Chapter: What Has Been Related About The Adulterer Does Not Commit Adultery While He Is A Believer
Narrated Abu Hurairah: that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: The adulterer is not a believer while he is committing adultery, and the thief is not a believer while he is stealing, but there is a chance for repentance; (if he repents, Allah will accept the repentance).
Narrated Ali bin Abu Talib: that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: Whoever is penalized (for a crime) then his punishment has been hastened for him in the world, for Allah is more just than to double the punishment upon His slave in the Hereafter. And whoever does a punishable act and then Allah covers it for him and forgives him, then Allah is more kind than to recount something which He has already forgiven.