Continuation of the explanation of the chapter: "The two unmarried [persons] are flogged and exiled": "The fornicator and the fornicatress: flog each of them with a hundred lashes, and let not compassion for them take hold of you in [the matter of] the religion of Allah, if you believe in Allah and the Last Day. And let a group of the believers witness their punishment. The fornicator shall not marry except a fornicatress or a polytheistess, and the fornicatress shall not be married except by a fornicator or a polytheist, and that is forbidden to the believers."
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The Shaykh :[An-Nur 24:3] His statement: The scholars differed on this: is the meaning that he shall not have intercourse, i.e., he shall not commit fornication except with a fornicatress or a polytheistess? In that case, the meaning would be that the fornicator does not commit fornication except with a fornicatress or a polytheistess. Or is the meaning of "marry" the actual marriage contract? This is the correct view, and the meaning is that he shall not marry except a fornicatress or a polytheistess. How is that? Because if he is a fornicator, it is forbidden for a chaste woman to marry him. So if she marries him, either she is aware of the ruling and accepts it, but she has disobeyed, in which case she is a fornicatress, because she has made her private parts lawful without a valid contract; or she is not satisfied with the ruling and has chosen a ruling other than the ruling of Allah, in which case she is a polytheistess. This is the interpretation of the verse, and its interpretation is clear. Likewise, regarding the other, he said: [An-Nur 24:3] The fornicatress is not permitted to marry until she repents. If a man marries her while he is satisfied with the ruling of Allah and knows that it is forbidden, then he is a fornicator. If he marries her while not satisfied with the ruling of Allah, then he is a polytheist. He said: That is, the marriage of the fornicatress or the marriage of the fornicator which Allah the Exalted has forbidden. Yes, we have not read this. The commentary on the hadiths, O Hidayat Allah.