and [if by it is meant] transgressing the command of Allah the Exalted, then the abiding is metaphorical, [applying only] for a certain period of time.

893: 4970: One hundred lashes: 1: Surah al-Nur, verse: 2.

: 4971: Adultery (al-zina): 2: Tafsir Ibn Kathir (1/462) and Tafsir Mujahid (1/148).

894: 4977: A way: 1: Tafsir Ibn Kathir: (1/462).

: 4979: Abrogated: 2: Tafsir 'Abd al-Razzaq: (1/151).

895: 4981: With stones: 1: Authentic (sahih). Narrated by Muslim in (al-Hudud, hadith/12), Abu Dawud (hadith/4415), al-Tirmidhi (hadith/1434), who said: This is a hasan sahih hadith. Also by Ibn Majah (hadith/2250), Ahmad (5/313, 317, 3/476), al-Bayhaqi (8/210, 222), Mushkil (1/92), al-Tabari (4/198), Ma'ani (3/138), al-Mishkat (3558), Talkhis (4/51), al-Kanz (13098), al-Shafi'i (164), and Ibn Kathir (2/204).

896: 4989: And they repent: 1: Similar to it. Tafsir Ibn Kathir: (1/462).

: 4993: He repented: 2: It is established in the Two Sahihs (al-Bukhari and Muslim): "If the slave girl of one of you commits adultery, let him apply the hadd (prescribed punishment) to her and not reproach her."

Narrated by al-Bukhari (3/197), Muslim in (al-Hudud, hadith/31), and al-Tirmidhi (hadith/1433).

See, Tafsir Ibn Kathir: (1/462-463).

897: 4999: His disobedience: 1: Tafsir Mujahid: (1/149).

: 5000: Like it: 2: Tafsir 'Abd al-Razzaq: (1/151).

898: 5004: And upon him: 1: Narrated by Ahmad (2/206), Ithaf (8/525), al-Kanz (10266), Ibn Kathir (2/206), al-Tabari (4/206), and al-Bukhari in his al-Tarikh al-Kabir (1/427).