"The fornicators among the married men (ash-shaikh) and married women (ash-shaikhah), stone them as an exemplary punishment from Allah, and Allah is Mighty and Wise."
— Stoning

January 1, 1970

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Sources

As-Suyuti, Al-Itqan fi Ulum al-Qur’an, 524, in Gilchrist. John Gilchrist, Jam’ Al-Qur’an, The Codification of the Qur’an Text: A Comprehensive Study of the Original Collection of the Qur’an Text and the Early Surviving Qur’an Manuscripts (Mondeor, South Africa: MERCSA, 1989)