as for the action of the people of lot it is heinous and hideous. god almighty said {do you commit such immorality as no one before you has committed before you among the worlds?} . god pelted its perpetrators with poisoned clay stones. malik may god have mercy on him believes that the perpetrator and the one to whom it was done should be stoned whether they are married or not. some of the malikis argued for this by saying that god almighty says about stoning its perpetrators with stones {and it is not far from the wrongdoers} . it is necessary from this that whoever wrongs now with an action similar to theirs will be brought near to him. the disagreement on this issue is not appropriate here. abu ishaq mentioned
وأما فعل قوم لوط فشنيع بشيع قال الله تعالى {أتأتون الفاحشة ما سبقكم بها من أحد من العالمين} . وقد قذف الله فاعليه بحجارة من طين مسمومة. ومالك رحمه الله يرى على الفاعل والمفعول به الرجم، أحصنا أم لم يحصنا، واحتج بعض المالكيين في ذلك بان الله عز وجل يقول في رجمه فاعليه بالحجارة {وما هي من الظالمين ببعيد} فوجب بهذا انه من ظلم الآن بمثل فعلهم قربت منه. والخلاف في هذه المسالة ليس هذا موضعه. وقد ذكر أبو إسحاق