Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3470
أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ، عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ ذُكِرَ التَّلاَعُنُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ عَاصِمُ بْنُ عَدِيٍّ فِي ذَلِكَ قَوْلاً ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ يَشْكُو إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ وَجَدَ مَعَ امْرَأَتِهِ رَجُلاً قَالَ عَاصِمٌ مَا ابْتُلِيتُ بِهَذَا إِلاَّ بِقَوْلِي فَذَهَبَ بِهِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَخْبَرَهُ بِالَّذِي وَجَدَ عَلَيْهِ امْرَأَتَهُ وَكَانَ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ مُصْفَرًّا قَلِيلَ اللَّحْمِ سَبِطَ الشَّعَرِ وَكَانَ الَّذِي ادَّعَى عَلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ وَجَدَهُ عِنْدَ أَهْلِهِ آدَمَ خَدْلاً كَثِيرَ اللَّحْمِ . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " اللَّهُمَّ بَيِّنْ " . فَوَضَعَتْ شَبِيهًا بِالرَّجُلِ الَّذِي ذَكَرَ زَوْجُهَا أَنَّهُ وَجَدَهُ عِنْدَهَا فَلاَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بَيْنَهُمَا . فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ لاِبْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فِي الْمَجْلِسِ أَهِيَ الَّتِي قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لَوْ رَجَمْتُ أَحَدًا بِغَيْرِ بَيِّنَةٍ رَجَمْتُ هَذِهِ " . قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ لاَ تِلْكَ امْرَأَةٌ كَانَتْ تُظْهِرُ فِي الإِسْلاَمِ الشَّرَّ .
Isa bin Hammad informed us; al-Layth reported to us, from Yahya bin Sa'id, from Abd al-Rahman bin al-Qasim, from al-Qasim bin Muhammad, from Ibn Abbas, who said: Li'an was mentioned in the presence of the Messenger of Allah, and Asim bin Adi made a remark about it, then left. A man from his people came to him complaining that he had found another man with his wife. Asim said, ‘I have only been tested with this because of what I said.’ He took the man to the Messenger of Allah and told him what he had found his wife doing. The man was pale, slight of build, and straight-haired, while the man he claimed to have found with his wife was dark-complexioned and heavily built. The Messenger of Allah said, ‘O Allah, make it clear.’ She gave birth to a child resembling the man her husband said he had found with her, so the Messenger of Allah performed li'an between them. A man at the gathering asked Ibn Abbas, ‘Is she the one about whom the Messenger of Allah said, “If I were to stone anyone without proof, I would stone this woman”?’ Ibn Abbas said, ‘No. That was a woman who used to openly display wrongdoing in Islam.’
Translation notes
Li'an is the formal mutual imprecation procedure used when a husband accuses his wife of adultery without witnesses.