Sahl bin Saad Al Saeedi said that ‘Uwaimir bin Ashqar Al Ajilani came to Asim bin Adl and said to him “Asim tell me about a man who finds a man along with his wife. Should he kill him and then be killed by you, or how should he act? Ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ Asim, for me about it. Asim then asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ disliked the question and denounced it. What Asim heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ fell heavy on him. When Asim returned to his family ‘Uwaimr came to him and asked Asim “What did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say to you”? Asim replied “You did not do good to me”. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ disliked the question that I asked him. Thereupon ‘Uwaimir said “I swear by Allaah, I shall not leave until I ask him about it. So, ‘Uwaimir came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was sitting in the midst of the people. ” He said “Messenger of Allah ﷺ tell me about a man who finds a man along with his wife. Should he kill him and then be killed by you, or how should he act?” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said “A revelation has been sent down about you and your wife so go away and bring her. Sahl said “So we cursed one another while I was along with the people who were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Then when they finished, ‘Umamir said “I shall have lied against her, Messenger of Allah ﷺ if I keep her. He pronounced her divorce three times before the Messenger of Allah ﷺcommanded him (to do so). Ibn Shihab said “Then this became the method of invoking curses. ”

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ مَالِكٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَنَّ سَهْلَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيَّ أَخْبَرَهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَنَّ عُوَيْمِرَ بْنَ أَشْقَرَ الْعَجْلَانِيَّ جَاءَ إِلَى عَاصِمِ بْنِ عَدِيٍّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ لَهُ:‏‏‏‏ يَا عَاصِمُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَرَأَيْتَ رَجُلًا وَجَدَ مَعَ امْرَأَتِهِ رَجُلًا أَيَقْتُلُهُ فَتَقْتُلُونَهُ ؟ أَمْ كَيْفَ يَفْعَلُ ؟ سَلْ لِي يَا عَاصِمُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَسَأَلَ عَاصِمٌ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَكَرِهَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْمَسَائِلَ وَعَابَهَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَتَّى كَبُرَ عَلَى عَاصِمٍ مَا سَمِعَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَلَمَّا رَجَعَ عَاصِمٌ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ جَاءَهُ عُوَيْمِرٌ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ لَهُ:‏‏‏‏ يَا عَاصِمُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏مَاذَا قَالَ لَكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ؟ فَقَالَ عَاصِمٌ:‏‏‏‏ لَمْ تَأْتِنِي بِخَيْرٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَدْ كَرِهَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْمَسْأَلَةَ الَّتِي سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْهَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ عُوَيْمِرٌ:‏‏‏‏ وَاللَّهِ لَا أَنْتَهِي حَتَّى أَسْأَلَهُ عَنْهَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَأَقْبَلَ عُوَيْمِرٌ حَتَّى أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ وَسْطَ النَّاسِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ:‏‏‏‏ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَرَأَيْتَ رَجُلًا وَجَدَ مَعَ امْرَأَتِهِ رَجُلًا أَيَقْتُلُهُ فَتَقْتُلُونَهُ ؟ أَمْ كَيْفَ يَفْعَلُ ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:‏‏‏‏ "قَدْ أُنْزِلَ فِيكَ وَفِي صَاحِبَتِكَ قُرْآنٌ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَاذْهَبْ فَأْتِ بِهَا"، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ سَهْلٌ:‏‏‏‏ فَتَلَاعَنَا وَأَنَا مَعَ النَّاسِ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَلَمَّا فَرَغَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ عُوَيْمِرٌ:‏‏‏‏ كَذَبْتُ عَلَيْهَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنْ أَمْسَكْتُهَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَطَلَّقَهَا عُوَيْمِرٌ ثَلَاثًا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَأْمُرَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ:‏‏‏‏ فَكَانَتْ تِلْكَ سُنَّةُ الْمُتَلَاعِنَيْنِ.

Abbas bin Sahl reported on the authority of his father “The Prophet ﷺ said to Asim bin ‘Adl. Keep the woman with you till she begets the child.

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ يَحْيَى، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَلَمَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنِي عَبَّاسُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ أَبِيهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لِعَاصِمِ بْنِ عَدِيٍّ:‏‏‏‏ "أَمْسِكِ الْمَرْأَةَ عِنْدَكَ حَتَّى تَلِدَ".

Sahl bin Saad Al Saeedi said “I attended the invoking of the curses with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when I was fifteen. He then narrated the rest of the tradition. In this version he said “She then came out pregnant and the child was ascribed to its mother.

