Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) says concerning this statement of Allah Almighty (Allah, the Exalted, says): "Those of your women who commit indecency." Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) says: Previously such women would be confined to their houses; if one died, she died, and if she lived, she lived, until this verse, which is in Surah al-Nur, was revealed: "The woman and the man guilty of fornication, flog each of them with a hundred lashes." Then the ruling concerning the hadd punishments was revealed, so whoever committed any such act would be flogged and released.
Al-Tabarani recorded it from his teacher Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Sa'id bin Abi Maryam, who is da'if (weak). The hadith narrated by Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) will come later under Surah al-Nur.
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الحدود والديات / 10587
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسنادہ ضعیف
Hadith Takhrij«اخرجه الطبراني فى المعجم الكبير (11134)»