Hazrat Buraidah narrates that Hazrat Ma'iz bin Malik Aslami came to the service of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "Indeed, I have wronged myself and I have committed adultery, and I wish that you (peace and blessings be upon him) purify me." So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent him back. When the next day came, he again came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Indeed, I have committed adultery." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent him back a second time as well. And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent a messenger to his people and asked: "Do you find any defect in his mind? Do you see anything wrong in him?" They said: "We know nothing about him except that his mind is like that of our righteous people, as it appears to us." The narrator says: Then he came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) a third time, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) again sent a messenger to his people and inquired about him. They informed that there is nothing wrong with him or his mind. So when he came the fourth time, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had a pit dug for him, and then, by the order of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he was stoned to death.