Hazrat Ibn Abi Dhi'b says that I asked Hazrat Zuhri about a woman who had committed adultery while she was a Jew, Christian, or fire-worshipper, and then she embraced Islam. So if someone accuses her (of adultery), what is the ruling? Hazrat Ibn Shihab replied: The prescribed punishment (hadd) will not be carried out on the one who accuses this woman, but he will be given a severe exemplary punishment.