Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Ata bin Yasar narrates that Ma'iz bin Malik came to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and confessed to committing adultery himself. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked, "With whom?" He replied, "With such-and-such woman who is the slave of the son of so-and-so." So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent a messenger to that woman, but she denied it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) let the woman go and detained the one who had confessed to adultery himself, and it was not mentioned that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) imposed the punishment for false accusation (qadhf) upon him.