—for slaughtering the sacrificial animals and distributing their meat are themselves acts of worship and a manifest rite.

11 – The narration also shows that confession ranks among the strongest forms of evidence for establishing a ruling, for the Prophet ﷺ ordered her to be stoned solely on the basis of her own admission; its detailed treatment will appear in its proper place, God willing.

12 – It further indicates the recommendation to send plentiful sacrificial animals (hady) to the Sacred House, as the Prophet ﷺ presented one hundred camels for that purpose.

13 – It is commendable for the one who offers the hady or the udhiyah to perform the slaughter himself, because the very act is a devotional means of drawing near to Allah.

14 – The report highlights the Prophet’s ﷺ wisdom and sound statesmanship: he appointed Unays, a relative of the woman upon whom the penalty was carried out, and having a member of her own family do so was easier on her people than if a stranger had undertaken it.

15 – If only one of the two parties—man or woman—confesses, that confession applies solely to the one who made it; the Prophet ﷺ did not act on the adulterer’s confession against the woman but proceeded against her only after she confessed herself.

16 – The legal punishment for the married adulterer is stoning with stones until death.

17 – The ruler’s presence is not a prerequisite for enforcing the prescribed penalties; they may be executed in his absence, provided injustice can be safely averted.

18 – Finally, the reports affirm the obligation to enforce the legal penalties, a responsibility entrusted to the Muslim ruler or his deputy.