Sahih Muslim Book - 29, Hadith - 4433

حَدَّثَنِى أَبُو غَسَّانَ مَالِكُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَاحِدِ الْمِسْمَعِىُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذٌ - يَعْنِى ابْنَ هِشَامٍ - حَدَّثَنِى أَبِى عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِى كَثِيرٍ حَدَّثَنِى أَبُو قِلاَبَةَ أَنَّ أَبَا الْمُهَلَّبِ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ أَنَّ امْرَأَةً مِنْ جُهَيْنَةَ أَتَتْ نَبِىَّ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- وَهِىَ حُبْلَى مِنَ الزِّنَى فَقَالَتْ يَا نَبِىَّ اللَّهِ أَصَبْتُ حَدًّا فَأَقِمْهُ عَلَىَّ فَدَعَا نَبِىُّ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- وَلِيَّهَا فَقَالَ « أَحْسِنْ إِلَيْهَا فَإِذَا وَضَعَتْ فَائْتِنِى بِهَا ». فَفَعَلَ فَأَمَرَ بِهَا نَبِىُّ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فَشُكَّتْ عَلَيْهَا ثِيَابُهَا ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِهَا فَرُجِمَتْ ثُمَّ صَلَّى عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ تُصَلِّى عَلَيْهَا يَا نَبِىَّ اللَّهِ وَقَدْ زَنَتْ فَقَالَ « لَقَدْ تَابَتْ تَوْبَةً لَوْ قُسِمَتْ بَيْنَ سَبْعِينَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ لَوَسِعَتْهُمْ وَهَلْ وَجَدْتَ تَوْبَةً أَفْضَلَ مِنْ أَنْ جَادَتْ بِنَفْسِهَا لِلَّهِ تَعَالَى ».

It was narrated from 'Imran bin Husain that a woman from Juhainah came to the Prophet of Allah (s.a.w) and she was pregnant as the result of Zina. She said: O Prophet of Allah, I have done something that incurs a Hadd punishment, so carry it out on me. The Prophet of Allah (s.a.w) called her guardian and said: "Treat her well, then when she has given birth, bring her to me." He did that, and the Prophet of Allah (s.a.w) ordered that her clothes be tied around her, then he ordered that she be stoned. Then he offered the funeral prayer for her, and 'Umar said to him: "Will you offer the funeral prayer for her, O Prophet of Allah, when she has committed Zina?" He said: "She has repented in such a manner that if it were divided among seventy of the people of Al-Madinah, it would be sufficient for them. Have you seen any repentance better than that of one who sacrificed herself to Allah, Exalted is He?"