حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ شَهِدْتُ الْمُتَلَاعِنَيْنِ وَأَنَا ابْنُ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فَرَّقَ بَيْنَهُمَا فَقَالَ زَوْجُهَا کَذَبْتُ عَلَيْهَا إِنْ أَمْسَکْتُهَا قَالَ فَحَفِظْتُ ذَاکَ مِنَ الزُّهْرِيِّ إِنْ جَائَتْ بِهِ کَذَا وَکَذَا فَهُوَ وَإِنْ جَائَتْ بِهِ کَذَا وَکَذَا کَأَنَّهُ وَحَرَةٌ فَهُوَ وَسَمِعْتُ الزُّهْرِيَّ يَقُولُ جَائَتْ بِهِ لِلَّذِي يُکْرَهُ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 6854
Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d: I witnessed the case of Lian (the case of a man who charged his wife for committing illegal sexual intercourse when I was fifteen years old. The Prophet ordered that they be divorced, and the husband said, "If I kept her, I would be a liar." I remember that Az-Zubair also said, "(It was said) that if that woman brought forth the child with such-and-such description, her husband would prove truthful, but if she brought it with such-and-such description looking like a Wahra (a red insect), he would prove untruthful." I heard Az-Zubair also saying, "Finally she gave birth to a child of description which her husband disliked .
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020