After this the jurists became almost unanimous that a qazif who has received the prescribed punishment for a crime, cannot he tried again unless he commits a fresh crime of qazf | except those who repent and trend their ways; Allah is Forgiving and Merciful |
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" is not related to the first Command but is related to the other two | " 7 According to the Hanafis, the demand for the prescribed punishment of qazf call either be made by the accused, or, if the accused is not there, by the one whose lineage suffers the stigma, e |
Now as far as the second Command, viz | cannot be regarded as qazf |
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One group says that this sentence is related only to the last Command | 9 The Qur'an has given three Commandments in respect of the person who fails to produce proper evidence which can cause his acquittal of the crime of qazf, a He should be awarded 80 stripes, b His evidence should not be accepted in future, c He himself is a transgressor |
, he should be accused of having committed zina while being of full age legally; accusing a minor, or a grown up person that he committed zina when a minor, dces not deserve the " prescribed punishment, for, like an insane person, a child also cannot fully safeguard his honour and chastity.
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