[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked, "What do you say about drinkers, adulterers, and thieves?" This was before the penalties were revealed, so they said, "Allah and His Messenger know best." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "These are major sins, and there are prescribed punishments for them. The worst theft is stealing one's own prayer." Ibn Bukayr said in his narration that they asked, "How can one steal their own prayer, O Messenger of Allah?" He replied, "By not completing its bowing or prostration." Ash-Shafi'i said a similar meaning is found in the Quran, where Allah says, "And those who commit unlawful sexual intercourse of your women - bring against them four witnesses from among you. And if they testify, confine the guilty women to houses until death takes them or Allah ordains for them another way. And the two who commit it among you - dishonor them both. But if they repent and correct themselves, leave them alone. Indeed, Allah is ever accepting of repentance and merciful." [Surah An-Nisa, 16]. Ash-Shafi'i said that this was the initial punishment for adultery in this world - imprisonment and harm. Then Allah abrogated imprisonment and harm in His book and said, "The [unmarried] woman or [unmarried] man found guilty of sexual intercourse - lash each one of them with a hundred lashes."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَا تَقُولُونَ فِي الشَّارِبِ وَالزَّانِي وَالسَّارِقِ؟ وَذَلِكَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَنْزِلَ الْحُدُودُ فَقَالُوا اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ هُنَّ فَوَاحِشُ وَفِيهِنَّ عُقُوبَةٌ وَأَسْوَأُ السَّرِقَةِ الَّذِي يَسْرِقُ صَلَاتَهُ قَالَ ابْنُ بُكَيْرٍ فِي رِوَايَتِهِ قَالُوا وَكَيْفَ يَسْرِقُ صَلَاتَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ فَقَالَ لَا يُتِمُّ رُكُوعَهَا وَلَا سُجُودَهَا قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ وَمَثَلُ مَعْنَى هَذَا فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ ﷻ قَالَ اللهُ ﷻ {وَاللَّاتِي يَأْتِينَ الْفَاحِشَةَ مِنْ نِسَائِكُمْ فَاسْتَشْهِدُوا عَلَيْهِنَّ أَرْبَعَةً مِنْكُمْ فَإِنْ شَهِدُوا فَأَمْسِكُوهُنَّ فِي الْبُيُوتِ حَتَّى يَتَوَفَّاهُنَّ الْمَوْتُ أَوْ يَجْعَلَ اللهُ لَهُنَّ سَبِيلًا وَاللَّذَانِ يَأْتِيَانِهَا مِنْكُمْ فَآذُوهُمَا فَإِنْ تَابَا وَأَصْلَحَا فَأَعْرِضُوا عَنْهُمَا إِنَّ اللهَ كَانَ تَوَّابًا رَحِيمًا} [النساء 16] قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ فَكَانَ هَذَا أَوَّلَ عُقُوبَةِ الزَّانِيَيْنِ فِي الدُّنْيَا الْحَبْسُ وَالْأَذَى ثُمَّ نَسَخَ اللهُ الْحَبْسَ وَالْأَذَى فِي كِتَابِهِ فَقَالَ {الزَّانِيَةُ وَالزَّانِي فَاجْلِدُوا كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا مِائَةَ جَلْدَةٍ}