Indeed Punishment

as above, saying, "He should pay the price in advance for a specified measure and for a specified period."

When I mentioned this tradition to ‘Umar.b.’Abd al-Aziz he said : This prescribed punishment is between the minor and the major.

“Apponting a way in the verse (iv.15) means prescribed punishment. Sufiyan said: “Punish them “refers to unmarried, and “confine them to houses” refers to the women who are married.

“A legal punishment that is carried out in the land is better for the people of that land than if it were to rain for forty days.”

“Its cost (must be paid as a penalty).”