Abdullah reported that a person came to Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and said:
Allah's Messenger, I sported with a woman in the outskirts of Medina, and I have committed an offence short of fornication. Here I am (before you), kindly deliver verdict about me which you deem fit. Unar said: Allah concealed your fault. You had better conceal it yourself also. Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ), however, gave no reply to him. The man stood up and went away and Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) sent a person after him to call him and be recited this verse: And observe prayer at the ends of the day and in the first hours of the night. Surely, good deeds take away evil deeds. That is a reminder for the mindful (xi. 115). A person amongst the people said: Allah's Apostle, does it concern this marn only? Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: No, but the people at large.