The Story of the One Who Repented

Allah Ta'ala said,

قُلْ يَا عِبَادِيَ الَّذِينَ أَسْرَفُوا عَلَى أَنفُسِهِمْ لا تَقْنَطُوا مِن رَّحْمَةِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ جَمِيعًا إِنَّهُ هُوَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ

"Say:" O My servants who have crossed their limits, do not despair of the mercy of Allah. Indeed, Allah forgives all the sins. Lo! He is the Forgiving, the Most Merciful. (QS. Az-Zumar: 53)

From Buraidah he said,

أن ماعز بن مالك الأسلمي أتى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال: يا رسول الله إني قد ظلمت نفسي وزنيت وإني أريد أن تطهرني, فرده. فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنْ الْغَدِ أَتَاهُ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي قَدْ زَنَيْتُ فَرَدَّهُ الثَّانِيَةَ. فأرسل رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم إلى قومه فقال: أتعلمون بعقله بأسا تنكرون منه شيئا, فقالوا: ما نعلمه إلا وفي العقل من صالحينا فيما نرى. فَأَتَاهُ الثَّالِثَةَ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِمْ أَيْضًا فَسَأَلَ عَنْهُ فَأَخْبَرُوهُ أَنَّهُ لَا بَأْسَ بِهِ وَلَا بِعَقْلِهِ. فَلَمَّا كَانَ الرَّابِعَةَ حَفَرَ لَهُ حُفْرَةً ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِهِ فَرُجِمَ. قَالَ فَجَاءَتْ الْغَامِدِيَّةُ فَقَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي قَدْ زَنَيْتُ فَطَهِّرْنِي, وَإِنَّهُ رَدَّهَا. فَلَمَّا كَانَ الْغَدُ قَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لِمَ تَرُدُّنِي لَعَلَّكَ أَنْ تَرُدَّنِي كَمَا رَدَدْتَ مَاعِزًا فَوَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لَحُبْلَى. قَالَ: إِمَّا لَا, فَاذْهَبِي حَتَّى تَلِدِي. فَلَمَّا وَلَدَتْ أَتَتْهُ بِالصَّبِيِّ فِي خِرْقَةٍ قَالَتْ: هَذَا قَدْ وَلَدْتُهُ. قال: اذهبي فأرضعيه حتى تفطميه, فلما فطمته أتته بالصبي في يده كسرة خبز فقالت: هذا يا نبي الله قد فطمته وقد أكل الطعام. فَدَفَعَ الصَّبِيَّ إِلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِهَا فَحُفِرَ لَهَا إِلَى صَدْرِهَا وَأَمَرَ النَّاسَ فَرَجَمُوهَا. فيقبل خالد بن الوليد بحجر فرمى رأسها فتنضح الدم على وجه خالد فسبها, فسمع نبي الله صلى الله عليه وسلم سبه إياها فقال: مهلا يا خالد فوالذي نفسي بيده لقد تابت توبة لو تابها صاحب مكس لغفر له. ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِهَا فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهَا وَدُفِنَتْ

"Ma'iz bin Malik Al Aslami went to meet the Prophet sallallaahu‘ alaihi wasallam while saying, "O Messenger of Allah, in fact I have wronged myself, because I have committed adultery, therefore I want you to cleanse me." But he refused his confession. The next day, he came again to him, saying, "O Messenger of Allah, actually I have committed adultery." But he still refused his second confession. Then the Prophet sallallaahu alaihi wasallam sent someone to meet his people by saying: "Do you know that at that point Ma'iz there is something wrong that you deny?" They replied, "We are not sure if Ma'iz is disturbed by his mind, as far as we know he is a good person and still healthy mind. "

For the third time, Ma'iz bin Malik came to meet the Prophet sallallaahu ‘alaihi wasallam to cleanse himself of the sin of adultery he had done. Then the Prophet sallallaahu ‘alaihi wasallam also sent someone to meet his people to ask about the condition of Ma'iz's intellect, but they told him that his reason was healthy and was a good person. When Ma'iz bin Malik came the fourth time to him, he ordered the execution of the excavation hole for Ma'iz. Finally he ordered the stoning, and stoning was carried out. "

