English translation
6856. Narrated Ibn 'Abbās رضي الله عنهما: Li'an was mentioned in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ. 'Ašim bin 'Adī said a statement about it, and when he left, a man from his tribe came to him complaining that he had seen a man with his wife. 'Ašim said, "I have been put to trial only because of my statement." So he took the man to the Prophet ﷺ and the man told the Prophet ﷺ about the incident. The man (husband) was of yellow complexion, thin, and of lank hair; while the man whom he had accused of having been with his wife was reddish brown with fat thick legs and fat body. The Prophet ﷺ said, "O Allāh! Reveal the truth." Later on the lady delivered a child resembling the man whom the husband had accused of having been with her. So the Prophet ﷺ made them take the oath of Li'an. A man said to Ibn 'Abbās in the gathering, "Was that the same lady about whom the Prophet ﷺ said, 'If I were to stone any lady (for committing illegal sexual intercourse) to death without witnesses, I would have stoned that lady to death?'" Ibn 'Abbās said, "No, that was another lady who used to behave in such a suspicious way among the Muslims that one might accuse her of committing illegal sexual intercourse."