Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 30212 — A man found with a woman under one

Al-Qasim's father reports that a man who had been found with a woman under one garment was brought to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), and he gave each of the two of them forty lashes. The narrator says: Then those people went to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) to seek help against Sayyiduna Abdullah. Sayyiduna Umar met Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud and said: "Some people are seeking help against you in this matter." So he informed him of what had happened. On hearing this, he said to Sayyiduna Abdullah: "Is that your opinion in this matter?" He said: "Yes." Those people began to say: "We came to seek help from him against him, and here he is asking him for a fatwa!"