It is narrated from Sayyiduna Zayd bin Khalid al-Juhani and Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with them) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about an unmarried slave woman who commits adultery. He (peace be upon him) said: "If she commits adultery, flog her; then if she commits adultery again, flog her; then if she commits adultery again, flog her." The narrator said: I do not remember whether the Prophet (peace be upon him) said this about the third or the fourth time: "If she commits adultery again, then sell her, even if it is for a rope (i.e., sell her even for a very small price)."