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Is the حدّ of zina established upon a woman who practiced lesbianism with another woman and inserted her large clitoris into her partner's vulva?

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Lesbianism is forbidden by scholarly consensus, and one must repent from it. Ibn Hajar considered it a grave sin. It does not entail the prescribed punishment for adultery, but rather a discretionary punishment determined by the Muslim ruler.

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