The Response to Those Who Describe the Punishment of Stoning as Barbaric

Question:
The Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) explained his rejection of the punishment of stoning for the fornicator, and how we should respond to those who say that this is barbarism and a deterrent, and what they display, and who want to replace it with something else?

Answer:
This is what requires a response. This opposes Islam and is a denial of it. Islam is the most correct, and it does not need such a man, nor do we pay any attention to him. They said things more heinous than this, but we do not pay any attention to them.
And in stoning there is what is barbaric? In stoning there is mercy for the society and protection for it from fornication. What has become of the condition of societies that do not have the hadd punishment for zina? Even those that claim to be upon Islam, what has become of their condition regarding disintegration and dissolution, the loss of honor, the mixing of lineages, and the much evil? What have they gained from behind that? The one who objects to stoning or to anything else, we do not turn to him, and it does not need anyone to respond to him.