Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Ma'iz came to the service of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: A man from afar has committed adultery. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: Woe to you, do you know what adultery is? Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered regarding him, so he was sent away from there. Then he came a second time to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! The man from afar has committed adultery. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Woe to you, do you know what adultery is? He was again sent away from there. Then he came a third time to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! The man from afar has committed adultery. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Woe to you, do you know what adultery is? He said: I have done with a woman unlawfully the same act that a man does with his wife. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered regarding him, so he was sent away from there. He came a fourth time to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! The man from afar has committed adultery. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Woe to you, do you know what adultery is? Did you enter and withdraw? He replied: Yes. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered regarding him that he be stoned. When stones began to hit him, he took shelter behind a tree, then he was stoned to death at that tree until he died. After that, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was passing by, accompanied by some of his companions. One of them said to his companion: By your father, this man is doomed to loss; he came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) several times, and each time the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent him back, until he was killed in such a way as a dog is killed. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) remained silent regarding both of them until he passed by the carcass of a donkey whose leg was raised upwards. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Eat from it, both of you. They said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Should we eat the carcass of a donkey? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The attack you made on your brother's honor is a greater sin than this. By Him in Whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, that man is now diving in the rivers of Paradise.