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ،‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ حَضَرْتُ لِعَانَهُمَا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَنَا ابْنُ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ فِيهِ:‏‏‏‏ ثُمَّ خَرَجَتْ حَامِلًا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَكَانَ الْوَلَدُ يُدْعَى إِلَى أُمِّهِ.

Sahl bin Saad reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying - in the tradition of spouses who invoked curses to each other “Look if she bears a child which has very black eyes, large buttocks, I cannot but imagine that he (i. e., ‘Uwaimir) has spoken the truth. But, if she bears a reddish child like the lizard with red spots (waharah), I cannot imagine that ‘Uwaimir has lied against her. She gave birth to a child (like that described the Prophet ﷺ ) in a detestable manner.

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْوَرَكَانِيُّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَخْبَرَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَعْدٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ فِي خَبَرِ الْمُتَلَاعِنَيْنِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:‏‏‏‏ "أَبْصِرُوهَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَإِنْ جَاءَتْ بِهِ أَدْعَجَ الْعَيْنَيْنِ عَظِيمَ الْأَلْيَتَيْنِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَلَا أُرَاهُ إِلَّا قَدْ صَدَقَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَإِنْ جَاءَتْ بِهِ أُحَيْمِرَ كَأَنَّهُ وَحَرَةٌ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَلَا أُرَاهُ إِلَّا كَاذِبًا"، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ فَجَاءَتْ بِهِ عَلَى النَّعْتِ الْمَكْرُوهِ.

The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Sahl bin Saad Al Saeedi through a different chain of narrators. This version has “He divorced her three times before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ implemented it and what is done before the Prophet ﷺ is sunnah (model behavior of the Prophet). Sahl said “I attended this before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Afterwards the sunnah about those who invoked curses on each other was established that they (the spouses) were separated from each other and they would never be united. ”

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ عِيَاضِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْفِهْرِيِّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَغَيْرِهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فِي هَذَا الْخَبَرِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ فَطَلَّقَهَا ثَلَاثَ تَطْلِيقَاتٍ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَأَنْفَذَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَكَانَ مَا صُنِعَ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سُنَّةٌ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ سَهْلٌ:‏‏‏‏ حَضَرْتُ هَذَا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَمَضَتِ السُّنَّةُ بَعْدُ فِي الْمُتَلَاعِنَيْنِ أَنْ يُفَرَّقَ بَيْنَهُمَا ثُمَّ لَا يَجْتَمِعَانِ أَبَدًا.

Sahl bin Saad said “The version of Musaddad has “I witnessed the invoking of curses by the two spouses during the life time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when I was fifteen years old. When they finished invoking curses, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ separated them from each other. Here ends the version of Musaddad. Others said “He was present when the Prophet ﷺ separated the spouses who invoked curses on each other. The man (Sahl) said “I shall have lied against her, Messenger of Allah ﷺ if I keep her. Abu Dawud said “Some narrators did not mention the word ‘alaiha (against her). ” Abu Dawud said “No one supported Ibn ‘Uyainah that he separated the spouses who invoked curses. ”

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَوَهْبُ بْنُ بَيَانٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَعَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالُوا:‏‏‏‏ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْالزُّهْرِيِّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ مُسَدَّدٌ:‏‏‏‏ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ "شَهِدْتُ الْمُتَلَاعِنَيْنِ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأَنَا ابْنُ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَفَرَّقَ بَيْنَهُمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حِينَ تَلَاعَنَا"، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَتَمَّ حَدِيثُ مُسَدَّدٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَقَالَ الْآخَرُونَ:‏‏‏‏ إِنَّهُ شَهِدَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَرَّقَ بَيْنَ الْمُتَلَاعِنَيْنِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ:‏‏‏‏ كَذَبْتُ عَلَيْهَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏إِنْ أَمْسَكْتُهَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏لَمْ يَقُلْ بَعْضُهُمْ:‏‏‏‏ عَلَيْهَا. قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد:‏‏‏‏ لَمْ يُتَابِعْ ابْنَ عُيَيْنَةَ أَحَدٌ عَلَى أَنَّهُ فَرَّقَ بَيْنَ الْمُتَلَاعِنَيْنِ.

The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Sahl bin Saad through a different chain of narrators. This version has “She was pregnant, he denied pregnancy from him. So her son was attributed to her. In the law of succession the practice (sunnah) was established that the son gets a share in the inheritance of his mother and the mother gets the share in the inheritance of her son according to the shares prescribed by Allaah the Exalted.

حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ الْعَتَكِيُّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا فُلَيْحٌ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَكَانَتْ حَامِلًا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَأَنْكَرَ حَمْلَهَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَكَانَ ابْنُهَا يُدْعَى إِلَيْهَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏ثُمَّ جَرَتِ السُّنَّةُ فِي الْمِيرَاثِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَنْ يَرِثَهَا وَتَرِثَ مِنْهُ مَا فَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَهَا.

Abdullah (bin Masud) said “We were in the mosque on the night of a Friday, suddenly a man from the Ansar entered the mosque”. And said “If a man finds a man along with wife and declares (about her adultery) you will flog him. Or if he kills you, you will kill him or if keeps silence he will keep silence in anger. I swear by Allaah, I shall ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about it”. On the next day he came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said “If a man finds a man along with wife and declares (about her adultery) you will flog him. Or if he kills you, you will kill him or if keeps silence he will keep silence in anger. ” He said “O Allaah, disclose”. He kept on praying until the verses regarding invoking curses (li’an) came down “As for those who accuse their wives but have no witnesses except themselves. ” So, the man was first involved in this trial among the people. He and his wife came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. They invoked curses on each other. The man bore witness before Allaah four times that the thing he said was indeed true. He then invoked curse of Allaah on him for the fifth time if he was a liar. She then wanted to invoke curses of Allaah on him. The Prophet ﷺ said “Do not do that. Bust she refused and did so (i. e., invoked curses). When they returned he said “Perhaps she will give birth to a black child with curly hair.

حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ إِنَّا لَلَيْلَةُ جُمْعَةٍ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏إِذْ دَخَلَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ:‏‏‏‏ لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلًا وَجَدَ مَعَ امْرَأَتِهِ رَجُلًا فَتَكَلَّمَ بِهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏جَلَدْتُمُوهُ ؟ أَوْ قَتَلَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَتَلْتُمُوهُ ؟ فَإِنْ سَكَتَ سَكَتَ عَلَى غَيْظٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَاللَّهِ لَأَسْأَلَنَّ عَنْهُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنَ الْغَدِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَسَأَلَهُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ:‏‏‏‏ لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلًا وَجَدَ مَعَ امْرَأَتِهِ رَجُلًا فَتَكَلَّمَ بِهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏جَلَدْتُمُوهُ ؟ أَوْ قَتَلَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَتَلْتُمُوهُ ؟ أَوْ سَكَتَ سَكَتَ عَلَى غَيْظٍ ؟ فَقَالَ:‏‏‏‏ "اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ"، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَجَعَلَ يَدْعُو فَنَزَلَتْ آيَةُ اللِّعَانِ:‏‏‏‏ وَالَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ أَزْوَاجَهُمْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ شُهَدَاءُ إِلا أَنْفُسُهُمْ سورة النور آية 6 هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَابْتُلِيَ بِهِ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ بَيْنِ النَّاسِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَجَاءَ هُوَ وَامْرَأَتُهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَتَلَاعَنَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَشَهِدَ الرَّجُلُ أَرْبَعَ شَهَادَاتٍ بِاللَّهِ إِنَّهُ لَمِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏ثُمَّ لَعَنَ الْخَامِسَةَ عَلَيْهِ إِنْ كَانَ مِنَ الْكَاذِبِينَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ فَذَهَبَتْ لِتَلْتَعِنَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ لَهَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:‏‏‏‏ "مَهْ"، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَأَبَتْ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَفَعَلَتْ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَلَمَّا أَدْبَرَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ "لَعَلَّهَا أَنْ تَجِيءَ بِهِ أَسْوَدَ جَعْدًا"، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَجَاءَتْ بِهِ أَسْوَدَ جَعْدًا.

