section 3

dealing with women
punishment to immoral women and men ö
tolerance for repentance ö unlawful to treat women harshly ö
kindness to women enjoined.

 

15. " and as for those of your women who are guitly of lewdness, call to
witness four of you (muslims) against them; then if they bear witness (to the
fact), confine them to the houses until death takes them away or allah makes
some way for them."

commentary:
the punishment of filthy women who have husband and are polluted
with lewdness is pointed out in the above verse, where it says:

" and as for those of your women who are guitly of lewdness, call to witness
four of you (muslims) against them; ..."

then, the verse continues saying:

"... then if they bear witness (to the fact), confine them to the houses
until death takes them away ..."

thus, the punishment of lewdness for the women who have husband
has been assigned
`life imprisonment' in this verse.

but, immediately after that, it says:

"... or allah makes some way for them."

from the above mentioned sense, it is understood that this ordinance
had been a temporary ordinance, because later the holy prophet (p.b.u.h.)
issued the divine ordinance of `stoning', the explanation of which is found in
islamic literature and the books of jurisprudence where you may refer to it.