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2253. It was reported from 'Alqamah, from 'Abdullāh (Ibn Mas'ūd): "Once, we were sitting in the Masjid on the night of (before) Friday, when a person from the Anšār entered upon us and said: 'If a man finds another man with his wife, and speaks about it, then you would lash him. And if he kills him, then you would kill him. And if he remains silent, he will remain silent while he is incensed with anger. I swear by Allāh, I will ask the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ about it.' The next day, he came to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and asked him: 'If a man finds another man with his wife, and speaks about it, then you would lash him. And if he kills him, then you would kill him. And if he remains silent, he will remain silent while he is incensed with anger.' "The Prophet ﷺ said: 'O Allāh! Open up (a solution),' and he continued to supplicate, so the Verses of Li'ān were revealed: 'And those who accuse their wives, and have no witnesses besides themselves....'[1] "And it was this man who was afflicted with this (problem) from among the people. So he came with his wife to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, and they pronounced the curse on one another. The man swore four times by Allāh that he is among the truthful ones, and then invoked Allāh's curse upon himself if he were among the liars. She then went to pronounce the curse, but the Prophet ﷺ said to her; 'Be cautious!' But she refused, and did it. When they both turned away, the Prophet ﷺ said: 'Perhaps she will come with it (the child being) black and curly-haired.' And she did bring him black and curly- haired.” (Sahih)