[Machine] We were in Mecca when people gathered around a woman, nearly killing her, while saying that she had committed adultery. Umar ibn al-Khattab came with his people, and they praised her. Umar asked her to tell him about her situation. She said, "O leader of the believers, I was a woman who was attacked last night. I performed the night prayer, then I slept. When I woke up, a man was between my legs and he threw something on me like a shooting star, then he left." Umar said, "If anyone had killed this man who was between the two mountains or between the two trees, Abu Khalid would have doubted and Allah would have punished them. He left her alone and wrote to all regions, 'Do not kill anyone except with my permission.'"  

إِنَّا لَبِمَكَّةَ إِذْ نَحْنُ بِامْرَأَةٍ اجْتَمَعَ عَلَيْهَا النَّاسُ حَتَّى كَادَ أَنْ يَقْتُلُوهَا وَهُمْ يَقُولُونَ زَنَتْ زَنَتْ فَأَتَى بِهَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ وَهِيَ حُبْلَى وَجَاءَ مَعَهَا قَوْمُهَا فَأَثْنَوْا عَلَيْهَا بِخَيْرٍ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ أَخْبِرِينِي عَنْ أَمْرِكِ قَالَتْ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ كُنْتُ امْرَأَةً أُصِيبُ مِنْ هَذَا اللَّيْلِ فَصَلَّيْتُ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ ثُمَّ نِمْتُ وَقُمْتُ وَرَجُلٌ بَيْنَ رِجْلِيَّ فَقَذَفَ فِيَّ مِثْلَ الشِّهَابِ ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ لَوْ قَتَلَ هَذِهِ مَنْ بَيْنَ الْجَبَلَيْنِ أَوْ قَالَ الْأَخْشَبَيْنِ شَكَّ أَبُو خَالِدٍ لَعَذَّبَهُمُ اللهُ فَخَلَّى سَبِيلَهَا وَكَتَبَ إِلَى الْآفَاقِ أَنْ لَا تَقْتُلُوا أَحَدًا إِلَّا بِإِذْنِي