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Denying The Child Through Li'an, And Attributing Him To His Mother

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Darussalam · Volume 4

27. The Book Of Divorce

Sunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation

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الحديث: 3477 ¦ الجزء: 6 ¦ الصفحة: 178

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3507. It was narrated that Ibn 'Umar said: “The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ conducted the procedure of Li'an between a man and his wife, and he separated them and attributed the child to his mother.” (Sahih)

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3477 - أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ: «لَاعَنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَيْنَ رَجُلٍ وَامْرَأَتِهِ، وَفَرَّقَ بَيْنَهُمَا، وَأَلْحَقَ الْوَلَدَ بِالْأُمِّ»

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Because the real contention was the child itself, the husband had been refuting any suggestion that the child was his. The mother, however, could never deny it. Hence, the child would be handed over to her. And the child would be attributed to the mother. This is because the husband is refusing to admit the paternity of the child, and paternity cannot be proved with an adulterer.