The Stoning of Ma'iz and Whether It Took Place in the Mosque

The questioner:
And that this Shaykh said in Sahih Muslim, regarding the sweetness of the deputy (may Allah be pleased with him) in the mosque.

The Shaykh:
It was reported.

The questioner:
It was stated in the practice in Sahih Muslim: I sent the one who sent, and he saw that it was in the mosque, and how does he combine it with his father being among the men of his abdal? And what Ahmad ibn Rafi'un narrated in a weak Sunan.

The Shaykh:
No, unless it is established that Ma'iz was stoned in the mosque. However, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that he be stoned in the mosque, but the execution took place outside the mosque. He said: They took him and stoned him. In the narration that he fled to al-Harra, they caught up with him and completed his stoning (may Allah be pleased with him) until he died. So Ma'iz was stoned outside the mosque. If there is a narration, even if it were authentic, that he was stoned in the mosque, then that narration is anomalous. The authentic narrations indicate that he was stoned outside the mosque.