Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 30703 — The unmarried and the previously

Ubaydullah bin Abdullah reports that Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah and Sayyiduna Zayd bin Khalid (may Allah be pleased with them both) and Shibl all said: We were with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when a man stood up and said: I adjure you (peace and blessings be upon him) by Allah to judge between us according to the Book of Allah. Then his opponent, who had more understanding than the first, also said: Judge (peace and blessings be upon him) between us according to the Book of Allah, and grant (peace and blessings be upon him) me permission to speak. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Speak. He said: My son was a hired servant of this man, and he committed adultery with his wife, so I gave him one hundred goats and a servant as a ransom and freed my child. Then I asked the scholars about this, and they informed me that my son is to receive the punishment of one hundred lashes and exile for one year, and that this woman is to receive the punishment of stoning. At this the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: By the One in whose hand is my soul, I shall certainly judge between you according to the Book of Allah: the one hundred goats and the servant are to be returned to you, and your son is to receive the punishment of one hundred lashes and exile for one year. And O Unays, go to this woman, and if she confesses, stone her.