The author of this book (may Allah سبحانه وتعالى have mercy on him) commented: All these narrations are consistent in meaning. If a man is found with a man, or a woman with a woman, or a man with a woman under one blanket out of necessity, then there is no punishment upon them. However, if it is not out of necessity and no inappropriate act occurred, each of them should be lashed thirty lashes as a disciplinary action. If they committed adultery and were not married (i.e., not muhṣan), each of them should be flogged one hundred lashes, provided they confessed or four just witnesses testified against them. If they were found under one blanket and the Imam knew that they engaged in something deserving of punishment but they neither confessed nor were there four just witnesses, then each of them should be lashed one hundred lashes minus one lash (ninety-nine lashes) as a disciplinary action, not as a legal punishment, due to the absence of a confession or clear evidence.