Hadith 3604

Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Al-Aslami came to the Prophet of Allah (ﷺ) and testified against himself four times that he had committed unlawful intercourse with a woman, each time the Prophet turned away from him. On the fifth time, he turned to him and said: Did you have intercourse with her? He said: Yes. He said: Until that part of you was concealed in that part of her? He said: Yes. He said: Like the stick is concealed in the kohl container or the rope in the well? He said: Yes. He said: Do you know what adultery is? He said: Yes, I did with her unlawfully what a man does with his wife lawfully. He said: What do you want with this statement? He said: I want you to purify me. So he ordered him to be stoned. The Prophet of Allah (ﷺ) heard two of his companions, one saying to the other: Look at this one whom Allah concealed, but his soul did not leave him until he was stoned like a dog. He remained silent about them, then traveled for a while until he passed by the carcass of a donkey with its leg raised. He said: Where are so-and-so and so-and-so? They said: We are here, O Messenger of Allah. He said: Get down and eat from this donkey’s carcass. They said: O Prophet of Allah, who would eat this? He said: What you took from your brother’s honor just now is worse than eating it. By the One in Whose hand is my soul, he is now plunging in the rivers of Paradise.