Ali Bin Ibrahim, form his father, form Ibn Mahboub, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from Abu Baseer, from Imran Bin Maysam, or Salih Bin Maysam, from his father who said, ‘A woman came over to Amir Al-Momineen asws , so she said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen asws ! I have committed adultery, so purify me, may Allah azwj Purify you asws , for the punishment of the world is easier than the Punishment of the Hereafter which would not be cut off’. So he asws said to her: ‘From what should I asws purify you?’ So she said, ‘I have committed adulty’. So he asws said to her: ‘Are you with a husband or other than that?’ So she said, ‘But, I am with a husband’. So he asws said to her: ‘So, were you with your husband, being present, when you did what you did, or was he absent from you?’ So she said, ‘But, he was present’. So he asws said: ‘So go and place (give birth to) whatever is in your belly, then come to me asws and I asws shall purify you’. So when the woman turned away from him and went where she could not hear his asws speech, he asws said: ‘O Allah azwj ! She has testified with one testimony’. So it was not long before she came over and said, ‘I have placed (given birth), so purify me’. He (the narrator said), ‘He asws ignored her’. He asws said: ‘I asws should purify you, O maid of Allah azwj , from what?’ So she said, ‘I have committed adultery, so purify me’. So he asws said: ‘And that was when you were with a husband when you did what you did?’ She said, ‘Yes’. He asws said: ‘And your husband was present or was he absent from you?’ She said, ‘But, he was present’. He asws said: ‘So go, and breastfeed him for two years complete just as Allah azwj has Commanded you to’. So the woman went away. So when she went to where she could not hear his asws speech, he asws said: ‘O Allah azwj ! These are two testimonies’. He (the narrator) said, ‘So when two years passed by, the woman came over, so she said, ‘I have breastfed him for two years, so purify me, O Amir Al-Momineen asws ! So he asws ignored her and said: ‘What is that which I asws should purify you from?’ So she said, ‘I have committed adultery, so purify me’. He asws said: ‘And you were with a husband when you did what you did?’ So she said, ‘Yes’. He asws said: ‘And being with a husband, was he absent from you when you did what you did, or was he present?’ She said, ‘But, present’. He asws said: ‘So go and look after him (your child) until he has intellect and he eats and drinks, and would not fall off from the roof, nor fall into a well’. So she left, and she was crying. So when she left to be where she could not hear his asws speech, he asws said: ‘O Allah azwj ! These are three testimonies’. He (the narrator) said, ‘So Amro Bin Hureys Al-Makhzoumy met her, so he said to her, ‘What makes you cry, O maid of Allah azwj , and I have seen you having followed you to Ali asws , you asked him that he asws should purify you?’ So she said, ‘I went over to Amir Al-Momineen asws , so I asked him asws that he should purify me. So he asws said: ‘Look after your child until he has intellect of eating and drinking, and does not fall off from the roof, nor fall into a well, and I fear that death would come unto me and he asws has not purified me’. So Amro Bin Hureys said to her, ‘Return to him asws , for I will look after him (the child)’. So she returned and informed Amir Al-Momineen asws with the words of Amro. So Amir Al-Momineen asws said to her, and he asws was ignoring her: ‘And why would Amro look after your child?’ So she said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen asws ! I have committed adultery, so purify me’. So he asws said: ‘And you were with a husband when you did what you did?’ She said, ‘Yes’. He asws said: ‘Your husband was absent when you did what you did, or present?’ She said, ‘But, present’. He (the narrator) said, ‘So he asws raised his asws head towards the sky and said: ‘O Allah azwj ! Four testimonies have been affirmed against her for You azwj , and You azwj have Said to Your azwj Prophet saww regarding what You azwj Informed him saww with from Your azwj Religion was: “O Muhammad saww ! The one who fails any of My azwj Penalties so he has opposed Me azwj and has sought by that what is opposite to Me azwj ”. Therefore I asws am not failing Your azwj Penalty ( Hadd ) and I asws do not seek opposite to You azwj , nor am I asws a waster of Your azwj Judgements. But, I asws am obedient to You azwj , and obedient to the Sunnah of Your azwj Prophet saww ’. He (the narrator) said, ‘So Amro Bin Hurays looked at him asws , and it was as if a pomegranate had been sliced upon his asws face (it was red). So when Amro saw that, said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen asws ! I, but rather, I intended to look after him and thought that you asws would like that. So if you asws are disliking it, so I will not do it’. So Amir Al-Momineen asws said: ‘After four testimonies with Allah azwj ? You will have to look after him, and you are humiliated’. So Amir Al-Momineen asws ascended the Pulpit, so he asws said: ‘O Qanbar! Call out among the people for the congregational Prayer’. So Qanbar called about among the people. So they gathered until the Masjid was congested with its inhabitants. And Amir Al-Momineen asws stood up, so he asws Praised Allah azwj and Extolled Him azwj , then said: ‘O you people! Your Imam asws will be going out with this woman, to this backyard in order to establish the Penalty ( Hadd ) upon her, Allah azwj Willing! Therefore Amir Al-Momineen asws is instructing you that when you come out, and you should be masking yourselves, and with you should be your stones, noone should be able to recognise anyone from you until you disperse to your houses, Allah azwj Willing’. He (the narrator) said, ‘Then he asws descended. So when the people woke up in the morning he asws went out with the woman, and the people went out having veiled themselves with their turbans, and their gowns, and the stones were in their garments and their sleeves, until he asws ended up with her to the back of Al-Kufa, and the people were with him asws . So he asws instructed that they should dig a pit for her. Then he asws buried her in it, then rode upon his asws mule and affirmed his asws feet in the stirrups. Then he asws placed his asws fingers, the two forefingers in his asws ears, then called out in a high voice: ‘O you people! Allah azwj Blessed and High Contracted with His azwj Prophet saww with a contract. Muhammad saww contracted it to me asws that no one should establish the Penalty ( Hadd ) of Allah azwj upon him is a Penalty ( Hadd ) due. So upon whom there is a Penalty ( Hadd ) similar to what is upon her, so he should not establish the Penalty ( Hadd ) upon her!’ He (the narrator) said: ‘So the people dispersed on that day, all of them, except for Amir Al-Momineen asws , and Al-Hassan asws , and Al-Husayn asws . So these three established the Penalty (Hadd) upon her on that day, and there was no one with them asws apart from themselves asws being there’. A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Khalaf Bin Hammad, Abu Abdullah asws has said: ‘A pregnant woman came over to Amir Al-Momineen asws , so she said, ‘I have committed adultery, so purify me’. Then he mentioned approximate to it (the above narration)’.

