Why did we say that we do not combine stoning and flogging in the punishment for zina, when a hadith came with that?
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The questioner : ... The scholars differ regarding the punishment for the married person. Some said he is stoned and flogged, and some said he is stoned only. We said there is abrogation, but abrogation is only claimed when combining the texts is impossible. Here, is combining stoning and flogging impossible?
The Shaykh : Impossible? How is it impossible!
The questioner : Combining is possible; the flogging and the stoning can both occur.
The Shaykh : But the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) himself did not flog, and if he did not flog, that is the end of it.
The questioner : But did he not order flogging?
The Shaykh : He never ordered flogging.
The questioner : Did he not say?
The Shaykh : That was at the beginning of the revelation, when Allah the Exalted said[An-Nisa 4:15], so he said Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1434Sahih (Darussalam).
The Shaykh : Impossible? How is it impossible!
The questioner : Combining is possible; the flogging and the stoning can both occur.
The Shaykh : But the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) himself did not flog, and if he did not flog, that is the end of it.
The questioner : But did he not order flogging?
The Shaykh : He never ordered flogging.
The questioner : Did he not say
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خذوا عنيThe Shaykh : That was at the beginning of the revelation, when Allah the Exalted said