I asked Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) about a man who stole a free woman and sold her. Imam (as) said: "There are four legal punishments in this case. The first is that since he stole, his hand is to be cut off. The second is that if he had intercourse with her, he is to be flogged with the legal punishment. The third is upon the one who bought her: if he had intercourse with her and knew her status, then if he was married (muhsan), he is to be stoned, and if he was unmarried (non-muhsan), he is to be flogged with the legal punishment. However, if he did not know (her status), then there is nothing upon him or upon her. The fourth is that if she was forced into it, there is no punishment upon her, but if she consented, she is to be flogged with the legal punishment."