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Li'an Because Of The Man Accusing His Wife (Of Adultery) With A Specific Person

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Darussalam · Volume 4

27. The Book Of Divorce

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الحديث: 3468 ¦ الجزء: 6 ¦ الصفحة: 171

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English translation

3498. It was narrated that Muḥammad said: "I asked Anas bin Mālik about that, as I thought that he had knowledge of that. He said: 'Hilāl bin Umayyah accused his wife (of committing adultery) with Sharīk bin As-Saḥmā', who was the brother of Al-Barā' bin Mālik through his mother. He was the first one who engaged in the procedure of Li'an. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ conducted the procedure of Li'an between them, then he said: "Look and see, if she produces a child who is white, with straight hair and Qaḍiy'a eyes,[1] then he belongs to Hilāl bin Umayyah, and if she produces a child who has dark lines around his eyes, curly hair and narrow calves, then he belongs to Sharik bin As-Saḥmâ'." I was told that she produced a child who has dark lines around his eyes, curly hair and narrow calves." (Saḥih)

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3468 - أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى، قَالَ: - سُئِلَ هِشَامٌ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَقْذِفُ امْرَأَتَهُ - فَحَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ ذَلِكَ وَأَنَا أَرَى أَنَّ عِنْدَهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ عِلْمًا، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ هِلَالَ بْنَ أُمَيَّةَ قَذَفَ امْرَأَتَهُ بِشَرِيكِ بْنِ السَّحْمَاءِ، وَكَانَ أَخُو الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ لِأُمِّهِ، وَكَانَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ لَاعَنَ، فَلَاعَنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَيْنَهُمَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: «ابْصُرُوهُ، فَإِنْ جَاءَتْ بِهِ أَبْيَضَ سَبِطًا قَضِيءَ الْعَيْنَيْنِ فَهُوَ لِهِلَالِ بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ، وَإِنْ جَاءَتْ بِهِ أَكْحَلَ جَعْدًا أَحْمَشَ السَّاقَيْنِ فَهُوَ لِشَرِيكِ بْنِ السَّحْمَاءِ»، قَالَ: فَأُنْبِئْتُ أَنَّهَا جَاءَتْ بِهِ أَكْحَلَ جَعْدًا أَحْمَشَ السَّاقَيْنِ

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    [1] Ibn Al-Athīr (An-Nihāyah), Ibn Al-Manzūr (Lisān Al-'Arab), An-Nawawī (Sharḥ Muslim), As-Suyūṭī, and As-Sindī, and As-Ṣan'ānī, all said it means his eyes are bad, due to redness, being too small, or excessive tearing, or the like. See the definition in the text after No. 3499.

Commentary

We get to learn that Hilâl bin Umayyah told the truth. But since both the wife and the husband had taken the oath, Allâh's Messenger ﷺ did not punish the woman, because punishment is meted out based only on the testimony of the witnesses or confession. Here neither existed. In such situations, the punishment is consigned to the Will of Allâh.