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Ma'iz ibn Malik al-Aslami

ماعز بن مالك الأسلمي

630~

Medina

Ma'iz ibn Malik al-Aslami, counted among the Medinans; the Prophet ﷺ wrote him a document confirming his people's Islam; he is the one who confessed to adultery, repentant and turning back to God, and, being married, was stoned; his son 'Abd Allah ibn Ma'iz narrated a single hadith from him 1.

Depth

At a glance

Roles
Companion
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Prophetic Era
Region
Arabia

Contested: This record includes matters on which scholars differ. The speaker's views are labelled as his, and other views are marked where no cited source yet exists.

Life in time

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Pre-Islamic Arabia · The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate · The Umayyad Period Contemporaries: Abbad ibn Hunayf · al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib · Abd al-Masih ibn Amr ibn Buqayla · Abd al-Masih ibn Buqayla · Abd al-Rahman ibn Abra

In space

Medina

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Ethics and character

Place in the story

  • CompanionTradition

Sunni (transmitted)

Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

Overview

Ma'iz ibn Malik al-Aslami, of Aslam, is counted among the people of Medina. 1

The document for his people

Ibn 'Abd al-Barr records that the Prophet wrote him a document confirming that his people had accepted Islam. 1

His confession

He is the man who confessed to adultery against himself, repentant and turning back to God; being married, he was stoned. 1 For his story the editor refers to al-Bukhari's Sahih (no. 5271) and Muslim's Sahih (no. 1691). 1 On the penalty and the jurists' discussions of it, see stoning (rajm).

Transmission

His son 'Abd Allah ibn Ma'iz narrated a single hadith from him. 1 Ibn 'Abd al-Barr then lists another man named Ma'iz who asked the Prophet which deeds are best, saying: "I have found no lineage for him." 1

Connections

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Member of
Aslam· The Companions
Lived in
Medina
Related to
Stoning (rajm) as a penalty for zina

People and things also explored

Rabi'a ibn Ka'b al-Aslami· Buraydah ibn al-Husayb· Hamza ibn 'Amr al-Aslami· Ku'ayba bint Sa'd· Rufayda al-Aslamiyya· Salama ibn al-Akwa'· Haritha ibn al-Nu'man· Hazzal al-Aslami

Sources

  1. al-Isti'ab fi Ma'rifat al-Ashab of Ibn 'Abd al-Barr — ed. 'Adil Murshid, Dar al-A'lam, Amman, 1st ed. 1423/2002 (one volume) , p. 686
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