English translation
4420. It was narrated that Muḥammad bin Ishāq said: I mentioned the story of Mā'iz bin Mālik to 'Āsim bin 'Umar bin Qatādah and he said to me: "Hasan bin Muḥammad bin 'Alī bin Abī Tālib, may Allāh be pleased with him, told me: "Some men of Aslam whom I have no reason to doubt, narrated that to me from the words of the Prophet ﷺ: 'Why did you not leave him?'" He said: "I did not know about this part of the Hadith before." He said: "I came to Jābir bin 'Abdullāh and said: 'Some men of Aslam narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said to them, when they told him of the panic of Mā'iz when the stones struck him: 'Why did you not leave him?' but I did not hear this part of the Hadīth before." He said: "O son of my brother, I am the most knowledgeable of people about this Hadīth. I was among those who stoned the man. When we took him out and started to stone him, and he felt the stones, he screamed out to us: 'O people, take me back to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ! My people have killed me and deceived me! They told me that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ would not kill me!' But we did not leave him alone until we killed him. When we went back to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and told him, he said to us: 'Why did you not let go of him and bring him to me?' So that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ might verify his case? But as for forsaking the Hadd (punishment), no." Then I understood the Hadīth. (Hasan)