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Practice these MCQs in the appQuick fact: The prescribed punishment for Qazaf (false accusation of zina) under Islamic law is 80 lashes.
Qazaf refers to falsely accusing a chaste person of committing zina (adultery/fornication) without producing the required four witnesses. The Quran explicitly prescribes 80 lashes for this offence in Surah An-Nur (24:4). This punishment serves as a deterrent against slandering innocent people and protects the honour and reputation of individuals in an Islamic society. The punishment also results in the permanent disqualification of the accuser's testimony unless they repent.
Qazaf is classified under Hudood (fixed punishments) in Islamic criminal law. The crime is established when a person falsely accuses someone of zina and fails to bring four eyewitnesses as required by the Quran. Along with 80 lashes, the convict's testimony becomes permanently inadmissible in court. If the accuser sincerely repents and reforms, some jurists hold that their testimony may be accepted again, though this is a matter of scholarly difference among the schools of thought.
