Abu Umama reported: We were sitting in the mosque in the company of Allahs Messenger ﷺ . A person came there and said: Allahs Messenger, I have committed an offence which deserves the imposition of hadd upon me, so impose it upon me. Allahs Messenger ﷺ kept silent. He repeated it and said: Allahs Messenger, 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 Allahs Apostle ﷺ had concluded the payer that person followed Allahs Messenger ﷺ . Abu Umama said: I too followed Allahs Messenger 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 Allahs Messenger ﷺ and said: Allahs Messenger, I have committed an offence which deserves imposition of hadd upon me, so impose it upon me. Abu Umama reported that Allahs Messenger ﷺ said to him: Didnt you see that as you got out of the house, you performed ablution perfectly well. He said: Allahs Messenger, of course. I did it. He again said to him: Then you observed prayer along with us. He said: Allahs Messenger, yes, it is so. Thereupon Allahs Messenger ﷺ said to him: Verily, Allah has exempted you from the imposition of hadd, or he said from your sin.