(Marfu' hadith) Sufyan narrated to us, from Ayyub ibn Musa, from Sa'id, from Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him: "If the slave woman of any of you commits adultery, and her adultery is confirmed, let him carry out the prescribed punishment on her, and let him not reproach her." Sufyan said: Let him not reproach her, meaning let him not shame her for it. On the third or fourth time: "Let him sell her, even for a rope."