حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ النَّحْوِيِّ عَنْ عِکْرِمَةَ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ وَاللَّاتِي يَأْتِينَ الْفَاحِشَةَ مِنْ نِسَائِکُمْ فَاسْتَشْهِدُوا عَلَيْهِنَّ أَرْبَعَةً مِنْکُمْ فَإِنْ شَهِدُوا فَأَمْسِکُوهُنَّ فِي الْبُيُوتِ حَتَّی يَتَوَفَّاهُنَّ الْمَوْتُ أَوْ يَجْعَلَ اللَّهُ لَهُنَّ سَبِيلًا وَذَکَرَ الرَّجُلَ بَعْدَ الْمَرْأَةِ ثُمَّ جَمَعَهُمَا فَقَالَ وَاللَّذَانِ يَأْتِيَانِهَا مِنْکُمْ فَآذُوهُمَا فَإِنْ تَابَا وَأَصْلَحَا فَأَعْرِضُوا عَنْهُمَا فَنَسَحَ ذَلِکَ بِآيَةِ الْجَلْدِ فَقَالَ الزَّانِيَةُ وَالزَّانِي فَاجْلِدُوا کُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا مِائَةَ جَلْدَةٍ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 4413
Ibn Abbas said: The Quranic verse goes: “If any of your woman are guilty of lewdness, take the evidence of four (reliable) witnesses from amongst you against them, and if they testify, Confine them to houses until death do chain them or Allah ordains for them some (other) way. Allah then mentioned man after woman and combined them in another verse: “If two men among you are guilty of lewdness, punish them both. If they repent and amend, leave them alone. This command was abrogated by the verse relating to flogging: “The woman and the man guilty of adultery or fornication – flog each of them with one hundred stripes.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020