Buraidah continued, "Once a Ghamidiyah woman came to meet the Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam while saying," O Messenger of Allah, I have committed adultery, therefore purify me. "But for the first time the Prophet sallallaahu' alaihi wasallam ignored and even refused to acknowledge women that is. The next day the woman came to meet the Prophet sallallaahu ‘alaihi wasallam while saying," O Messenger of Allah, why did you reject my confession? It seems that you reject my confession as you have rejected Ma'iz's confession. For God's sake, now I am pregnant with the baby from the result of the affair. "Hearing that confession, the Prophet sallallaahu‘ alaihi wasallam said: "If you want to keep repenting, then go home until you give birth."

After giving birth, the woman came again to her while holding her baby wrapped in cloth, she said, "This is the baby that I gave birth to." He then said: "Come back and milk your baby until we wean it." came again with the baby, while in the baby's hand there was a piece of bread, then the woman said, "O Prophet of Allah, I have washed this little baby, and he can enjoy his own food." Then he gave the baby to someone in between the Muslims, and ordered to carry out stoning sentences. Finally the woman was planted in the ground to the chest.

After that he ordered people to throw stones at him. Meanwhile, Khalid bin Walid participated in throwing stones at the woman's head, suddenly her blood splattered against Khalid's face, immediately she berated the woman. When hearing Khalid's invocation, the Prophet of Allah sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam said, "Calm yourself O Khalid, for the Substance whose soul is in His hands, in fact the woman has truly repented, if repentance (like) was done by an owner al- max surely his sins will be forgiven. "After that he ordered to overtake his body and bury it." (Narrated by Muslim no. 1695)

The meaning of the owner of al-max is a person who takes human property without rights, such as those who collect taxes and levies from the Muslims without rights.

Brief explanation:

It has been mentioned in the previous article about the virtues, conditions, and adab in repentance, because it is inappropriate for a Muslim to despair from the mercy of Allah. Even despairing from the mercy of God is a very big sin and includes the characteristics of those who disbelieve, as Ya'qub said to his children, "And do not you despair from the mercy of Allah. Indeed, there is no one who despairs from the mercy of Allah but the people who disbelieve. "(Surah Yusuf: 87)

Take lessons from the friends - Allah be upon him -, even though their faith and knowledge is high and constantly towards perfection, still they are not human beings who are from the sins. Therefore not one of them sinned unless he immediately 'complained' to the Messenger of Allah -alaihishshalatu wassalam- and immediately returned to Allah immediately to repent, even they did not hesitate to ask to be upheld (if his sin had the law had) to cleanse their sins. And this shows the strength of their belief in God and their honest intentions in repentance.

The story of two friends above, also the story of the murderers of 100 lives, also the story of Ka'ab bin Malik and his two friends who were boycotted when they did not join the war with the Prophet -alaihishshalatu wassalam-, and other stories were very valuable lessons for people- people who come after them.

There are several fawaids that can be learned from the story above:

1. The law has abolished the sin committed if he sincerely lived it.

2. The love of the Prophet -alaihishshalatu wassalam- to his companions when he tried as much as possible so that they were not exposed to the had had law. This is evident with him not heeding the recognition of these two friends at first. But when they continued to confess, they also dropped the law on them.

3. This story shows that if someone commits adultery without anyone witnessing it or no one reporting it, then he should see his condition: If he is worried that he will fall into adultery for the second time then he should report himself to be stoned, but if he is right truly repent and believe that he will not fall again into adultery so he should hide it and not report himself. This is shown in another hadith that is authentic.

4. The stoning law must be enforced, except that the problem when the execution is submitted to the ruler's ijtihad. He may resign (not abort) because there are other problems, such as the problem that the baby if the adulterer is pregnant.



5. An adulterous madman was not sentenced to have had it, because he questioned the health of the mind of Maiz to his people.

6. From here it is also understood that priests should gather detailed and accurate info before dropping the hadith law.

7. Stoning is the planting of the body of an adulterer (who is married) in the ground to his chest, then he is pelted by the Muslims.

8. May not denounce and insult those who have repented. This is also indicated by the story of the debate between Adam and Moses -alaihimassalam- which is famous among scholars.

Allah Ta'ala a'la wa ahkam.