I asked Abu Abdullah (as) during the last time I met Imam (as), about a boy who had not reached puberty and committed adultery with a woman or fornicated with a woman. What should be done to them? Imam (as) replied: "The boy is to be beaten but not subjected to the full prescribed punishment (hadd), while the hadd punishment is to be carried out on the woman." I then asked: "What if a young girl who has not reached puberty was found with a man committing fornication with her?" Imam (as) replied: "The girl is to be beaten but not given the full hadd punishment, and the hadd punishment is to be carried out on the man."