Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3466
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَعْمَرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، وَإِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ عَدِيٍّ، قَالَ جَاءَنِي عُوَيْمِرٌ - رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي الْعَجْلاَنِ - فَقَالَ أَىْ عَاصِمُ أَرَأَيْتُمْ رَجُلاً رَأَى مَعَ امْرَأَتِهِ رَجُلاً أَيَقْتُلُهُ فَتَقْتُلُونَهُ أَمْ كَيْفَ يَفْعَلُ يَا عَاصِمُ سَلْ لِي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم . فَسَأَلَ عَاصِمٌ عَنْ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَعَابَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم الْمَسَائِلَ وَكَرِهَهَا . فَجَاءَهُ عُوَيْمِرٌ فَقَالَ مَا صَنَعْتَ يَا عَاصِمُ فَقَالَ صَنَعْتُ أَنَّكَ لَمْ تَأْتِنِي بِخَيْرٍ كَرِهَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم الْمَسَائِلَ وَعَابَهَا . قَالَ عُوَيْمِرٌ وَاللَّهِ لأَسْأَلَنَّ عَنْ ذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم . فَانْطَلَقَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " قَدْ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فِيكَ وَفِي صَاحِبَتِكَ فَائْتِ بِهَا " . قَالَ سَهْلٌ وَأَنَا مَعَ النَّاسِ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَجَاءَ بِهَا فَتَلاَعَنَا فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَاللَّهِ لَئِنْ أَمْسَكْتُهَا لَقَدْ كَذَبْتُ عَلَيْهَا . فَفَارَقَهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَأْمُرَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِفِرَاقِهَا فَصَارَتْ سُنَّةَ الْمُتَلاَعِنَيْنِ .
Muhammad bin Ma'mar informed us; Abu Dawud narrated to us; Abd al-Aziz bin Abi Salamah and Ibrahim bin Sa'd narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from Sahl bin Sa'd, from Asim bin Adi, who said: Uwaymir, a man from Banu al-Ajlan, came to me and said, ‘Asim, what do you think: if a man sees another man with his wife, should he kill him and then you kill him [in retaliation], or what should he do? Asim, ask the Messenger of Allah for me.’ Asim asked the Prophet about that, but the Messenger of Allah disapproved of questions and disliked them. Uwaymir came to him and asked, ‘What did you do, Asim?’ He replied, ‘I did not bring you good news: the Messenger of Allah disliked questions and disapproved of them.’ Uwaymir said, ‘By Allah, I will ask the Messenger of Allah about it myself.’ He went to the Messenger of Allah and asked him. The Messenger of Allah said to him, ‘Allah, Mighty and Sublime, has revealed concerning you and your wife, so bring her here.’ Sahl said: I was with the people at the Messenger of Allah's side. Uwaymir brought her, and they performed li'an. He said, ‘Messenger of Allah, by Allah, if I keep her, then I have lied about her.’ So he separated from her before the Messenger of Allah ordered him to do so. This became the practice for spouses who perform li'an.’
Translation notes
Li'an is the formal mutual imprecation procedure used when a husband accuses his wife of adultery without witnesses.