Quran mentions that certain types of adulterers should be punished with lashes
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The quran mentions that certain types of
adulterers should be punished with lashes but in the hadiths it is mentioned
that adulteres should be punished by death. Please let me know what is the
exact punishment for an adulterer
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Answer:
Punishment for zina
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is no one (no idol, no person, no
grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 24 Surah
Noor verse 2:
2 The woman and the man guilty of ‘zina’ (fornication) flog each of
them with a hundred stripes: let not compassion move you in their
case in a matter prescribed by Allah if ye believe in Allah and the Last Day:
and let a party of the believers witness their punishment.
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 8.810 Narrated by Jabir
A man from the tribe of Aslam came to the
Prophet (saws) and confessed that he had committed adultery (illegal sexual
intercourse). The Prophet (saws) turned his face away from him till the man
bore witness against himself four times. The Prophet (saws) said to him,
"Are you mad?" He said "No." The Prophet (saws) asked, "Are you married?" He said,
"Yes." Then the Prophet
(saws) ordered that he be stoned to death, and he was stoned to death at the
Musalla (public gathering place).
The prescribed punishment for the sin of ‘zina’ in Shariah
depends on the marital status of the person convicted of the crime in a court
of law:
- Fornication: If the man or the woman who is guilty
of ‘zina’ (fornication) is unmarried, Shariah Law prescribes a punishment
for a 100 lashes in public.
- Adultery:
If the man or the woman who is guilty of ‘zina’ (adultery) is married,
Shariah Law prescribes that the guilty should be stoned to death in
public.
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Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister