Bayhaqi 16724 — Those who said: There is no liability for wounds

Al-Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on him) says that Sulayman bin Hisham wrote to him with a question about a woman who separated from her husband, bore witness against her own people of polytheism (shirk), joined the Haruriyyah (Khawarij) and married among them, and then came back repentant. So al-Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on him) wrote to him — and I was present: 'Amma ba'd' (To proceed): The first fitnah broke out at a time when the Companions who had been at Badr (may Allah be pleased with them) were (still) present, and, to put an end to the fitnah, they did not impose the hadd on anyone who had deemed a private part lawful through an interpretation of the Qur'an, nor did they exact retaliation (qisas) from anyone who had deemed blood lawful through the Qur'an, nor (did they demand back) property he had deemed lawful through an interpretation of the Qur'an — unless the very thing itself was found, in which case they would make it good. And my view is that she should be returned to her husband, and that the hadd be imposed on whoever slandered her.