Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 1956

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، وَنُوحُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً، مِنْ أَسْلَمَ جَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَاعْتَرَفَ بِالزِّنَا فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ ثُمَّ اعْتَرَفَ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ ثُمَّ اعْتَرَفَ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ حَتَّى شَهِدَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ أَرْبَعَ مَرَّاتٍ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ أَبِكَ جُنُونٌ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ لاَ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ أَحْصَنْتَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ نَعَمْ ‏.‏ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَرُجِمَ فَلَمَّا أَذْلَقَتْهُ الْحِجَارَةُ فَرَّ فَأُدْرِكَ فَرُجِمَ فَمَاتَ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم خَيْرًا وَلَمْ يُصَلِّ عَلَيْهِ ‏.‏

Translation

Muhammad ibn Yahya and Nuh ibn Habib narrated to us; they both said: ‘Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us, saying: Ma‘mar narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from Abu Salamah ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman, from Jabir ibn ‘Abd Allah, that a man from the tribe of Aslam came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and confessed to adultery. The Prophet turned away from him. He confessed again, and the Prophet turned away from him. He confessed a third time, and the Prophet turned away from him, until he had testified against himself four times. The Prophet asked: ‘Are you insane?’ He replied: ‘No.’ He asked: ‘Have you been married?’ He replied: ‘Yes.’ The Prophet ordered that he be stoned. When the stones struck him, he fled, but they caught him and stoned him until he died. The Prophet spoke well of him but did not pray over him.

Translation notes
  • The man is identified as being from the tribe of Aslam. The question أَحْصَنْتَ asks about his marital status, a legal condition in this report.

  • ‏ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَرُجِمَ فَلَمَّا أَذْلَقَتْهُ الْحِجَارَةُ فَرَّ فَأُدْرِكَ فَرُجِمَ فَمَاتَ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم خَيْرًا وَلَمْ يُصَلِّ عَلَيْهِ ‏.

    The witness appends ‘(Sih),’ which does not appear in the Arabic source block.

    Should this witness-only grading marker be omitted or sourced separately?