Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3402
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْقَاسِمِ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ شِهَابٍ، أَنَّ سَهْلَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيَّ، أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ عُوَيْمِرًا الْعَجْلاَنِيَّ جَاءَ إِلَى عَاصِمِ بْنِ عَدِيٍّ فَقَالَ أَرَأَيْتَ يَا عَاصِمُ لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلاً وَجَدَ مَعَ امْرَأَتِهِ رَجُلاً أَيَقْتُلُهُ فَيَقْتُلُونَهُ أَمْ كَيْفَ يَفْعَلُ سَلْ لِي يَا عَاصِمُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنْ ذَلِكَ . فَسَأَلَ عَاصِمٌ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَكَرِهَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم الْمَسَائِلَ وَعَابَهَا حَتَّى كَبُرَ عَلَى عَاصِمٍ مَا سَمِعَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَلَمَّا رَجَعَ عَاصِمٌ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ جَاءَهُ عُوَيْمِرٌ فَقَالَ يَا عَاصِمُ مَاذَا قَالَ لَكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ عَاصِمٌ لِعُوَيْمِرٍ لَمْ تَأْتِنِي بِخَيْرٍ قَدْ كَرِهَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم الْمَسْأَلَةَ الَّتِي سَأَلْتَ عَنْهَا . فَقَالَ عُوَيْمِرٌ وَاللَّهِ لاَ أَنْتَهِي حَتَّى أَسْأَلَ عَنْهَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم . فَأَقْبَلَ عُوَيْمِرٌ حَتَّى أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَسَطَ النَّاسِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ رَجُلاً وَجَدَ مَعَ امْرَأَتِهِ رَجُلاً أَيَقْتُلُهُ فَتَقْتُلُونَهُ أَمْ كَيْفَ يَفْعَلُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " قَدْ نَزَلَ فِيكَ وَفِي صَاحِبَتِكَ فَاذْهَبْ فَائْتِ بِهَا " . قَالَ سَهْلٌ فَتَلاَعَنَا وَأَنَا مَعَ النَّاسِ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ عُوَيْمِرٌ قَالَ كَذَبْتُ عَلَيْهَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنْ أَمْسَكْتُهَا . فَطَلَّقَهَا ثَلاَثًا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَأْمُرَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم .
Muhammad bin Salamah narrated to us; Ibn al-Qasim narrated to us, from Malik, who said: Ibn Shihab told me that Sahl bin Sa'd al-Sa'idi informed him that Uwaymir al-Ajlani came to Asim bin Adi and said, ‘Asim, what do you think: if a man found another man with his wife, should he kill him, and would they then kill him, or what should he do? Ask the Messenger of Allah for me about this.’ Asim asked the Messenger of Allah, but the Messenger of Allah disliked such questions and criticized them, until what Asim heard from him weighed heavily upon him. When Asim returned to his family, Uwaymir came to him and said, ‘Asim, what did the Messenger of Allah say to you?’ Asim replied, ‘You have brought me nothing good. The Messenger of Allah disliked the question you asked.’ Uwaymir said, ‘By Allah, I will not stop until I ask the Messenger of Allah about it myself.’ Uwaymir went and came to the Messenger of Allah while he was among the people. He said, ‘Messenger of Allah, what do you think: if a man found another man with his wife, should he kill him, and would they then kill him, or what should he do?’ The Messenger of Allah said, ‘Something has been revealed concerning you and your wife, so go and bring her.’ Sahl said: They performed li'an while I was with the people in the presence of the Messenger of Allah. When Uwaymir had finished, he said, ‘Messenger of Allah, I would be speaking falsely about her if I kept her.’ So he divorced her three times before the Messenger of Allah instructed him to do so.
Translation notes
Li'an is the formal mutual imprecation between spouses in an accusation of adultery; the Arabic term is retained.