Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 30746 — Testimony of zina: how is it given?

Abu Khaldah said: Sa'id bin Artaban, the uncle of Ibn Awn, met me and said: Do you intend to go to Abu al-Aliyah? I said: Yes. He said: Say to him: Al-Hasan al-Basri, Ibn Sirin and Thabit al-Bunani all testified against a man and a woman that they both committed zina (unlawful sexual intercourse), and the woman confessed while the man denied it; what is the ruling? The narrator said: So I asked Abu al-Aliyah about this, and he said: You have met one of the followers of desires. Al-Hasan al-Basri is to be given eighty lashes, Muhammad eighty lashes and Thabit al-Bunani eighty lashes, and the woman is to be stoned because of her confession, and the man goes away with no punishment applying to him.