The Hadd Punishment for Falsely Accusing a Free, Chaste Slave
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, if the hadd punishment for falsely accusing a slave is half the punishment for a free person in terms of flogging, what is his punishment if he is a free, chaste man?
Answer:
He is only subject to flogging, whether he is a virgin or a non-virgin, because stoning cannot be halved. Stoning cannot be halved, so it reverts to the thing that can be halved, which is flogging, for both the virgin and the non-virgin. As for slaves, stoning is not imposed on them.
Honorable Shaykh, if the hadd punishment for falsely accusing a slave is half the punishment for a free person in terms of flogging, what is his punishment if he is a free, chaste man?
Answer:
He is only subject to flogging, whether he is a virgin or a non-virgin, because stoning cannot be halved. Stoning cannot be halved, so it reverts to the thing that can be halved, which is flogging, for both the virgin and the non-virgin. As for slaves, stoning is not imposed on them.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب حد القذف — islamhouse.com (54:58)
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