If two divine punishments apply, one involving death, what is the ruling?
General Chapter
Al-Mughni
Book of Ḥudūd (Prescribed Penalties)
Primary text
When two legal punishments prescribed by God coincide, and one of them involves death, the punishment involving death supersedes and nullifies the other. This principle is argued by those who limit the punishment to stoning alone, comparing it to the case of apostasy where the death penalty precludes other corporal punishments.