The Fourth Aspect:

14115 - Abu 'Ubayd Allah, the nephew of Ibn Wahb, narrated to us, my uncle narrated to us, Yunus ibn Yazid and Ibn Abi Dhi'b informed us, from al-Zuhri regarding his saying: "And let a party of the believers witness their punishment," he said: "Three people or more."

The Fifth Aspect:

14116 - Abu 'Ubayd Allah, the nephew of Ibn Wahb, narrated to us, my uncle narrated to us, he said: Imam Malik ibn Anas said regarding "And let a party of the believers witness their punishment," he said: "The party, in my view, is four people or more, because there is no testimony in adultery for less than four witnesses or more."

14117 - Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us, al-'Abbas ibn al-Walid al-Narsi informed us, Yazid ibn Zuray' narrated to us, Sa'id narrated to us, from Qatadah regarding his saying: "And let a party of the believers witness their punishment," that this may be a lesson, an admonition, and a deterrent.

His saying: "Of the believers."

14118 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, Yahya ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Bukayr narrated to us, Ibn Lahi'ah narrated to me, 'Ata' ibn Dinar narrated to me, from Sa'id ibn Jubayr regarding his saying: "The believers," meaning: the attestors (al-musaddiqin).

14119 - Abu 'Abd Allah al-Tahrani informed us in what he wrote to me, 'Abd al-Razzaq informed us (1), Ma'mar narrated to us, from Qatadah regarding his saying: "A party of the believers," he said: "A group of the Muslims."

His saying: "The adulterer does not marry except an adulteress."

14120 - Abu Sa'id al-Ashajj narrated to us, Abu Khalid narrated to us, from Ibn Abi Dhi'b, he said: I heard Shu'bah, the freed slave (mawla) of Ibn 'Abbas, he said: I heard Ibn 'Abbas while a man asked him, saying: "I used to engage in relations with a woman, doing with her what Allah (the Almighty and Majestic) has forbidden for me, then Allah granted me repentance from that, and I wished to marry her, but people said: 'The adulterer does not marry except an adulteress.'" Ibn 'Abbas said: "This does not apply to this case; marry her, and whatever sin occurred is upon me."

14121 - Ahmad ibn Sinan al-Wasiti narrated to us, 'Abd al-Rahman narrated to us, from Sufyan (2), from Habib ibn Abi 'Amrah, from Sa'id ibn Jubayr, from Ibn 'Abbas: