A man who says: I committed zina with so-and-so; what is due from him?

Ata bin Yasar said: Sayyiduna Ma'iz bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and confessed to adultery himself. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: With whom? He said: With such and such a woman, who is the slave woman of the son of so-and-so. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) sent a messenger to that woman, and she denied it. He (peace and blessings be upon him) let that woman go, and he held the man who had himself confessed to adultery. And it is not mentioned that he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave him the prescribed punishment for false accusation.

Ash'ath said: It is reported from al-Hasan al-Basri concerning a man who said: I have committed zina with such and such a woman. He said: The prescribed punishment (hadd) is due from this man on account of that woman.

Salih bin Muslim said: It is reported from al-Sha'bi concerning a man who said to a woman: I have indeed committed zina with you. He said: I will flog him because he has falsely accused this woman, and I will not flog him for accusing himself except with clear evidence.

Sa'id said that Qatadah said: He is to be given the lashes of two prescribed punishments. I asked: What if his lie becomes evident? He said: He is to be given the lashes of one prescribed punishment, and the other prescribed punishment is lifted from him.

Mansur said that Ibrahim said: When a woman says: So-and-so has committed zina with me, neither is she to be flogged nor is he to be flogged.