Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 2234
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " إِذَا زَنَتْ أَمَةُ أَحَدِكُمْ، فَتَبَيَّنَ زِنَاهَا فَلْيَجْلِدْهَا الْحَدَّ، وَلاَ يُثَرِّبْ عَلَيْهَا، ثُمَّ إِنْ زَنَتْ فَلْيَجْلِدْهَا الْحَدَّ وَلاَ يُثَرِّبْ، ثُمَّ إِنْ زَنَتِ الثَّالِثَةَ فَتَبَيَّنَ زِنَاهَا فَلْيَبِعْهَا وَلَوْ بِحَبْلٍ مِنْ شَعَرٍ ".
Abd al-Aziz ibn Abdullah said: al-Layth informed me, from Said, from his father, from Abu Hurayra, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: I heard the Prophet say: “If an enslaved woman belonging to one of you commits zina and it is established, let him administer the prescribed flogging and not reproach her. If she commits zina again, let him administer the prescribed flogging and not reproach her. If she commits it a third time and it is established, let him sell her, even for a rope made of hair.”
Translation notes
The report requires the offense to be established for the first and third instances. It directs that she not be reproached after punishment, then says to sell her after a third established offense.