English translation
5316. Narrated Ibn 'Abbās رضي الله عنهم : Those involved in a case of Li'an were mentioned before Allāh's Messenger ﷺ. 'Āsim bin Adī said something about that and then left. Later on a man from his tribe came to him and told him that he had found another man with his wife. On that 'Āsim said, "I have not been put to task except for what I have said (about Li'an)."1 'Āsim took the man to Allāh's Messenger ﷺ and he told him of the state in which he found his wife. The man was pale, thin and lank-haired, while the other man whom he had found with his wife was brown, fat with thick calves and curly hair. Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, "O Allāh! Reveal the truth." Then the lady delivered a child resembling the man whom her husband had mentioned he had found with her. So Allāh's Messenger ﷺ ordered them to carry out Li'an. A man from that gathering said to Ibn 'Abbās, "Was she the same lady regarding whom Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, 'If I were to stone to death someone without witnesses, I would have stoned this lady'?" Ibn 'Abbās said, "No, that was another lady who, though being a Muslim, used to arouse suspicion because of her outright misbehaviour."