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he purified him by carrying out the prescribed punishment upon him (1). The same was true of the Ghāmidī woman [after him] (2). Likewise, in the time of Umar [and others] (3), whenever one of them drank wine, he would go to his ruler and say, “Purify me and carry out the prescribed punishment upon me.” This was the conduct of one among them who committed a major sin when (4) he knew it to be forbidden. What, then, of one who committed a minor sin (5), or an offense regarding which he exercised interpretation, only for his error later to become clear to him?

Uthmān ibn Affān—may Allah be pleased with him—plainly repented of the matters they had begun (6) to condemn and which he came to see (7) as wrong. This is well known and reliably transmitted from him [—may Allah be pleased with him and make him pleased—] (8).

Likewise, Āisha—may Allah be pleased with her—regretted her journey to Basra. Whenever she remembered it, she would weep until her veil was soaked.

Talha likewise regretted [what he regarded as] (9) his failure to support Uthmān, as well as other matters. Al-Zubayr regretted his march on the Day of the Camel.

(1) The hadith concerning the prescribed punishment carried out on Māiz ibn Mālik has been transmitted through numerous chains and is found in al-Bukhārī and Muslim. However, the explicit statement that he repented and that Allah accepted his repentance occurs in a hadith narrated by Sulaymān ibn Burayda from his father—may Allah be pleased with him—in Muslim, 3/1321–1323 (Book of Prescribed Punishments, chapter “One Who Confesses to Committing Zinā”). It reports that the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—said of Māiz: “He has repented so sincerely that, were his repentance distributed among an entire community, it would suffice them all.” (2) “After him”: omitted from (N) and (M). The hadith concerning the repentance of the Ghāmidī woman appeared a few pages earlier, on p. 174 of this volume. (3) “And others”: omitted from (N) and (M). (4) (N) and (M) read: “which.” (5) (N) reads: “with a minor sin.” (6) (N) and (M) read: “came to.” (7) (N) and (M) read: “to them.” (8) The words in square brackets are omitted from (N) and (M). (9) The words in square brackets are omitted from (N) and (M).

طَهَّرَهُ بِإِقَامَةِ الْحَدِّ عَلَيْهِ (١) . وَكَذَلِكَ الْغَامِدِيَّةُ [بَعْدَهُ] (٢) . وَكَذَلِكَ كَانُوا زَمَنَ عُمَرَ [وَغَيْرِهِ] (٣) إِذَا شَرِبَ أَحَدُهُمُ الْخَمْرَ أَتَى إِلَى أَمِيرِهِ، فَقَالَ: طَهِّرْنِي وَأَقِمْ عَلَيَّ الْحَدَّ. فَهَذَا فِعْلُ مَنْ يَأْتِي الْكَبِيرَةَ مِنْهُمْ حِينَ (٤) يَعْلَمُهَا حَرَامًا، فَكَيْفَ إِذَا أَتَى أَحَدُهُمُ الصَّغِيرَةَ (٥) أَوْ ذَنْبًا تَأَوَّلَ فِيهِ ثُمَّ تَبَيَّنَ لَهُ خَطَؤُهُ؟ وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ - تَابَ تَوْبَةً ظَاهِرَةً مِنَ الْأُمُورِ الَّتِي صَارُوا (٦) يُنْكِرُونَهَا، وَيَظْهَرُ لَهُ (٧) أَنَّهَا مُنْكَرٌ. وَهَذَا مَأْثُورٌ مَشْهُورٌ عَنْهُ [- رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ وَأَرْضَاهُ -] (٨) . وَكَذَلِكَ عَائِشَةُ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا - نَدِمَتْ عَلَى مَسِيرِهَا إِلَى الْبَصْرَةِ، وَكَانَتْ إِذَا ذَكَرَتْهُ تَبْكِي حَتَّى تَبُلَّ خِمَارَهَا. وَكَذَلِكَ طَلْحَةُ نَدِمَ عَلَى [مَا ظَنَّ مِنْ] (٩) تَفْرِيطِهِ فِي نَصْرِ عُثْمَانَ وَعَلَى غَيْرِ ذَلِكَ. وَالزُّبَيْرُ نَدِمَ عَلَى مَسِيرِهِ يَوْمَ الْجَمَلِ.

(١) حَدِيثُ إِقَامَةِ الْحَدِّ عَلَى مَاعِزِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ جَاءَ مِنْ وُجُوهٍ كَثِيرَةٍ وَهُوَ فِي الْبُخَارِيِّ وَمُسْلِمٍ، وَلَكِنَّ النَّصَّ عَلَى أَنَّهُ تَابَ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ قَبِلَ تَوْبَتَهُ جَاءَ فِي حَدِيثٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فِي: مُسْلِمٍ ٣/١٣٢١ - ١٣٢٣ (كِتَابُ الْحُدُودِ، بَابُ مَنِ اعْتَرَفَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ بِالزِّنَا) وَفِيهِ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ عَنْهُ: لَقَدْ تَابَ تَوْبَةً لَوْ قُسِّمَتْ بَيْنَ أُمَّةٍ لَوَسِعَتْهُمْ. (٢) بَعْدَهُ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) ، وَسَبَقَ حَدِيثُ تَوْبَةِ الْغَامِدِيَّةِ قَبْلَ صَفَحَاتٍ، ص ١٧٤ فِي هَذَا الْجُزْءِ. (٣) وَغَيْرِهِ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) (م) . (٤) ن، م: الَّتِي. (٥) ن: بِالصَّغِيرَةِ. (٦) ن، م: جَاءُوا. (٧) ن، م: لَهُمْ. (٨) مَا بَيْنَ الْمَعْقُوفَتَيْنِ سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) . (٩) مَا بَيْنَ الْمَعْقُوفَتَيْنِ سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) .