Can Requirement Of 4 Witnesses In Adultery Be Fulfilled By A Video?
The crime is not proven any more with four witnesses than it would be with three witnesses. The point in four witnesses is to establish that the practice is committed on a regular basis – as in a prostitution house. If that could be reliably established through some other means than that should fulfill the legal requirement of evidence . It would still be up to the judge to admit or dismiss any submitted evidence based on other factors.
I just told you the problem. Your video evidence actually kills the purpose which verses of Quran have used specifically by using words “ chaste ” with them. Four human eye-witnesses are must for even consideration of any such accusation, otherwise one should get ready for Qadhf.
If the act was video recorded by one live witness, then it is only one live witness. Other Individuals watching the video later on are not live witnesses. Little that I know, in my opinion, making videos of such an act spreads Fahaashi in the society. Pornography is a far shameful crime than zina and it’s punishment should be severe as well. The other day I saw a video clip ( Ilm-o-Hikmat) on YouTube, where Ghamidi Saheb responded to query about the punishment for rape. In his opinion rape is considered as Fasad-fil-Ardh, and the punishment for fasad-fil-ardh in Quran depending on the severity and nature of crime is eviction from city, amputation of opposite arm and leg or crucification. May Allah forgive us and protect us from all evil.