How to reconcile Allah’s saying: [So confine them in the houses] regarding the female fornicator, with the flogging and banishment for the male virgin fornicator?
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The questioner : How do we reconcile the fact that the prescribed punishment for the virgin female fornicator is one hundred lashes and one year of banishment, with the saying of Allah the Exalted: [An-Nisa 4:15]?
The Shaykh : Yes, we reconcile them by the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Bulugh al-Maram 10:2 The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) clarified that Allah has provided a way out for them in His saying: [An-Nur 24:2] Thus, this verse abrogates the verse in Surat al-Nisa, or if you wish, say: it clarifies it, because the verse in Surat al-Nisa does not assert with certainty that this is the punishment, for Allah said: [An-Nisa 4:15] So Allah provided a way out for them.
Those who commit unlawful sexual intercourse of your women - bring against them four [witnesses] from among you. And if they testify, confine the guilty women to houses until death takes them or Allah ordains for them [another] way.
واللاّتي يأتين الفاحشة مِن نسائكم فاستشهدوا عليهنّ أربعة منكم فإن شهدوا فأمسكوهنّ في البيوت حتّى يتوفّاهنّ الموت أو يجعل الله لهنّ سبيلاًThe Shaykh : Yes, we reconcile them by the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):