Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3475
أَخْبَرَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، قَالَ قُلْتُ لاِبْنِ عُمَرَ رَجُلٌ قَذَفَ امْرَأَتَهُ . قَالَ فَرَّقَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بَيْنَ أَخَوَىْ بَنِي الْعَجْلاَنِ وَقَالَ " اللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ إِنَّ أَحَدَكُمَا كَاذِبٌ فَهَلْ مِنْكُمَا تَائِبٌ " . قَالَ لَهُمَا ثَلاَثًا فَأَبَيَا فَفَرَّقَ بَيْنَهُمَا . قَالَ أَيُّوبُ وَقَالَ عَمْرُو بْنُ دِينَارٍ إِنَّ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ شَيْئًا لاَ أَرَاكَ تُحَدِّثُ بِهِ قَالَ قَالَ الرَّجُلُ مَالِي قَالَ " لاَ مَالَ لَكَ إِنْ كُنْتَ صَادِقًا فَقَدْ دَخَلْتَ بِهَا وَإِنْ كُنْتَ كَاذِبًا فَهِيَ أَبْعَدُ مِنْكَ " .
Ziyad bin Ayyub informed us; Ibn Ulayyah narrated to us, from Ayyub, from Sa'id bin Jubayr, who said: I said to Ibn Umar, ‘A man has accused his wife.’ He said, ‘The Messenger of Allah separated the two brothers of Banu al-Ajlan and said, “Allah knows that one of you is lying. Will either of you repent?”’ He said this to them three times, but they refused, so he separated them. Ayyub said: Amr bin Dinar said, ‘There is something in this report that I do not see you narrating.’ He said: The man asked, ‘What about my property?’ He replied, ‘You have no property. If you are truthful, you have consummated the marriage with her; and if you are lying, she is even farther from you.’
Translation notes
Li'an is the formal mutual imprecation procedure used when a husband accuses his wife of adultery without witnesses.