Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 30403 — Averting hadd punishments on account

Al-Nazzal bin Sabrah said: "While we were at Mina with Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), there was a heavily built woman on a donkey, weeping. The people had almost killed her in the crush, and they were saying: 'You have committed adultery.' When she reached Sayyiduna Umar, he asked: 'What has made you weep? A woman may sometimes be forced into wrongdoing!' The woman said: 'I am a very heavy sleeper, and Allah, the Lord of Might, used to grant me the ability to pray at night. I prayed one night and then fell asleep, and by Allah, nothing woke me except the man who had already mounted me. I watched him as he turned his back and went away, and I do not know who he was among the creation of Allah.' At this Sayyiduna Umar said: 'If I were to kill this woman, I would fear the Fire upon the two mountains (al-Akhshabayn).' Then he wrote to the cities that no life should be taken without referring to him."