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Jami at-Tirmidhi 1428 (Book 17, Hadith 8) #27011
Mercy in Punishment

SUMMARY: The hadith is about a man who committed adultery and was stoned to death. The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) asked why the people didn't leave him alone when he was running away from the stoning.

Narrated Abu Hurairah: "Ma'iz Al-Aslamu came to the Messenger of Allah and said that he had committed adultery, so he turned away from him. Then he approached from his other side and said: 'O Messenger of Allah! I have committed adultery'. So he turned away from him. The he came from his other side and said: 'O Messenger of Allah! I have committed adultery'. So he gave the order (for stoning) upon the fourth time. He was taken to Al-Harrah and stoned with rocks, he ran swiftly until he passed a man with a camel whip who beat him with it, and the people beat him until he died. They mentioned to the Messenger of Allah , that he ran upon feeling the rocks at the time of death. So the Messenger of Allah said: 'Why didn't you leave him?'"
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ جَاءَ مَاعِزٌ الأَسْلَمِيُّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ قَدْ زَنَى ‏.‏ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ ثُمَّ جَاءَ مِنْ شِقِّهِ الآخَرِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُ قَدْ زَنَى ‏.‏ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ ثُمَّ جَاءَ مِنْ شِقِّهِ الآخَرِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُ قَدْ زَنَى ‏.‏ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ فِي الرَّابِعَةِ فَأُخْرِجَ إِلَى الْحَرَّةِ فَرُجِمَ بِالْحِجَارَةِ فَلَمَّا وَجَدَ مَسَّ الْحِجَارَةِ فَرَّ يَشْتَدُّ حَتَّى مَرَّ بِرَجُلٍ مَعَهُ لَحْىُ جَمَلٍ فَضَرَبَهُ بِهِ وَضَرَبَهُ النَّاسُ حَتَّى مَاتَ فَذَكَرُوا ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ أَنَّهُ فَرَّ حِينَ وَجَدَ مَسَّ الْحِجَارَةِ وَمَسَّ الْمَوْتِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏ "‏ هَلاَّ تَرَكْتُمُوهُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ مِنْ غَيْرِ وَجْهٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ‏.‏ وَرُوِيَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ نَحْوَ هَذَا

TOPICS
mercy  *  punishment  *  adultery  *  stoning  *  rahmah  *  uqubat  *  zina  *  rajm

QUICK LESSONS:
Show mercy towards those being punished for their crimes .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about a man named Ma'iz Al-Aslamu who committed adultery and was taken to Al-Harrah to be stoned with rocks. He ran away from the punishment, but he was eventually caught and beaten until he died. When the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) heard of this, he asked why they didn't leave him alone when he was running away from his punishment. This hadith teaches us that even though punishments are necessary for certain crimes, we should still show mercy towards those being punished as much as possible. We should not take pleasure in punishing someone or make it more difficult than it needs to be; instead, we should try our best to show mercy and compassion towards them while still upholding justice.

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