Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1203
أَنْبَأَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، أَنْبَأَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ لاَعَنَ رَجُلٌ امْرَأَتَهُ وَفَرَّقَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بَيْنَهُمَا وَأَلْحَقَ الْوَلَدَ بِالأُمِّ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Qutaybah informed us: Malik ibn Anas informed us, from Nafi, from Ibn Umar, who said: A man invoked mutual curses against his wife, and the Prophet separated them and attributed the child to the mother. Abu Isa said: This hadith is hasan sahih, and scholars act on it.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Li'an is the formal exchange of sworn testimonies between spouses in an accusation of adultery when the husband has no other witnesses.