Abu Umamah bin Sahl bin Hunayf narrates that an Ansari companion informed him that one of them became ill until he became so weak that he was reduced to a skeleton. A slave girl went to him, and he became cheerful and happy with her, and he had intercourse with her. When his people went to visit him, he told them about this (intercourse) and said to them: Ask the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) about me, for a slave girl came to me and I ended up having intercourse with her. They mentioned this to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) and said: We have not seen anyone with such an illness as he has. If we were to carry him to you, his bones would break apart; he is only skin and bone. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) ordered them to take one hundred thin branches and strike him once with them.