What is the prescribed punishment when one of the two parties in fornication is a slave and the other is a free person?
General Chapter
Al-Mughni
Book of Ḥudūd (Prescribed Penalties)
Primary text
If one of the two parties committing fornication is a slave and the other is free, each party receives the punishment due to their status. This is because each is responsible only for the penalty of their own transgression.