قَالَ مَالِك : لَا حَدَّ عِنْدَنَا إِلَّا فِي نَفْيٍ أَوْ قَذْفٍ أَوْ تَعْرِيضٍ، يُرَى أَنَّ قَائِلَهُ إِنَّمَا أَرَادَ بِذَلِكَ نَفْيًا أَوْ قَذْفًا، فَعَلَى مَنْ قَالَ ذَلِكَ الْحَدُّ تَامًّا .
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said: In our view, there is no hadd except in cases of qadhf (false accusation of adultery), or nafiy (denial, meaning to deny lineage, for example, to say, "You are not your father's son"), or in ta'reez (that is, to insult someone through insinuation or indirect reference, as has just been mentioned). In all these cases, the full hadd will be obligatory, but it is necessary that it becomes known that the intention behind the ta'reez was nafiy or qadhf.