Surat Al Nur 1-10

The crime of Zina/Adultery The crime of slander

Punishment of
Punishment of How to prove
Private slander / Lian slandering chaste
commiting Zena Zena/Adultery
woman

Meaning: When the
husband or wife accuses
their spouse of zina
1. the accuser
must have 4
witnesses Procedure: The accuser
must swear on Allah 4
100 lashes times that he is saying
the truth and the
accused must swear to
2, They must go Allah 4 times their
to court innocence. This system
provides the spouse of a
way of not making it
public
1. Bodily:80 lashes
and no testament
ever again recognized
by court.
2. Moral and
psychological: The
man will be shunned
by society
3. Religious: It is one
the major 7 sins so he
will be heavily
punished by Allah
Explain the following:
Four witnesses required to prove adultery contrary to the other cases where
only two witnesses are required?
It is difficult for the accuser to get 4 witnesses because he does not want to make the zina public so he gets
less witnesses to make it less public. Or in some cases there were not many witnesses so 2 is allowed.