shariah...?????

Question

asalamwalaikum,
in Iran and Saudi which both claim to derive their law from Quran and Hadith, adultery is punishable by death. However, in reading Quran i have read (4:15) that a woman is supposed to be kept in her house if she commits adultery and not killed.

4:15 Those who commit adultery among your women, you must have four witnesses against them, from among you. If they do bear witness, then you shall keep such women in their homes until they die, or until GOD creates an exit for them.*


although many Hadiths are considered weak or invalid, the Qur'an has never been changed.

***My question is, why would a law be decided by Hadith when the Qur'an says otherwise? any opinions?

Peace and blessings to all,
Sakina

ps i do not know Arabic yet.... so if my problem is the translation, please let me know

Answer 1

actually there is a verse in the quran that says that the adulter must be punished by death.but the man has to be killed as well

The woman and the man guilty of illegal sexual intercourse, flog each of them with a hundred stripes. Let not pity withhold you in their case, in a punishment prescribed by Allâh, if you believe in Allâh and the Last Day. And let a party of the believers witness their punishment. (This punishment is for unmarried persons guilty of the above crime but if married persons commit it, the punishment is to stone them to death, according to Allâh's Law). (An-Nur 24:2)

Answer 2

That is a fine question. I can only think it is meant to be a lesser punishment to show the unlimited benificence of Allah: I think many women would prefer a quick death to being under house arrest for the rest of their lives.

Answer 3

I imagine it is a period of cleansing and fasting followed by the administering of some form of forgiveness and redemption from a transgression.

Answer 4

Are you a scholar sister? We have to refer to the people of knowledge.