Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Abdullah bin Amir bin Rabee'ah narrates that Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq, Hazrat Umar bin Khattab, and Hazrat Uthman bin Affan — all these noble companions would not lash a slave for accusation with more than forty lashes, but then I saw these noble companions increased it beyond that.