Sayyiduna al-Lajlaj (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We were boys who used to run to and fro to the market, when a man who had confessed to adultery (zina) was brought to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he was stoned. Then a man came asking us about the place of that man who had been stoned. We came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! This man is asking us about that foul person. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not call him foul; by Allah, he is purer in the sight of Allah than musk."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب اللام / 16539