than the reasoning of the first view, which holds that no prescribed punishment is carried out against her. Even so, it is a flawed rationale that establishes no proof, and lives cannot be taken on its basis—especially if she is previously married, for she would be stoned solely on that account.

It remains to be said: As for the jurists’ reasoning that questioning her would constitute publicizing indecency, we say: We will not question her; rather, we will carry out the prescribed punishment against her without questioning her, unless she claims something that averts the punishment.

Thus, according to this presentation, there are four ways in which unlawful intercourse may be established:

First: testimony.

Second: confession.

Third: the pregnancy of a woman who has neither a husband nor a master.

Fourth: mutual imprecation between the spouses: once the husband has completed the mutual imprecation and she does not counter it.