* This verse makes the husband responsible for procuring four witnesses to establish the accusation. Otherwise, the accused will not be liable to the hadd (i.e. the prescribed punishment). Suppose the available evidence does not fulfil the requirement mentioned above; in that case, it will fall under the category of crimes liable to discretionary punishment (ta‘zir). This principle establishes the guidelines for judges and legal authorities for trial and prosecution. Moreover, the sentence of life imprisonment was later repealed and replaced by the ‘hadd’ punishment.
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Exact word: باطل. Root variants: ~باطل (Arabic only). Phrase: "حق و باطل". Exclude: باطل -الكافرين. AND: باطل حق.
The Prophet ﷺ said: 'Convey from me, even if it is one verse.' (Bukhari 3461)