Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: An-Noor, Ayah 8

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وَيَدْرَؤُا۟ عَنْهَا ٱلْعَذَابَ أَن تَشْهَدَ أَرْبَعَ شَهَٰدَٰتٍۭ بِٱللَّهِ ۙ إِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ
But it will prevent punishment from her if she gives four testimonies [swearing] by Allah that indeed, he is of the liars.

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Al-Jalalayn Commentary

And the punishment namely the prescribed legal punishment for fornication that is established upon his testimony shall be averted from her if she testify swearing by God four times that he is indeed lying in accusing her of having fornicated;

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(And it shall avert) the judge will abstain from applying (the punishment from her) the punishment of stoning on the accused wife (if she bear witness before Allah four times) if the woman swears four times by Allah with Whom there is no other god (that the thing he) her husband (saith is indeed false) is untrue,

Related Hadiths

Sunan Abu Dawud#4469Da'if

A man of Bakr ibn Layth came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and made confession four times that he had committed fornication with a woman, so he had a hundred lashes administered to him. The man had not been marr...

Narrated by Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:
Sunan an-Nasa'i#3478Sahih

"When the Prophet commanded the two who were engaging in Li'an to utter the fifth oath, he commanded a man to place his hand over his mouth, and he said: "It will inevitably bring the punishment upon ...

Narrated by It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas:
Sunan Ibn Majah#2100Sahih

“The Testimony of a man or woman who is treacherous, or of one who has been subjected to one of the Haad punishments of Islam, or of one who bears a grudge against his brother, is not permissible.”

Narrated by It was narrated from 'Amr bin Shuaib from his father that his grandfather said:
Jami` at-Tirmidhi#429Sahih

She heard Allah's Messenger (S) saying: "Whoever maintains four Rak'ah before Az-Zuhr and four after it, Allah makes him prohibited for the Fire."

Narrated by Umm Habibah the wife of the Prophet (S) narrated that:
Jami` at-Tirmidhi#2366Hasan

The testimony of a treacherous man is not acceptable nor a treacherous woman nor a man lashed for the Hadd nor a woman lashed nor one possessing malice of enmity nor a rehearsed witness nor the Qani o...

Narrated by Aishah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said:
Sunan Ibn Majah#894Da'if

“Whoever prays four Rak’ah before the Zuhr and four afterwards, Allah will forbid him to the Fire.”

Narrated by It was narrated from Umm Habibah that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:
Sunan an-Nasa'i#1820Sahih

"Whoever prays four rak'ahs before Zuhr and four after it, Allah (SWT) will forbid him from the Fire."

Narrated by It was narrated from Umm Habibah-and when this was narrated to Sa'eed from Umm Habibah from the Prophet (ﷺ), he would approve it and not deny it but when he narrated it to us, he did not attribute it to the Prophet (ﷺ)- she said:
Sunan Ibn Majah#2105Da'if

the Prophet (ﷺ) allowed the testimony of a man along with the oath of the claimant.

Narrated by It was narrated from Surraq that :
Sunan Ibn Majah#2060Sahih

I heard Abu Salamah say: I heard Abu Hurairah say: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'No man or woman swears a false oath beside this pulpit, even if it is for a fresh twig, but he will be doomed to H...

Narrated by Muhammad bin Yahya, who is Abu Yunus Al-Qawi, said:
Jami` at-Tirmidhi#428Sahih

Allah's Messenger (S) said: "Whoever prays four before Az-Zuhr and four after, Allah makes him prohibited for the Fire."

Narrated by Umm Habibah narrated that:

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