@ hassan
the Quran stated clearly that the punishment for adulterers/fornicators is lashing (no mentioning of stoning). I could show yyou the verses, but anyway, even salafi Sheikhs admit that the punishment in the Quran for both adulterers/fornicators is lashing, BUT they say that there used to be verses in the Quran that prescribed stoning for adulterers, abrogating lashing adulteres, but these verses were removed by God, but the prescription remains valid!
And when they're asked why would God keep the verses that prescribe lashing for adultery, remove the verses prescribing stoning, WHILE expect us to ignore the former and follow the (invisible) latter, they would say: it's a test from God! To see if we would follow prophet Bukhari/Muslim or not.
Debunker, I'm not concerned here with the arguments for or against stoning - only that the Qur'an could have made it absolutely clear that these verses refer to both married and unmarried (i.e. saying something like المحصنين وغير المحصنين) and could also easily have added that stoning is forbidden.
Regardless of how clear some Muslims today claim it already is, the reality of the last 1400 years prove otherwise.