Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that once I was sitting in the gathering of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when Ma'iz bin Malik came and confessed to adultery once before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent him back. The same happened the second time. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent him back the third time, I said to him: If you confess a fourth time, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) will order the punishment of stoning for you. However, he came and confessed his crime a fourth time as well. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stopped him and inquired about him from the people. The people said that we only know good about him. In any case, according to the prescribed procedure, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered him to be stoned.