Translation: HubeAli — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from the one who reported it, (It has been narrated either) from Abu Ja’far or abu Abdullah asws : ‘They came with a man to Amir Al-Momineen asws who had accpeted upon himself with the immorality. So Amir Al-Momineen asws said to his asws companions: ‘Come to me asws tomorrow having veiled yourselves’. So they came over to him in the morning being veiled. So he asws said to them: ‘The one has done similar to his deed, so he should not stone him, so let him leave’. So some of them left, and some of them remained, so they stoned him, the ones who remained from them’.

Translation: HubeAli — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, (It has been narrated) raising it to Amir Al-Momineen asws , said, ‘A man came over to him asws at Al-Kufa, so he said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen asws ! I had committed adultery, so purify me’. He asws said: ‘From where are you (coming from)?’ He said, ‘From Muzeyna’. He asws said: ‘Have you read anything from the Quran?’ He said, ‘Yes’. He asws said: ‘So read’. So he read, and it was good (recitation). So he asws said: ‘Are you with insanity’. He said, ‘No’. He asws said: ‘So go away, until we ask about you’. So the man went away. Then he returned to him asws afterwards, so he said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen asws ! I have committed adultery, so purify me’. So he asws said: ‘Is there a wife for you?’ He said, ‘Yes’. He asws said: ‘Is she staying with you in the city?’ He said, ‘Yes’. So Amir Al-Momineen asws ordered him, So go away until we ask about you’. So he sent someone to his people who asked about his news. So they said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen asws ! He is of correct mind’. So he returned to him for the third time, and he said to him similar to his words before. So he asws said to him: ‘Go away until we ask about you’. So he returned to him for the fourth time. So when he confessed, Amir Al-Momineen asws said to Qanbar: ‘Keep him locked up’. Then he asws got annoyed, then said: ‘There is nothing more uglier with the man from you that he comes to one of these immoralities, so he disgraces himself upon the chiefs of the tribes. Why did he not repent in his own house, for by Allah azwj , his repentance between him and Allah azwj is superior than my asws establishing the Penalty ( Hadd ) upon him’. And he called out among the people: ‘O group of the Muslims! Come out for the establishment of the Penalty ( Hadd ) upon this man, and not one of you should be able to recognise his companion’. So he asws brought him out to the wilderness. So he said, ‘Respite me, O Amir Al-Momineen asws , while I Pray two cycles’. Then he asws placed him in his pit, and the people faced him. So he asws said: ‘O group of the Muslims! This is a right from the Rights of Allah azwj Mighty and Majestic! So the one whom had (such) a right upon his own neck, so let him disperse, and he should not establish the Penalties of Allah azwj , the one on whose neck is due a Penalty ( Hadd ) of Allah azwj ’. So the people dispersed and there remained himself asws , and Al-Hassan asws and Al-Husayn asws . So he asws grabbed the stones, exclaimed the Greatness of Allah azwj with three exclamations, then pelted him with three stones, during each stone, three exclamations. Then Al-Hassan asws pelted him similarly to what Amir Al-Momineen asws had pelted him. Then Al-Husayn asws pelted him asws . So the man died, and Amir Al-Momineen asws brought him out. So he asws ordered for a grave to be dug out for him, and Prayed over him, and buried him. So it was said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen asws ! Will you not wash him (before burying him)?’ So he asws said: ‘He has been washed by what has purified him up to the Day of Judgement. He was patient upon a grievous matter’.

Translation: HubeAli — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.