Ibn 'Abbas reported that Hilal ibn Umayyah accused his wife before the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) of committing adultery with Sharik ibn Sahma'. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Produce evidence, or else receive a punishment on your back." He said, "O Messenger of Allah, if one of us sees a man upon his wife, should he go to seek evidence?" But the Prophet (ﷺ) kept saying, "Produce evidence, or else a punishment on your back." Then Hilal said, "By Him Who sent you with the truth as a Prophet, I am truly truthful, and Allah will surely send down concerning my affair that which will absolve my back from the punishment." So there was revealed:
And those who accuse their wives and have no witnesses except themselvesand he recited until he reached,
of the truthful. Then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) left and sent for them. They came, and Hilal ibn Umayyah stood up and testified, while the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was saying, "Allah knows that one of you is a liar, so is there any among you who will repent?" Then she stood up and testified. When it was the fifth one—that the curse of Allah be upon her if he was of the truthful—they said to her, "It is binding." Ibn 'Abbas said: She hesitated and drew back until we thought she would retract, and she said, "I will not disgrace my people for the rest of the day." She proceeded, and the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Observe her; if she brings him forth with black-rimmed eyes, large buttocks, and thick calves, then he belongs to Sharik ibn Sahma'." She brought him forth in that manner, so the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Had it not been for what preceded in the Book of Allah, I would have had a different affair with her."
Abu Dawud said: This tradition is among those uniquely transmitted by the people of Medina, namely the hadith of Ibn Bashshar, the hadith of Hilal.