In my opinion the four witnesses is a big number and I believe it is on purpose to show that it is not easy to say that this woman is having a sex out of marriage and similarly saying that a man is having a sex out of marriage.
Throwing words is easy but the consequences can be big, Sharia law secures the persons life and family.
See here is a small example:
Woman A (not married) is jealous from the woman B (Woman B is happily living with her husband and children), Woman A decided to destroy the marriage life of Woman B and Woman A started lieing and saying Woman B is having sex out of marriage, in the court if there are no four witnesses then Woman B is freed and won the case, Woman A lost.
In my opinion the four witnesses is a big number and I believe it is on purpose to show that it is not easy to say that this woman is having a sex out of marriage and similarly saying that a man is having a sex out of marriage.
Throwing words is easy but the consequences can be big, Sharia law secures the persons life and family.
See here is a small example:
Woman A (not married) is jealous from the woman B (Woman B is happily living with her husband and children), Woman A decided to destroy the marriage life of Woman B and Woman A started lieing and saying Woman B is having sex out of marriage, in the court if there are no four witnesses then Woman B is freed and won the case, Woman A lost.