Musnad Ahmad — Hadith #44544

Aswad bin Amir told us, Israel told us, on the authority of Jabir, on the authority of Amir, on the authority of Abd al-Rahman bin Abza, on the authority of Abu Bakr, he said: I was He was sitting with the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, and Ma’iz bin Malik came and confessed to him once. He returned him, then he came to him and confessed to him. He turned him away the second time, then he came to him and he confessed. The third time he turned him away, and I told him that if you confessed. The fourth time he stoned you. He said, so he confessed. The fourth time he imprisoned him, then he imprisoned him. He asked about him, and they said, “We know nothing but good.” So he ordered that he be stoned.