Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that there was a man who had an orphan girl with him; she used to eat with him. The man's wife feared that he might marry the girl, so once, when the man was away, the woman, with the help of some other women, tied up the girl and destroyed her hymen. When the man returned, he did not find the orphan girl at the dining mat. He asked his wife about her, and she said, "Do not even mention her." When the man inquired about the reason, the woman accused the girl of adultery. The man went to the girl and sought confirmation of the incident; the girl only wept and said nothing. When he insisted, the girl told him the whole story. The man took the case to Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and presented the entire matter. Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) summoned the man's wife and the other women and questioned them; they immediately confessed to everything. Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) asked Hazrat Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) to give a verdict, so Hazrat Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the woman who made the accusation would be subjected to the punishment for false accusation, and the penalty for destroying the hymen would be upon that woman and the women who held the girl. Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "If it were customary to trample people under camels, today I would have had these women trampled under camels." The narrator says that in those days, it was not customary to trample people under camels.