Ibn Abbas said “Hilal bin Umayyah accused his wife in the presence of Prophet ﷺ of having committed adultery with Sharik bin Sahma’”. The Prophet ﷺ said “Produce evidence or you must receive punishment on your back. ” He said “Messenger of Allah ﷺ when one of us sees a man having intercourse with his wife should he go and seek evidence?” But the Prophet ﷺ merely said “You must produce evidence or you must receive punishment on your back. ” Hilal then said “By Him Who sent you with the Truth, I am speaking Truly. May Allaah send down something which will free my back from punishment. Then the following Quranic verses were revealed “And those who make charges against their spouses but have no witnesses except themselves” reciting till he reached “one of those who speak the truth”. The Prophet ﷺ then returned and sent for them and they came (to him). Hilal bin Umayyah stood up and testified and the Prophet ﷺ was saying “Allaah knows that one of you is lying. Will one of you repent?” Then the woman got up and testified, but when she was about to do it a fifth time saying that Allaah’s anger be upon her if he was one of those who spoke the truth, they said to her “this is the deciding one”. Ibn Abbas said “She then hesitated and drew back so that we thought the she would withdraw (what she said) “Look and see whether she gives birth to a child with eyes looking as if they have antimony in them, wide buttocks and fat legs, if she did. Sharik bin Sahma’ will be its father. She then gave birth to a child of a similar description. The Prophet ﷺ thereupon said “If it were not for what has already been stated in Allaah’s book I would have dealt severely with her. ” Abu Dawud said “This tradition has been transmitted by the people of Madina alone. They narrated the tradition of Hilal on the authority of Ibn Bashshar. ”

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنِي عِكْرِمَةُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَنَّ هِلَالَ بْنَ أُمَيَّةَ قَذَفَ امْرَأَتَهُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِشَرِيكِ بْنِ سَحْمَاءَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:‏‏‏‏ "الْبَيِّنَةُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَوْ حَدٌّ فِي ظَهْرِكَ"، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏إِذَا رَأَى أَحَدُنَا رَجُلًا عَلَى امْرَأَتِهِ يَلْتَمِسُ الْبَيِّنَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَجَعَلَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏يَقُولُ:‏‏‏‏ "الْبَيِّنَةُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَإِلَّا فَحَدٌّ فِي ظَهْرِكَ"، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ هِلَالٌ:‏‏‏‏ وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ نَبِيًّا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏إِنِّي لَصَادِقٌ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَلَيُنْزِلَنَّ اللَّهُ فِي أَمْرِي مَا يُبْرِئُ بِهِ ظَهْرِي مِنَ الْحَدِّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَنَزَلَتْ:‏‏‏‏ وَالَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ أَزْوَاجَهُمْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ شُهَدَاءُ إِلا أَنْفُسُهُمْ فَقَرَأَ حَتَّى بَلَغَ لَمِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ سورة النور آية 6، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَانْصَرَفَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِمَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَجَاءَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَامَ هِلَالُ بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ فَشَهِدَ وَالنَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏يَقُولُ:‏‏‏‏ "اللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّ أَحَدَكُمَا كَاذِبٌ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَهَلْ مِنْكُمَا مِنْ تَائِبٍ ؟"ثُمَّ قَامَتْ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَشَهِدَتْ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَلَمَّا كَانَ عِنْدَ الْخَامِسَةِ أَنَّ غَضَبَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهَا إِنْ كَانَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَقَالُوا لَهَا:‏‏‏‏ إِنَّهَا مُوجِبَةٌ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ:‏‏‏‏ فَتَلَكَّأَتْ وَنَكَصَتْ حَتَّى ظَنَنَّا أَنَّهَا سَتَرْجِعُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَتْ:‏‏‏‏ لَا أَفْضَحُ قَوْمِي سَائِرَ الْيَوْمِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَمَضَتْ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:‏‏‏‏ "أَبْصِرُوهَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَإِنْ جَاءَتْ بِهِ أَكْحَلَ الْعَيْنَيْنِ سَابِغَ الْأَلْيَتَيْنِ خَدَلَّجَ السَّاقَيْنِ فَهُوَ لِشَرِيكِ ابْنِ سَحْمَاءَ"، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَجَاءَتْ بِهِ كَذَلِكَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:‏‏‏‏ "لَوْلَا مَا مَضَى مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏لَكَانَ لِي وَلَهَا شَأْنٌ". قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد:‏‏‏‏ وَهَذَا مِمَّا تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدِيثُ ابْنِ بَشَّارٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدِيثُ هِلَالٍ.

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: When the Prophet ﷺ ordered a man and his wife to invoke curses on each other, he ordered a man to put his hand on his mouth when he came to the fifth utterance, saying that it would be the deciding one.

حَدَّثَنَا مَخْلَدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الشُّعَيْرِيُّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ كُلَيْبٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ أَبِيهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏"أَنّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَمَرَ رَجُلًا حِينَ أَمَرَ الْمُتَلَاعِنَيْنِ أَنْ يَتَلَاعَنَا أَنْ يَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى فِيهِ عِنْدَ الْخَامِسَةِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏يَقُولُ:‏‏‏‏ إِنَّهَا مُوجِبَةٌ".