—except in the specific case of the prescribed penalty for slander (qadhf).

If a man engages in sexual contact with a woman who is a stranger to him, short of actual intercourse, he is disciplined with a discretionary punishment (taʿzīr).

No ḥadd is carried out on one who has intercourse with the slave-girl owned by his son or grandson, even if he admits, “I knew she was forbidden to me.”

However, if he has intercourse with the slave-girl of his father, his mother, or his wife, or if a slave has intercourse with his master’s slave-girl, and he says, “I knew she was forbidden to me,” the ḥadd is enforced; but if he claims, “I thought she was lawful for me,” the ḥadd is waived.

If a woman other than his lawful wife is brought to him on the wedding night and the women present say, “She is your wife,” and he then has intercourse with her, no ḥadd is incurred, though he must still pay her dower.

Whoever finds a woman on his bed and then has intercourse with her is liable to the ḥadd.

If a man marries a woman whom it is unlawful for him to marry and then has intercourse with her, the ḥadd does not become obligatory.

One who approaches a woman through the prohibited avenue of anal intercourse, or who engages in the act of the people of Lot, is not subject to the ḥadd according to Abu Ḥanīfah; he is instead disciplined. Abū Yūsuf and Muḥammad, however, treat the matter as outright fornication, warranting the ḥadd.

Whoever copulates with an animal is not subject to the ḥadd.

If someone commits fornication in enemy territory or in a land of rebellion and then comes to us, we do not enforce the ḥadd upon him.