An-Nisa 4:15 واللاتي ياتين الفاحشة من نسايكم فاستشهدوا عليهن اربعة منكم فان شهدوا فامسكوهن في البيوت حتى يتوفاهن الموت او يجعل الله لهن سبيلا ١٥
وَٱلَّٰتِي
يَأۡتِينَ
ٱلۡفَٰحِشَةَ
مِن
نِّسَآئِكُمۡ
فَٱسۡتَشۡهِدُواْ
عَلَيۡهِنَّ
أَرۡبَعَةٗ
مِّنكُمۡۖ
فَإِن
شَهِدُواْ
فَأَمۡسِكُوهُنَّ
فِي
ٱلۡبُيُوتِ
حَتَّىٰ
يَتَوَفَّىٰهُنَّ
ٱلۡمَوۡتُ
أَوۡ
يَجۡعَلَ
ٱللَّهُ
لَهُنَّ
سَبِيلٗا
١٥
Those who commit immorality [i.e., unlawful sexual intercourse] of your women - bring against them four [witnesses] from among you. And if they testify,1 confine them [i.e., the guilty women] to houses until death takes them or Allāh ordains for them [another] way.2
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Adulteress is Confined in her House; A Command Later Abrogated
At the begining of Islam, the ruling was that if a woman commits adultery as stipulated by sufficient proof, she was confined to her home, without leave, until she died. Allah said,
وَاللَـتِى يَأْتِينَ الْفَـحِشَةَ
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…The Adulteress is Confined in her House; A Command Later Abrogated
At the begining of Islam, the ruling was that if a woman commits adultery as stipula
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