While I was with the Prophet ﷺ a man came and said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! I have committed a legally punishable sin; please inflict the legal punishment on me'.' The Prophet ﷺ did not ask him what he had done. Then the time for the prayer became due and the man offered prayer along with the Prophet ﷺ , and when the Prophet ﷺ had finished his prayer, the man again got up and said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! I have committed a legally punishable sin; please inflict the punishment on me according to Allah's Laws." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Haven't you prayed with us?' He said, "Yes." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Allah has forgiven your sin." or said, "....your legally punishable sin."

كُنْتُ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَجَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أَصَبْتُ حَدًّا فَأَقِمْهُ عَلَىَّ قَالَ وَلَمْ يَسْأَلْهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ وَحَضَرَتِ الصَّلاَةُ فَصَلَّى مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَلَمَّا قَضَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الصَّلاَةَ قَامَ إِلَيْهِ الرَّجُلُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أَصَبْتُ حَدًّا فَأَقِمْ فِيَّ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ قَالَ أَلَيْسَ قَدْ صَلَّيْتَ مَعَنَا قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ غَفَرَ لَكَ ذَنْبَكَ أَوْ قَالَ حَدَّكَ

We were sitting in the mosque in the company of Messenger of Allah ﷺ. A person came there and said: Messenger of Allah, I have committed an offence which deserves the imposition of hadd upon me, so impose it upon me. Messenger of Allah ﷺ kept silent. He repeated it and said: Messenger of Allah, I have committed an offence which deserves the imposition of hadd upon me, so impose it upon me. He (the Holy Prophet) kept silent, and it was at this time that Iqama was pronounced for prayer (and the prayer was observed). And when Allah's Apostle ﷺ had concluded the payer that person followed Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Abu Umama said: I too followed Messenger of Allah ﷺ after he had concluded the prayer, so that I should know what answer he would give to that person. That person remained attached to Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: Messenger of Allah, I have committed an offence which deserves imposition of hadd upon me, so impose it upon me. Abu Umama reported that Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: Didn't you see that as you got out of the house, you performed ablution perfectly well. He said: Messenger of Allah, of course. I did it. He again said to him: Then you observed prayer along with us. He said: Messenger of Allah, yes, it is so. Thereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: Verily, Allah has exempted you from the imposition of hadd, or he said. From your sin.

بَيْنَمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَنَحْنُ قُعُودٌ مَعَهُ إِذْ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أَصَبْتُ حَدًّا فَأَقِمْهُ عَلَىَّ فَسَكَتَ عَنْهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ أَعَادَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أَصَبْتُ حَدًّا فَأَقِمْهُ عَلَىَّ فَسَكَتَ عَنْهُ وَأُقِيمَتِ الصَّلاَةُ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَبُو أُمَامَةَ فَاتَّبَعَ الرَّجُلُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ حِينَ انْصَرَفَ وَاتَّبَعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْظُرُ مَا يَرُدُّ عَلَى الرَّجُلِ فَلَحِقَ الرَّجُلُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أَصَبْتُ حَدًّا فَأَقِمْهُ عَلَىَّ قَالَ أَبُو أُمَامَةَ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَرَأَيْتَ حِينَ خَرَجْتَ مِنْ بَيْتِكَ أَلَيْسَ قَدْ تَوَضَّأْتَ فَأَحْسَنْتَ الْوُضُوءَ قَالَ بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ ثُمَّ شَهِدْتَ الصَّلاَةَ مَعَنَا فَقَالَ نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ غَفَرَ لَكَ حَدَّكَ أَوْ قَالَ ذَنْبَكَ

[Machine] He said, "I heard Abu Umamah saying that a man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was in the mosque and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, indeed I have committed a sin, so please establish the punishment upon me.' The Prophet ﷺ remained silent. Then, he came and said to him again. Then, the prayer was established and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed. After that, he turned away. Abu Umamah said, 'The man followed him.' He said, 'I followed him to know what he would say to him.' The man said, 'O Messenger of Allah, indeed I have committed a sin, so please establish the punishment upon me.' The Prophet ﷺ said to him, 'Did you not perform ablution before leaving your house, and you performed it well, then you prayed with us?' He said, 'Yes.' The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Then, indeed Allah has forgiven your sin or fault.' Shaddad bin Aws (one of the narrators) said about the Hadith, 'So I left with the Prophet ﷺ and the man followed him.'"

قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا أُمَامَةَ يَقُولُ أَتَى رَجُلٌ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي أَصَبْتُ حَدًّا فَأَقِمْهُ عَلَيَّ قَالَ فَسَكَتَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ثُمَّ عَادَ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى ثُمَّ أُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَصَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ قَالَ أَبُو أُمَامَةَ فَاتَّبَعَهُ الرَّجُلُ قَالَ وَتَبِعْتُهُ قَالَ عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ فِي حَدِيثِهِ فَانْصَرَفْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَالرَّجُلُ يَتْبَعُهُ لِأَعْلَمَ مَا يَقُولُ لَهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ الرَّجُلُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي أَصَبْتُ حَدًّا فَأَقِمْهُ عَلَيَّ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَلَيْسَ قَدْ تَوَضَّأْتَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَخْرُجَ مِنْ مَنْزِلِكَ فَأَحْسَنْتَ الْوُضُوءَ ثُمَّ صَلَّيْتَ مَعَنَا؟ قَالَ بَلَى قَالَ فَإِنَّ اللهَ قَدْ غَفَرَ لَكَ حَدَّكَ أَوْ ذَنْبَكَ شَكَّ عِكْرِمَةُ قَالَ عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ فِي حَدِيثِهِ فَانْصَرَفْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَاتَّبَعَهُ الرَّجُلُ