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@Fallen King
Are you referring to the following?
Sahih Muslim Book 017, Hadith Number 4206.
Chapter : He who confesses his guilt of adultery.
'Abdullah b. Buraida reported on the authority of his father that Ma'iz b. Malik al-Aslami came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and said: Allah's Messenger, I have wronged myself ; I have committed adultery and I earnestly desire that you should purify me. He turned him away. On the following day, he (Ma'iz) again came to him and said: Allah's Messenger, I have committed adultery. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) turned him away for the second time, and sent him to his people saying: Do you know if there is anything wrong with his mind. They denied of any such thing in him and said: We do not know him but as a wise good man among us, so far as we can judge. He (Ma'iz) came for the third time, and he (the Holy Prophet) sent him as he had done before. He asked about him and they informed him that there was nothing wrong with him or with his mind. When it was the fourth time, a ditch was dug for him and he (the Holy Prophet) pronounced judgment about him. He (the narrator) said: There came to him (the Holy Prophet) a woman from Ghamid and said: Allah's Messenger, I have committed adultery, so purify me. He (the Holy Prophet) turned her away. On the following day she said: Allah's Messenger, Why do you turn me away? Perhaps, you turn me away as you turned away Ma'iz. By Allah, I have become pregnant. He said: Well, if you insist upon it, then go away until you give birth to (the child). When she was delivered she came with the child (wrapped) in a rag and said: Here is the child whom I have given birth to. He said: Go away and suckle him until you wean him. When she had weaned him, she came to him (the Holy Prophet) with the child who was holding a piece of bread in his hand. She said: Allah's Apostle, here is he as I have weaned him and he eats food. He (the Holy Prophet) entrusted the child to one of the Muslims and then pronounced punishment. And she was put in a ditch up to her chest and he commanded people and they stoned her. Khalid b Walid came forward with a stone which he flung at her head and there spurted blood on the face of Khalid and so he abused her. Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) heard his (Khalid's) curse that he had hurried upon her. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Khalid, be gentle. By Him in Whose Hand is my life, she has made such a repentance that even if a wrongful tax-collector were to repent, he would have been forgiven. Then giving command regarding her, he prayed over her and she was buried
http://hadithcollection.com/sahihmuslim/145-Sahih Muslim Book 17. Punishments Prescribed By Islam/12549-sahih-muslim-book-017-hadith-number-4206.html
What is the status of the hadith you posted?, is it a Da'eef/Weak or Maudu/fabricated, forged or Hasan/good or Sahih/Authentic, Hadiths are historical documents and one cannot simply post it without verifying the validation criteria's set behind it and one such criteria's is that a hadith can never contradict the Quran, here I'll post a better answer for this.
"Checking authenticity of hadith needs expertise and it is not a simple matter that one can do on himself/herself so a non-expert should be very careful in stating and using hadith. There is an Islamic science that studies hadith and their authenticity and it is dependent on several other Islamic sciences
Hadithes are historical documents. The way to check the authenticity of a hadith is similar to the way of checking for the authenticity of other historical documents. A major difference is that many hadith has been preserved orally and not in a written form at least for the early centuries so there is no written document dating back to the original time the hadith has been stated. But still some means of checking authenticity of documents still apply, for example existence of multiple independent lines of narration from the source increases the confidence in the authenticity. Usually the persons who have narrated the hadith are also important for confidence.
Another basic rule for checking authenticity is that hadith should not contradict what is said in Quran so one also needs to be knowledgeable in Quran and its interpretation which is again a non-trivial Islamic science.
There are several major collections of hadith. Some of these are solely collection of all hadith that the author was aware of without vetting for authenticity (the main reason making all claimed hadith available for experts without bias). Others are collections where various amounts of vetting is performed. There are some hadith collection which are considered more reliable (though even in those books you may find contradictory hadith).
- Sahih Bukhari by Imam Bukhari,
- Sahih Muslim by Muslim b. al-Hajjaj (d. 875),
- Sunan al-Sughra by al-Nasa'i,
- Sunan Abu Dawood by Abu Dawood,
- Jami al-Tirmidhi by al-Tirmidhi,
- Sunan ibn Majah by Ibn Majah.
http://www.islamic-awareness.org/Hadith/Ulum/asb7.html
Thank you Sir for the clarification.
This specific act is totally unacceptable as the witnesses have not been produced in this case.
Firstly the punishment for any crime if proven guilty is carried out by law not by any individual and secondly keep in mind that adultery and acting indecently (provocative clothes etc) are two different things and as the verse you yourself posted the punishment for acting indecently is confined to the house until she repents provided the 4 reliable witnesses are produced and all the criteria's set for the accuser are met.
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