It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, Sayyiduna Zaid bin Khalid, and Sayyiduna Shibl (may Allah be pleased with them) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about a slave-girl who commits fornication before marriage. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Impose the hadd (prescribed punishment) on her; if she commits the evil again, then impose the hadd again; if she commits the crime a third time, then impose the hadd again; and if she commits fornication after that, then sell her, even if it is in exchange for a rope.