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It is reported that Maez-bin-Malek came to the Prophet and said "O Messenger of God, I have committed fromiction and I have oppressed my soul. So purify me. This is my wish." The Prophet turned him back. On the following day, he came again to the Prophet and said as above. He turned him back for the second time. When he said this for the third and fourth time, he passed orders for his punishment. A pit was dug for him and he was put therein and stoned to death. There were two parties over this affairs. Some said "He has been ruined". Some said "This is no other 'sincere Tauba like his." The Prophet said " He has repented in such a way that if it would have been divided among the people, i t would have been sufficient for them."

On another day, one Gamedi woman came to the Prophet and said "I have committed fornication, purify me." The Prophet turned her away. On the following day she came again to the Prophet and said "O messenger of God, why, did you turn me away ? You have thought that as you have turned away Maez, you will also turn me away. By God, I have conceived." The Prophet said "Go away till you give birth to a child."
Immediately after the child was born, she came to the Prophet

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Answer: To love the above things are sins but if he is deprived of those things, his sins are expiated. It is narrated that Gabriel once came to Joseph in his prison. The latter asked him :
How far have you burdened my old father with sorrows and anxieties ? Gabriel said : He has been given sorrows to the extent of grief of a mother who lost one hundred sons. Joseph said :
What rank will he get near God therefore ? Gabriel said : "The rank of one hundred martyrs".

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with the child putting on a torn cloth and said "My child is born."

The Prophet said "Go and suckle it, till it comes to an end.' When

the suckling ended, she came to the Prophet with the boy in

whose hand there was a piece of bread. She said "O Prophet of

God, I have finished suckling and now he has been taking food."

The Prophet then handed over the boy to a Muslim. A pit was

dug upto her breast and the Prophet then passed order to stone .

her to death. Hazrat Khalid-bin-Walid threw a piece of stone on

her head which gave out a streak of blood which fell on his face

and he was rebuking her. The Prophet heard it, rebuked him for it

and said "Stop O Khalid, One in whose hand there lies my life, she

has made such a Tauba that if a collector of Zakat in excess of limit

makes such Tauba, his Tauba will be accepted. She was then buried

after funeral prayer. If the money of somebody was taken by force

or there was a breach of trust or the wages of a labourer were not

paid or paid less, it is incumbent to gather information of these

things from the time of maturity upto date and to pay their just

dues.