A man who says to another: So-and-so claims you committed zina

Ash'ath said that it is reported from al-Hasan al-Basri concerning a person who said to a man: "So-and-so has informed me that you have committed adultery." He said: "The prescribed punishment for slander will not be applied to him, because he has attributed this statement to someone else."

Al-Sha'bi said that a man said to someone: "So-and-so has said that you are an adulterer." He said: "If he brings clear proof, well and good; otherwise the prescribed punishment will be applied to that person."