Quran 4:15 And Quran 4:16 – Punishment Of Homosexuality
I believe that the punishment for the men could either be house arrest same as the women or it may have been left open for the ruler to have discretion and so whipping would perhaps be included. I think it could be impractical to have house arrest for men as men need to work and have an income, whereas the punishment for women being under house arrest was to essentially stop their actions and/or punish them. So based on this, I don’t think that the punishment would be house arrest per se but no other punishment has been given. The previous verse says your women which could imply it’s speaking about homosexual behaviour and the reason why is because the verse 4:16 begins with وَٱلَّذَانِ and there’s the conjunction و which seems to be connecting both the verses and so 4:15 stipulates a punishment for women, 4:16 is connected to that and speaks about two men as shown through the dual masculine form and so if 4:16 is about homosexual men then the verse it’s connected to which is 4:15 could be about women. This may also show the punishment is the same but this is not clear.
How many witnesses are required for the punishment in 16?