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A woman from the tribe of Juhaynah came to the Prophet while she was pregnant from adultery

عن عمران بن الحصين رضي الله عنهما : أنَّ امْرَأَةً مِنْ جُهَيْنَةَ أتَت النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَهِيَ حُبْلَى مِنَ الزِّنَا، فَقَالَتْ: يَا رسول الله، أصَبْتُ حَدّاً فَأقِمْهُ عَلَيَّ، فَدَعَا رسولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَلِيَّها، فقالَ: «أحْسِنْ إِلَيْهَا، فَإذَا وَضَعَتْ فَأتِنِي بِهَا» فَفَعَلَ، فَأمَرَ بها النبيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَشُدَّتْ عَلَيْهَا ثِيَابُهَا، ثُمَّ أمَرَ بِهَا فَرُجِمَت، ثُمَّ صَلَّى عَلَيْهَا.

Explanation

A woman from the tribe Juhaynah came to the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) while she was pregnant from adultery and said to him: "O Messenger of Allah, I have committed a sin liable to the legal punishment, so execute the legal punishment on me." She wanted the Prophet to subject her to the prescribed punishment for adultery, which is stoning to death because she was a married woman.

So the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) called her guardian and said to him: "Treat her kindly, and bring her to me after she delivers (her baby)." The Prophet ordered him to treat her kindly for fear of what he and her family might do to her because of the disgrace her sin had brought upon them all. So the Prophet told him to be kind to her to prevent them from harming her and as mercy for her since she repented of her sin.

He encouraged kindness towards her because people commonly shun the likes of her and might speak to her harshly. After delivering her child, she was brought to the Prophet who ordered her to wait until she weans the child. When she had weaned it, she came to the Prophet so he ordered that the punishment be executed on her. He also ordered that her clothes be secured so that they would not become disarranged during the stoning and thus reveal her body.

She was then stoned to death and he offered the funeral prayer over her.

Source

بهجة الناظرين شرح رياض الصالحين؛ تأليف سليم الهلالي، دار ابن الجوزي. دليل الفالحين لطرق رياض الصالحين؛ لمحمد بن علان الشافعي، دار الكتاب العربي-بيروت. رياض الصالحين من كلام سيد المرسلين؛ للإمام أبي زكريا النووي، تحقيق د. ماهر الفحل، دار ابن كثير-دمشق، الطبعة الأولى، 1428هـ. شرح رياض الصالحين؛ للشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين، مدار الوطن-الرياض، 1426هـ. صحيح مسلم؛ للإمام مسلم بن الحجاج، حققه ورقمه محمد فؤاد عبدالباقي، دار عالم الكتب-الرياض، الطبعة الأولى، 1417هـ. نزهة المتقين شرح رياض الصالحين؛ تأليف د. مصطفى الخِن وغيره، مؤسسة الرسالة-بيروت، الطبعة الرابعة عشر، 1407هـ.
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