Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 5412
أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْكَرْمَانِيُّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أُتِيَ بِامْرَأَةٍ قَدْ زَنَتْ فَقَالَ " مِمَّنْ " . قَالَتْ مِنَ الْمُقْعَدِ الَّذِي فِي حَائِطِ سَعْدٍ . فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ فَأُتِيَ بِهِ مَحْمُولاً فَوُضِعَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَاعْتَرَفَ فَدَعَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِإِثْكَالٍ فَضَرَبَهُ وَرَحِمَهُ لِزَمَانَتِهِ وَخَفَّفَ عَنْهُ .
It was narrated from Abu Umamah bin Sahl bin Hunaif that a woman who had committed adultery was brought to the Prophet. He asked, ‘With whom?’ She replied, ‘With the paralyzed man in Sa'd’s garden.’ The man was sent for and brought on a stretcher, then placed before him. He confessed. The Messenger of Allah called for a bundle of palm fronds and struck him with it, showing compassion for his disability and reducing the severity of the punishment.
Translation notes
The source says the Prophet used a bundle of palm fronds and lightened the punishment out of consideration for the man's disability.