It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah and Sayyiduna Zayd bin Khalid al-Juhani (may Allah be pleased with them) that two men had a dispute and came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). One said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Decide between us according to the Book of Allah. The other, who was more intelligent, said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah! Decide between us according to the Book of Allah, and allow me to speak. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Alright, speak." He said: My son was a servant with this man, and he committed adultery with his wife. People told me that my son deserved to be stoned, so I gave a hundred sheep and a slave girl as ransom on his behalf. Then I asked the people of knowledge, and they said that my son deserved a hundred lashes and one year of exile, and stoning was for the man's wife. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I will decide between you both according to the Book of Allah. Your sheep and slave girl are your property, take them back." And he ordered that his son be given a hundred lashes and exiled for one year, and he ordered Unais al-Aslami to go to the wife of the other man; if she confessed to adultery, then stone her. She confessed to adultery, and she was stoned.