أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّی قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِکِ بْنُ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ يَقُولُ سُئِلْتُ عَنْ الْمُتَلَاعِنَيْنِ فِي إِمَارَةِ ابْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ أَيُفَرَّقُ بَيْنَهُمَا فَمَا دَرَيْتُ مَا أَقُولُ فَقُمْتُ مِنْ مَقَامِي إِلَی مَنْزِلِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمُتَلَاعِنَيْنِ أَيُفَرَّقُ بَيْنَهُمَا قَالَ نَعَمْ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أَوَّلَ مَنْ سَأَلَ عَنْ ذَلِکَ فُلَانُ بْنُ فُلَانٍ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ وَلَمْ يَقُلْ عَمْرٌو أَرَأَيْتَ الرَّجُلَ مِنَّا يَرَی عَلَی امْرَأَتِهِ فَاحِشَةً إِنْ تَکَلَّمَ فَأَمْرٌ عَظِيمٌ وَقَالَ عَمْرٌو أَتَی أَمْرًا عَظِيمًا وَإِنْ سَکَتَ سَکَتَ عَلَی مِثْلِ ذَلِکَ فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ فَلَمَّا کَانَ بَعْدَ ذَلِکَ أَتَاهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الْأَمْرَ الَّذِي سَأَلْتُکَ ابْتُلِيتُ بِهِ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ هَؤُلَائِ الْآيَاتِ فِي سُورَةِ النُّورِ وَالَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ أَزْوَاجَهُمْ حَتَّی بَلَغَ وَالْخَامِسَةَ أَنَّ غَضَبَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهَا إِنْ کَانَ مِنْ الصَّادِقِينَ فَبَدَأَ بِالرَّجُلِ فَوَعَظَهُ وَذَکَّرَهُ وَأَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ عَذَابَ الدُّنْيَا أَهْوَنُ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْآخِرَةِ فَقَالَ وَالَّذِي بَعَثَکَ بِالْحَقِّ مَا کَذَبْتُ ثُمَّ ثَنَّی بِالْمَرْأَةِ فَوَعَظَهَا وَذَکَّرَهَا فَقَالَتْ وَالَّذِي بَعَثَکَ بِالْحَقِّ إِنَّهُ لَکَاذِبٌ فَبَدَأَ بِالرَّجُلِ فَشَهِدَ أَرْبَعَ شَهَادَاتٍ بِاللَّهِ إِنَّهُ لَمِنْ الصَّادِقِينَ وَالْخَامِسَةُ أَنَّ لَعْنَةَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ إِنْ کَانَ مِنْ الْکَاذِبِينَ ثُمَّ ثَنَّی بِالْمَرْأَةِ فَشَهِدَتْ أَرْبَعَ شَهَادَاتٍ بِاللَّهِ إِنَّهُ لَمِنْ الْکَاذِبِينَ وَالْخَامِسَةَ أَنَّ غَضَبَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهَا إِنْ کَانَ مِنْ الصَّادِقِينَ فَفَرَّقَ بَيْنَهُمَا
سنن نسائی · Hadith 3506
It was narrated that ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abbas said: “Mention of Li’an was made in the presence of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم and ‘Asim bin ‘Adiyy said something about that, then he went away. He was met by a man from among his people who told him that he had found a man with his wife. He took him to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم and told him of the situation in which he found his wife. That man was pale and slim with straight hair, and the one whom he claimed to have found with his wife was dark and well built, with very curly hair. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: ‘Allah, make it clear to me.’ Then she gave birth to a child who resembled the one whom her husband said he had found with her. So the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم conducted the procedure of Li’an between them.” A man in the gathering said to Ibn ‘Abbas: “Was she the one of whom the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: ‘If I were to have stoned anyone without evidence I would have stoned this one?” Ibn ‘Abbas said: “No, that was a woman who used to do mischief even after becoming Muslim.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020