Sunan. This wording, however, is al-Nasā’ī’s. For this reason, the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:

“No amputation is prescribed for a plunderer, a snatcher, or one who betrays a trust.”

A plunderer takes property openly while people are watching. A snatcher grabs an object and is noticed before taking it. As for the cutpurse—the thief who slits open pockets, kerchiefs, sleeves, and the like—amputation is prescribed according to the correct view.

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As for one who commits unlawful sexual intercourse, if he is muhsan (has the legal status conferred by consummating a valid marriage), he is stoned until he dies. Thus the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, stoned Māʿiz ibn Mālik al-Aslamī, the woman of Ghāmid, the two Jews, and others. The Muslims continued to carry out stoning after him.

Scholars have differed over whether he should receive one hundred lashes before being stoned. There are two views on this within the school of Ahmad and elsewhere. If he is not muhsan, he receives one hundred lashes in accordance with the Book of Allah and is banished for a year in accordance with the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, although some scholars consider banishment obligatory.

According to many or most scholars, the prescribed punishment is not carried out unless four witnesses testify against him or he testifies against himself four times. Some scholars consider a single confession sufficient. If he confesses and then retracts his confession,