Hadith 2251

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Darussalam · Volume 3

Sunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation

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الحديث: 2251 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 275

DarussalamSahihAl-Albani(رواية مسدد) **، (وقال الآخرون: أنه شهد عليها) صحيح، (قول أبي داود: لم يتابع ابن.... المتلاعنين) **Al-AlbaniSahih chain

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صحيح وضعيف سنن أبي داود (opens in a new tab)
Source no. 2251 · Volume 1 · Page 2
(رواية مسدد) **، (وقال الآخرون: أنه شهد عليها) صحيح، (قول أبي داود: لم يتابع ابن.... المتلاعنين) **
صحيح سنن أبي داود ط غراس (opens in a new tab)
Source no. 1948 · Volume 7 · Page 21
Sahih chain
(قلت: إسناده صحيح على شرط الشيخين. وأخرجه البخاري باللفظ الآخر)

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English translation

2251. (Another chain) from Sufyān (Ibn 'Uyainah) from Az-Zuhri, from Sahl bin Sa'd. Musad-dad (one of the narrators) said (he said): "I witnessed the two people pronounce Li'an in front of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ while I was only fifteen (years old). After they had cursed one another, the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ separated between them." Up to the completion of Musad-dad's narration. The others (among the narrators) said that he witnessed the Prophet ﷺ separating between the two who pronounced Li'an. The man said: "O Messenger of Allāh, if I keep her (after this), it would be as if I lied against her." (Sahih) Abū Dāwud: Some of them did not say: "Against her." Abū Dāwūd said: No one has followed after Ibn 'Uyainah narrating that he separated between the two who pronounced the curse on one another. (Sahih)

Arabic text

2251 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، وَوَهْبُ بْنُ بَيَانٍ، وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ، وَعَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ، قَالُوا: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، قَالَ مُسَدَّدٌ: قَالَ: شَهِدْتُ الْمُتَلَاعِنَيْنِ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَأَنَا ابْنُ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ «فَفَرَّقَ بَيْنَهُمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حِينَ تَلَاعَنَا»، وَتَمَّ حَدِيثُ مُسَدَّدٍ، وَقَالَ الْآخَرُونَ: إِنَّهُ شَهِدَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَرَّقَ بَيْنَ الْمُتَلَاعِنَيْنِ، فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ: كَذَبْتُ عَلَيْهَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنْ أَمْسَكْتُهَا، لَمْ يَقُلْ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَيْهَا، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: «لَمْ يُتَابِعْ ابْنَ عُيَيْنَةَ أَحَدٌ عَلَى أَنَّهُ فَرَّقَ بَيْنَ الْمُتَلَاعِنَيْنِ»،

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The couple were separated because the marriage agreement had been revoked by Li'an, not by divorce. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ did not give him a command to divorce his wife. There was no need for that. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ ruled that they were to be separated. This separation is permanent and irrevocable. This obviates the need to utter the statement of divorce.