Is the punishment for married male and female fornicators truly stoning, or is it one hundred lashes as stated in Surah An-Nur, Verse 2: "The [unmarried] female [fornicator] and the [unmarried] male [fornicator] – lash each one of them with one hundred lashes, and do not let pity for them prevent you from [enforcing] the religion of Allah, if you should believe in Allah and the Last Day. And let a group of the believers witness their punishment"? Especially given the existence of other verses indicating that the punishment for a female fornicator can be halved or does not lead to death, such as the verse concerning slave women: "And if they commit immorality, then for them is half of the punishment for free [unmarried] women"?
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The sources of rulings in Islam are the Quran and the . The Sunnah does not contradict the Quran; both are revelations from Allah. The ruling of stoning for the free, married person is established by the Quran, the Sunnah, and scholarly consensus. Allah revealed the verse of stoning in His Book, the Prophet (peace be upon him) carried out stoning, and scholars have unanimously agreed that stoning is for the married fornicator if evidence of their fornication is established. As for the punishment for adultery mentioned in Surat An-Nur, it is for free, unmarried persons.
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