Hadith.5025 - In the narration of Muhammad ibn Amr ibn Sa'id, it is reported that a woman came to Umar and said: "O' (political) Commander of the Faithful, I have committed fornication, so establish upon me the punishment of Allah, the Almighty and Majestic." Umar ordered that she be stoned. Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib عليه السلام, the (divinely appointed) Commander of the Faithful, was present and said: "Ask her how she committed fornication." So they asked her, and she said: "I was in a desolate area of the land, and I was overtaken by severe thirst. Then, I saw a tent in the distance, so I went toward it and found an Arab man inside. I asked him for water, but he refused to give me any unless I allowed him access to myself. I turned away from him and fled, but my thirst intensified until my eyes sank in, and my tongue became dry. When the thirst overwhelmed me, I returned to him, and he gave me water to drink and then had his way with me." Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib عليه السلام said: "This is the case that Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, referred to in His سبحانه وتعالى words: 'But whoever is compelled by necessity, neither desiring [it] nor transgressing [its limit], there is no sin upon him.' (Surah Al-Baqarah 2:173). This woman neither sought it nor transgressed, so release her." Umar then said, "If not for Ali عليه السلام, Umar would have perished."