imam Muslim, because he used Bashir bin Muhajir as evidence.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that Ma'iz bin Malik came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: I have committed an indecent act. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) turned him away several times, and asked his people: "Is there anything wrong with him (a mental disorder)?" They said: There is nothing wrong with him, except that he has committed a deed from which he sees no way of deliverance except by having the prescribed punishment (hadd) imposed on him. Abu Sa'id said: He (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered us, so we took him to Baqi' al-Gharqad. We neither dug a pit for him nor tied him up. We began pelting him with potsherds, bones and stones. When he was hurt, he ran, and we ran after him until he stood facing us at al-Harrah. Then we pelted him with large rocks until he fell silent (died). Then in the evening the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) delivered a sermon; he praised and extolled Allah and said: "Amma ba'd (to proceed): What is the matter with people that, when we go out on a military expedition, one of them stays behind among our families making noises like a billy goat (seeking immorality)? Know that whoever such is brought to me, I will give him an exemplary punishment." The narrator said: Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) came down from the pulpit. He (peace and blessings be upon him) neither reviled Ma'iz nor sought forgiveness for him. This hadith is sahih on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from the son of Hazzal that his father said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Hazzal, had you covered him with your garment (that is, kept his fault concealed), it would have been better for you." Yahya said: When I narrated this hadith in a gathering in which Hazzal's grandson Yazid bin Nu'aym was present, he said: This hadith is true, and it is the narration of my grandfather himself. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that it was said to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): When Ma'iz began to feel the blows of the stones and the pangs of death, he ran away. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Why did you not let him go?" This hadith is sahih on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.