Thread by @Ubaidbinriyaz

𝐀 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬:

There came to Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, a woman from the tribe of Ghamid.
The woman approached him and said, “O Allah’s Messenger, I have committed adultery, so purify me.”

The Prophet’s eyes filled with grief and he turned away from her, dismissing her from the gathering.
The next day, al-Ghamidiyyah returned and once again publicly confessed her crime. “O Allah’s Messenger, why do you turn me away?”
"By Allah, I have become pregnant!”

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ answered, “If you insist upon it (the punishment), then leave and return only after you give birth.”
Months later, al-Ghamidiyyah returned to Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, with her baby wrapped in blankets.

She presented the child, saying, “Here is the child whom I have given birth to.”
Prophet Muhammad ﷺ answered, “Leave, and suckle him until he is weaned.”

Approximately two years later, al-Ghamidiyyah returned with her child, who was holding a piece of bread in his hand.

“O Allah’s Messenger, here is my child, as I have weaned him and he can now eat (solid) food.”

Upon this, Prophet Muhammad ﷺ entrusted the child to one of his other Companions, and pronounced the punishment of zina upon al-Ghamidiyyah. She was placed in a ditch that came up to her chest, and he commanded the people to come forth and stone her.

Khalid ibn Waleed R.A flung a stone at her head, at which blood spurted forth from her and splashed Khalid’s face. Furious, Khalid R.A verbally abused her.

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ heard Khalid’s curses and rebuked him, saying “Khalid, be gentle! By Him in Whose Hand is my life, she has made such a repentance that even if a wrongful tax-collector were to repent, he would have been forgiven.”

After she died, Prophet Muhammad ﷺ prayed the funeral prayer over her body and al-Ghamidiyyah was buried.
Source : Sahih Muslim 1695 b

Lesson:
By virtue of the repentance, the acknowledgment of the severity of sins she committed,she was able to elevate herself from a position of lowliness & shame to one of honor & dignity, & displayed an incredibly high standard of courage & Iman
She was actual herione of Islam