Sayyiduna Ubadah bin Samit (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) took the pledge from us in the same manner as he took from our women. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Whoever among you commits any act that is liable to a prescribed punishment and is punished for it in this world, then that punishment will be an expiation for him. And whoever's matter is deferred (i.e., he is not punished in this world), then his case is with Allah Almighty; if He wills, He will have mercy on him, and if He wills, He will punish him.