Al-Muntaqa Ibn al-Jarud

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Sayyiduna Ma'iz Aslami came to the service of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and confessed four times that he had committed unlawful intercourse with a woman. Each time, the Prophet turned his face away from him. Then, on the fifth time, the Prophet turned towards him and asked: "Did you have intercourse with her?" He replied: "Yes!" The Prophet asked: "To the extent that your private part entered her private part, just as a needle enters a kohl container and a bucket's rope goes into a well?" He replied: "Yes!" The Prophet asked: "Do you know what adultery is?" He replied: "Yes! I went to her unlawfully, just as a man goes to his wife lawfully." The Prophet asked: "What do you want from this statement (confession)?" He replied: "I want you to purify me." The Prophet ordered regarding him, and he was stoned to death.

The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) heard two of his companions, one of whom was saying to the other: "Look at him (Ma'iz), Allah had concealed his sin, but his own self did not leave him until he was stoned like a dog." The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) remained silent. Then, after a short while, he walked until he passed by a dead donkey whose leg was raised. He said: "Where are so-and-so and so-and-so?" Both of them replied: "O Messenger of Allah! We are present." He said: "Get down and eat from the flesh of this dead donkey." Both of them said: "O Prophet of Allah! May Allah forgive you, who would eat this?" He said: "What you have just done to your brother's honor is more severe than eating this (carcass). By the One in Whose hand is my soul! He is now diving into the rivers of Paradise."