If an unchaste young man commits Zina and has been subjected to the Hadd punishment twice before, is he to be beheaded the third time, or is he to be flogged? And does the same ruling apply to one who habitually drinks alcohol and persists in doing so?

Adultery is one of the gravest major sins. Its punishment for the un-married person is one hundred lashes and one year of exile, while for the married person it is stoning to death. The adulterer's head is not to be severed. The hadith about killing a drunkard on the fourth offense is abrogated, and acting upon it is impermissible. It has been established that the blood of Muslims is not to be shed except in three cases: retaliation (qisas), the married adulterer, and the one who abandons their religion. Repeated adultery for the un-married person or repeated consumption of alcohol does not necessitate execution; rather, it requires the implementation of the legal punishment (hadd shar'i), knowing that the implementation of legal punishments rests with the ruler and is not within the purview of individuals.