Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ أَخْبَرَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ نُعَيْمِ بنِ هَزَّالٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ كَانَ مَاعِزُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ فِي حِجْرِ أَبِي فَأَصَابَ جَارِيَةً مِنْ الْحَيِّ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبِي ائْتِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَخْبِرْهُ بِمَا صَنَعْتَ لَعَلَّهُ يَسْتَغْفِرُ لَكَ وَإِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ بِذَلِكَ رَجَاءَ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُ مَخْرَجٌ فَأَتَاهُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي زَنَيْتُ فَأَقِمْ عَلَيَّ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ الثَّانِيَةَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي زَنَيْتُ فَأَقِمْ عَلَيَّ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ الثَّالِثَةَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي زَنَيْتُ فَأَقِمْ عَلَيَّ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ الرَّابِعَةَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي زَنَيْتُ فَأَقِمْ عَلَيَّ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّكَ قَدْ قُلْتَهَا أَرْبَعَ مَرَّاتٍ فَبِمَنْ قَالَ بِفُلَانَةَ قَالَ هَلْ ضَاجَعْتَهَا قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ هَلْ بَاشَرْتَهَا قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ هَلْ جَامَعْتَهَا قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ أَنْ يُرْجَمَ قَالَ فَأُخْرِجَ بِهِ إِلَى الْحَرَّةِ فَلَمَّا رُجِمَ فَوَجَدَ مَسَّ الْحِجَارَةِ جَزَعَ فَخَرَجَ يَشْتَدُّ فَلَقِيَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أُنَيْسٍ وَقَدْ أَعْجَزَ أَصْحَابَهُ فَنَزَعَ لَهُ بِوَظِيفِ بَعِيرٍ فَرَمَاهُ بِهِ فَقَتَلَهُ قَالَ ثُمَّ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ هَلَّا تَرَكْتُمُوهُ لَعَلَّهُ يَتُوبُ فَيَتُوبَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ هِشَامٌ فَحَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ نُعَيْمِ بْنِ هَزَّالٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لِأَبِي حِينَ رَآهُ وَاللَّهِ يَا هَزَّالُ لَوْ كُنْتَ سَتَرْتَهُ بِثَوْبِكَ كَانَ خَيْرًا مِمَّا صَنَعْتَ بِهِ.
English Translation
Waki' told us, Hisham b. Sa'd told us: Yazid b. Nu'aym b. Hazzal informed me, from his father, who said: Ma'iz b. Malik was under the guardianship of my father, and he violated a slave-girl from the tribe. My father said to him: "Go to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and tell him what you did; perhaps he will seek forgiveness for you" — intending by that only to hope there might be a way out for him. So he went to him and said: "O Messenger of Allah, I have committed fornication, so carry out upon me the ordinance of the Book of Allah." He turned away from him. Then he came to him a second time and said the same. Then he came to him a third time and said the same. Then he came to him a fourth time and said the same. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "You have said it four times now — with whom?" He said: "With so-and-so." He said: "Did you lie with her?" He said: "Yes." He said: "Did you touch her intimately?" He said: "Yes." He said: "Did you have intercourse with her?" He said: "Yes." So he ordered that he be stoned. He was taken out to the lava field, and when he was stoned and felt the sting of the stones, he panicked and ran off. 'Abdullah b. Unays met him — his companions having failed to catch him — and pulled out the shin-bone of a camel and threw it at him, killing him. Then he came to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and mentioned that to him, and he said: "Why did you not leave him be? Perhaps he would have repented and Allah would have accepted his repentance." Hisham said: Yazid b. Nu'aym b. Hazzal told me, from his father, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said to my father when he saw him: "By Allah, O Hazzal, had you covered him with your garment, it would have been better than what you did to him."