Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3471
أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ السَّكَنِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَهْضَمٍ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ الْقَاسِمِ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ ذُكِرَ التَّلاَعُنُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ عَاصِمُ بْنُ عَدِيٍّ فِي ذَلِكَ قَوْلاً ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فَلَقِيَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ فَذَكَرَ أَنَّهُ وَجَدَ مَعَ امْرَأَتِهِ رَجُلاً فَذَهَبَ بِهِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَخْبَرَهُ بِالَّذِي وَجَدَ عَلَيْهِ امْرَأَتَهُ وَكَانَ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ مُصْفَرًّا قَلِيلَ اللَّحْمِ سَبِطَ الشَّعْرِ وَكَانَ الَّذِي ادَّعَى عَلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ وَجَدَ عِنْدَ أَهْلِهِ آدَمَ خَدْلاً كَثِيرَ اللَّحْمِ جَعْدًا قَطَطًا . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " اللَّهُمَّ بَيِّنْ " . فَوَضَعَتْ شَبِيهًا بِالَّذِي 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 الشَّرَّ فِي الإِسْلاَمِ .
Yahya bin Muhammad bin al-Sakan informed us; Muhammad bin Jahdam narrated to us, from Isma'il bin Ja'far, from Yahya, who said: I heard Abd al-Rahman bin al-Qasim relate from his father, from Abdullah bin 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 met him and said that he had found another man with his wife. Asim took him 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 accused of being with his wife was dark-complexioned, heavily built, and tightly curled-haired. 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. 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.