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**johobuo** · 04-23-2012, 09:19 AM

It has to be four upright witnesses, meaning they have to be known to be pious and truthful. There are conditions that have to be fulfilled and they are so stringent that the scholars say most people would not fulfil them.

And if you look at our history, the only cases of stoning occurring for adultery happen as a result of confession, not as a result of witnesses (the reason being it is almost impossible for people to fulfil the four witnesses condition).

04-23-2012, 09:19 AM	#7
johobuo Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 517 Senior Member	It has to be four upright witnesses, meaning they have to be known to be pious and truthful. There are conditions that have to be fulfilled and they are so stringent that the scholars say most people would not fulfil them. And if you look at our history, the only cases of stoning occurring for adultery happen as a result of confession, not as a result of witnesses (the reason being it is almost impossible for people to fulfil the four witnesses condition).
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