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Hudud
Surah: An-Nur (2)
Hadd of False Accusation and Adultery — Protecting Honor
ٱلزَّانِيَةُ وَٱلزَّانِي فَٱجۡلِدُواْ كُلَّ وَٰحِدٍ مِّنۡهُمَا مِاْئَةَ جَلۡدَةٍ
— النور الآية 2
Hadd of adultery: "Flog each one of them with a hundred lashes" (24:2) — hundred lashes for the unmarried; majority position: stoning for the married (from Sunnah).
Difficult proof requirement: Four witnesses who saw the act itself with their eyes — an almost impossible condition ensuring public indecency is addressed, not private matters.
Hadd of false accusation: "Those who accuse chaste women without four witnesses — flog them eighty lashes" (24:4).
Difficult proof requirement: Four witnesses who saw the act itself with their eyes — an almost impossible condition ensuring public indecency is addressed, not private matters.
Hadd of false accusation: "Those who accuse chaste women without four witnesses — flog them eighty lashes" (24:4).
Source: Al-Qurtubi (12/156); Ibn Al-Arabi (3/332); Ibn Qudama (9/34)
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