Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3474
أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، - وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ - قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ عَزْرَةَ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، قَالَ لَمْ يُفَرِّقِ الْمُصْعَبُ بَيْنَ الْمُتَلاَعِنَيْنِ . قَالَ سَعِيدٌ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لاِبْنِ عُمَرَ فَقَالَ فَرَّقَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بَيْنَ أَخَوَىْ بَنِي الْعَجْلاَنِ .
Amr bin Ali and Muhammad bin al-Muthanna—in Muhammad's wording—reported to us: Mu'adh bin Hisham narrated to us; my father narrated to me, from Qatadah, from Azrah, from Sa'id bin Jubayr, who said: Al-Mus'ab did not separate the spouses who had performed li'an. Sa'id said: I mentioned this to Ibn Umar, and he said, ‘The Messenger of Allah separated the two brothers of Banu al-Ajlan.’
Translation notes
Li'an is the formal mutual imprecation procedure used when a husband accuses his wife of adultery without witnesses.