[Machine] On the authority of Mujahid, in his saying, "And those among your women who commit illegal sexual intercourse" [Quran 4:15], it means (committing) adultery. And in his saying, "Then punish them both" [Quran 4:16], it means (punish them) with flogging. Then it was abrogated by the verse, "The fornicatress and the fornicator, flog each of them with a hundred stripes" [Quran 24:2]. And in His saying, "Or Allah may make for them a way out" [Quran 4:15], the meaning of "a way out" is the punishment.  

عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ فِي قَوْلِهِ {وَاللَّاتِي يَأْتِينَ الْفَاحِشَةَ مِنْ نِسَائِكُمْ} [النساء 15] يَعْنِي الزِّنَا وَفِي قَوْلِهِ {فَآذُوهُمَا} [النساء 16] يَعْنِي سَبًّا ثُمَّ نَسَخَهَا {الزَّانِيَةُ وَالزَّانِي فَاجْلِدُوا كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا مِائَةَ جَلْدَةٍ} وَفِي قَوْلِهِ {أَوْ يَجْعَلَ اللهُ لَهُنَّ سَبِيلًا} [النساء 15] قَالَ السَّبِيلُ الْحَدُّ