Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 30397 — Averting hadd punishments on account

Tariq bin Shihab said that a woman committed adultery. At this Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I think that she was praying at night and was overcome with humility, so she bowed and then went into prostration. Meanwhile one of the misguided men must have come and must have got on top of her." Sayyiduna Umar sent a messenger to that woman, and she said the same thing that Sayyiduna Umar had stated. He let her go.