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5309. Narrated Ibn Juraij: Ibn Shihāb informed me about Li'an and the tradition related to it, referring to the narration of Saḥl bin Sa'd, the brother of Banu Sā'idā. He said, "An Anṣārī man came to Allāh's Messenger ﷺ and said, 'O Allāh's Messenger! If a man saw another man with his wife, should he kill him, or what should he do?' So Allāh revealed concerning his affair what is mentioned in the Qur'ān about the affair of those involved in a case of Li'an. The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Allāh has given His Verdict regarding you and your wife.' So they carried out Li'an in the mosque while I was present there. When they had finished, the man said, 'O Allāh's Messenger! If I should now keep her with me as a wife then I have told a lie about her.' Then he divorced her thrice without being ordered by Allāh's Messenger ﷺ, when they had finished the Li'an process. So he divorced her in front of the Prophet ﷺ." Ibn Shihāb added, "After their case, it became a tradition that a couple involved in a case of Li'an should be separated by divorce. That lady was pregnant then, and later on her son was called by his mother's name. The tradition concerning their inheritance was that she would be his heir and he would inherit of her property, the share Allāh had prescribed for (1) (Chap. 30) Li'an: See the glossary. him.” Ibn Shihāb said that Sahl bin Sa’d As-Sā’idī said that the Prophet ﷺ said (in the above narration), “If that lady delivers a small red child like a lizard, then the lady has spoken the truth and the man was a liar, but if she delivers a child with black eyes and huge lips, then her husband has spoken the truth.” Then she delivered it in the shape one would dislike (as it proved her guilty).