It is narrated from Sayyiduna Buraidah (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: I was sitting with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when a man named Ma'iz bin Malik came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! I have committed adultery and I want you to purify me. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: Go back. He came again the next day and confessed to adultery before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: Go back. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked the people about him and said: What do you know about Ma'iz bin Malik Aslami? Do you think he is such and such, or do you have any objection to his intellect? The people said: O Messenger of Allah! We do not perceive anything wrong in him, nor do we have any objection to his intellect. Meanwhile, he came back to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) a third time and confessed to adultery and said: O Messenger of Allah! Purify me. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) again called his people and inquired about him, and they gave the same answer as before: In our opinion, there is nothing wrong with him, nor is there any defect in his intellect. Meanwhile, Ma'iz came back to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) a fourth time and confessed to adultery. This time, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the order, and we dug a pit for him and buried him in it up to his chest, then the people were ordered to stone him. Sayyiduna Buraidah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: We used to talk among ourselves that if Ma'iz, after confessing to adultery three times, had sat in his house, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would not have summoned him, but when he confessed a fourth time, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered him to be stoned.