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Sunan an-Nasai 1956 — Confession and Legal Accountability
Not Offering The Funeral Prayer For One Who Has Been Stoned To Death.
Zina Confession Hadith and the Prophet’s Careful Questions
Sunan an-Nasai : 1956
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 1956
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 .
Jabir bin `Abdullah Narrated from:
A man from Aslam came to the Prophet and confessed to committing Zina, and he turned away from him. He admitted it again, and he turned away from him. He admitted it again, and he turned away from him. Then when he had testified against himself four times, the Prophet said: "Are your crazy?" He said: "No." He said: "Have you been marred?" he said: "Yes." So the Prophet ordered that he be stoned. When the stones struck him, he ran away, but they caught up with him and stoned him and he died. Then the Prophet spoke well of him but he did not pray for him. (Shih)
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 1956In-book reference : Book 21, Hadith 139English translation : Vol. 3, Book 21, Hadith 1958
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 1956
This Hadith is searched with terms like zina confession hadith, four confessions hadith, stoning after confession, and Prophet did not pray for him. Jabir bin Abdullah narrates that a man from Aslam came to the Prophet and confessed to committing Zina. The Prophet turned away from him more than once. After the man testified against himself four times, the Prophet asked whether he was crazy, and he said no. He asked whether he had been married, and he said yes. The Prophet then ordered that he be stoned. When he ran after the stones struck him, he was caught and stoned until he died. The Prophet spoke well of him but did not offer the funeral prayer for him. The explanation should stay with the narration and not expand legal rulings beyond the text.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet did not rush after the first confession.
- He asked about the man’s mental state and marital status.
- The Prophet spoke well of him but did not pray over him.
