Allah the Exalted said:
رياض الصالحينAbū Zakariyyā Muḥyī al-Dīn Yaḥyā ibn Sharaf al-Nawawī٣٥٠ - باب تحريم الشفاعة في الحدود
٣٥٠ - باب تحريم الشفاعة في الحدود
ۖ
The [unmarried] woman or [unmarried] man found guilty of sexual intercourse1 - lash each one of them with a hundred lashes,2 and do not be taken by pity for them in the religion [i.e., law] of Allāh,3 if you should believe in Allāh and the Last Day. And let a group of the believers witness their punishment.
﵂: - ﷺ؟ - ﷺ. - ﷺ: ، - ﷺ -
ʿĀʼishah (may Allah be pleased with her) reported that the Quraysh were greatly concerned about the case of the Makhzūmī woman who had stolen, and they said: “Who will speak to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about her?” They said: “Who would dare [approach] him except Usāmah ibn Zayd, the beloved of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?” So Usāmah spoke to him, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Do you intercede concerning one of the prescribed punishments (ḥadd) of Allah the Exalted?!” Then he stood and addressed [the people], saying: “Those before you were destroyed only because, when a noble person among them stole, they would let him be, but when a weak person among them stole, they would carry out the punishment on him. By Allah, were Fāṭimah, the daughter of Muḥammad, to steal, I would cut off her hand.” Agreed upon. In another narration: The face of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ changed colour and he said: “Do you intercede concerning one of the prescribed punishments of Allah?!” Usāmah said: “Ask forgiveness for me, Messenger of Allah.” He said: Then he ordered that the woman’s hand be cut off, and it was cut off.