Sahih Muslim Hadith 4420 – One who confesses

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[4420] 16 – ( … ) It was narrated that Abü Hurairah said: "A Muslim man came to the Messenger of Allah, when he was in the Masjid and called out to him, saying: 0 Messenger of Allah, I have committed Zinâ. He turned away from him, so he came around to face him and said to a him: 0 Messenger of Allah, I have committed Zinâ. He turned away from him, until he had repeated that four times. When he had testified against himself four times, the Messenger of Allah called him and said: 'Are you insane?' He said: No. He said: 'Are you married?' He said: Yes. The Messenger of Allah j said: 'Take him and stone him." Ibn Shihâb said: "Someone told me that he heard Jâbir bin 'Abdullâh say: I was one of those who stoned him. We stoned him in the prayer place, and when the stones hurt him he ran away. We caught up with him in the Harrah and we stoned him."