'Uwaimir al-'Ajlani came to 'Asim bin 'Adi al-Ansari and said to him. Tell me about a person who finds a man with his wife; should he kill him, and be killed In retaliation; or how should he act? 'Asim رضی اﷲ عنہ , ask for me (religious verdict about it) from Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌). So 'Asim رضی اﷲ عنہ asked Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) and he did not like this question and he disapproved of it so much that'Asim felt aggrieved at what he had heard from Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌). When 'Asim came back to his family, 'Uwaimir came to him and said: 'Asim, what did Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) say to you? 'Asim said to 'Uwaimir: You did not bring something good. Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) did not like this religious verdict that I sought from him. 'Uwaimir said: By Allah, I will not rest until I have asked him about it. 'Uwaimir proceeded until he came to Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) as he was sitting amidst people, and said: Messenger of Allah, tell me about a person who found a man with his wife. Should he kill him, and then you would kill him, or how should he act? Thereupon Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) said: (Verses) have been revealed concerning you and your wife; so go and bring her. Sahl said that they both invoked curses (and further said): I was along with people in the company of Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌). And when they had finished, Uwaimir said: Allah's Messenger, I shall have told a lie against her if I keep her (now). So he divorced her with three pronouncements before Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) had commanded him. Ibn Shihab said: Subsequently that was the practice of invokers of curses (al Mutala'inain)

'Uwaimir al-Ansari ( رضی اﷲ عنہ) from Banu'l-'Ajlan came to 'Asim bin 'Adi ( رضی اﷲ عنہ) the remaining part of the hadith is the same and it was also reecorded in it: And subsequebtly the separation became the practice of al-Mutala'inain. And this addition was also made: She was pregnant and her son was ascribed to her, and it became customary that such (a son) would inherit her and she would inherit him in the share prescribed by Allah for her.

Ibn Shihab narrated about the invokers of curses and the practice of (li'an) based on the authority of Sahl bin Sa'd, of the tribe of Sa'ida. That a person from the Ansar came to Allah's Apostle ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) and said: Allah's Messenger, tell me about the person who found a man with his wife. The remaining part of the hadith is the same (but) with this addition: They invoked curses in the mosque and I was present there. And he narrated in the hadith: He divorced her with three pronouncements before Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) commanded him (to get separation). He separated from her in the presence of Allah's Apostle ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌), whereupon he said: There is a separation between the invokers of curses.

I was asked about the invokers of curses during the reign of Mus'ab (bin Zubair) whether they could separate (themselves by this process). He said: I did not understand what to say. So I went to the house of Ibn 'Umar ( رضی اﷲ عنہ) in Mecca. I said to his servant: Seek permission for Me. He said that he (Ibn 'Umar رضی اﷲ عنہ) had been taking rest. He (Ibn 'Umar رضی اﷲ عنہ) heard my voice. and said: Are you Ibn Jubair? I said: Yes. He 'said: Come in. By Allah, it must be some (great) need which has brought you here at this Hour. So I got in and found him lying on a blanket reclining against a pillow stuffed with fibres of date-palm. I said: O Abu'Abd al-Rahman, should there be separation between the invokers of curses? He said: Hallowed be Allah, yes, The first one who asked about it was so and so. he said: Messenger of Allah, tell me If one of us finds his wife committing adultery: what should he do? If he talks, that is something great, and if he keeps quiet that is also (something great) (which he cannot afford to do). Allah's Prophet ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ) kept quiet (or some time). After some time he (that very person) came to him (Allah's Messenger) and said: I have been involved in that very cage about which I had asked you Allah the Exalted and Majestic then revealed (these) verses of Surah Nur: Those who accuse their wives (verse 6), and he (the Holy Prophet) recited them to him and admonished him, and exhorted him and informed him that the torment of the world is less painful than the torment of the Hereafter. He said: No, by Him Who sent you with Truth, I did not tell a lie against her. He (the Holy Prophet) then called her (the wife of that person who had accused her) and admonished her, and exhorted her, and informed her that the torment of this world is less painful than the torment of the Hereafter. She said: No, by Him Who sent thee with Truth, he is a liar. (it was) the man who started the swearing of oath and he swore in the name of Allah four times that he was among the truthful. and at the fifth turn he said: Let there be curse of Allah upon him if he were among the liars. Then the woman was called and she swore four times in the name of Allah that he (her husband) was among the liars, and at the fifth time (she said): Let there be curse upon her if he were among the truthful. He (the Holy Prophet) then effected separation between the two.

"At the time of Musab bin Az-Zubair, I was asked about the two who engaged in Lian, and I did not know what to say, so I went to 'Abdullah bin Umar رضی اللہ عنہ and I said: 'Do you think that two who engaged in Lian should be separated?... '" then he mentioned a Hadith like that of Ibn Umair (no. 3746).

Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) saying to the invokers of curse: Your account is with Allah. One of you must be a liar. You have now no right over this woman. He said: Messenger of Allah, what about my wealth (dower that I paid her at the time of marriage)? He said: You have no claim to wealth. If you tell the truth, it (dower) is the recompense for your having had the right to intercourse with her, and if you tell a lie against her, it is still more remote from you than she is. Zuhair said in his narration: Sufyan reported to us on the authority of 'Amr that he had heard Sa'id bin Jubair saying: I heard Ibn Umar (رضی اللہ عنہ) saying that Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ) had said it.

Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ) effected separation between the two members of Banu al-'Ajlan, and said: Allah knows that one of you is a liar. Is there one to repent among you?

I asked Ibn 'Umar (رضی اللہ عنہ) about invoking curse (li'an), and he narrated Similarly from Allah's Apostle ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ).

Mus'ab bin Zubair did not effect separation between the Mutala'inain (invokers of curses). Sa'id said: It was mentioned to 'Abdullah bin Umar (رضی اللہ عنہ) and he said: Allah's Apostle ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ) effected separation between the two members of Banu al-'Ajlan.

A person invoked curse on the wife during the lifetime of Allah s Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ), so he effected separation between them and traced the lineage of the son to his mother.

Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) asked a person from the Anger and his wife to invoke curse (upon one another in order to testify to their truthfulness), and then effected separation between them.

A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of 'Ubaidulah with the same chain of transmitters.

We were on the night of Friday staying in the mosque when a person from the Ansar came there and said: If a person finds his woman along with a man, and he speaks about it, you would lash him, and if he kills, you will kill him, and if he keeps quiet he shall have to consume anger. By Allah, I will definitely ask about him from Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌). On the following day he came to Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) and asked him thus: If a man were to find with his wife a man and if he were to talk about it, you would lash him; and if he killed, you would kill him, and if he were to keep quiet. he would consume anger, whereupon he (the Holy Prophet ﷺ) said: Allah, solve (this problem), and he began to supplicate (before Him), and then the verses pertaining to li'an were revealed: Those who accuse their wives and have no witnesses except themselves (xxiv. 6). The person was then put to test according to these verses in the presence of the people. There came he and his wife in the presence of Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌), and they invoked curses (in order to testify their claim). The man swore four times in the name of Allah that he was one of the truthful and then invoked curse for the fifth time saying: Let there be curse of Allah upon him if he were among the liars. Then she began to invoke curse. Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) said to her: just wait (and curse after considering over it), but she refused and invoked curse and when she turned away, he (Allah's Apostle ﷺ) said: It seems that this woman shall give birth to a curly-haired black child, And so she did gave birth to a curly-haired black child.

A similar report as no. 3755 was narrated from Al-A'mash with this chain.

I asked Anas bin Malik (رضی اﷲ عنہ) knowing that he had a knowledge of (the case of li'an). He said: Hilal bin Umayya (رضی اﷲ عنہ ) accused his wife with the charge of fornication with Sharik bin Sahma, the brother of al-Bara'b Malik from the side of his mother. And he was the first person who invoked curse (li'an) in Islam. He in fact invoked curse upon her. Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ) said: See to her if she gives birth to a white-complexioned child having dark hair and bright eyes; he must be the son of Hilal bin Umayya; and if she gives birth to a child with dark eyelids, curly hair and lean shanks, he must be the offspring of Sharik bin Sahma. He said: I was informed that she gave birth to a child having dark eyelids, curly hair and lean shanks.

Mention was made of li'an in the presence of Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ). And Asim bin 'Adi passed a remark about it and then turned away, and a man of his tribe came to him complaining that he had found a man with his wife, whereupon 'Asim رضی اﷲ عنہ said: I have been taken by my words. He took him to Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌) and told him about the man whom he had found with his wife and this man was a lean, yellow-coloured man with lank hair, and the person who was accused of committing adultery with her (his wife) had fleshy shanks, with wheat complexion and heavy bulk. Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ) said: O Allah, make (this case) manifest. And as she gave birth to a child, whose face resembled that person about whom her husband had made mention that he had found her with, and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had asked them to invoke curses. A person said to Ibn 'Abbas (رضی اﷲ عنہ): Is she (that woman) about whom Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (said): If I were to stone anybody without evidence, I would have stoned her ? Ibn 'Abbas (رضی اﷲ عنہ) said: No, it is not she. That woman was one who openly spread evil in society.

Mention of the two who engage in lian was made in the presence of the Messenger of Allah..." a Hadith like that of Al-Laith (no. 3758), and he added, after saying bulky, with very curly hair."

Mention was made about the invokers of curses before Ibn 'Abbas ( رضی اﷲ عنہما) and Ibn Shaddad said: Are these the two about whom Allah's Apostle ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ) said. If I were to stone one without evidence, I would have definitely stoned her ? Ibn Abbas (رضی اﷲ عنہما) said: She is not this woman; but she is the one who (committed adultery) openly.

Sa'd bin 'Ubada al-Ansari رضی اﷲ عنہ said: Messenger of Allah, tell me if a man finds his wife with another person, should he kill him? Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ) said: No. Sa'd said: Why not? I swear by Him Who has honored you with the Truth. There upon Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ) said: Listen to what your chief says.

Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported that Sa'd b. Ubada (Allah be pleased with him) said: Messenger of Allah, if I were to find with my wife a man, should I wait until I bring four witnesses? He said: Yes.

Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported that Sa'd b. Ubada (Allah be pleased with him) said: Messenger of Allah, if I were to find with my wife a man, should I not touch him before bringing four witnesses? Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ) said: Yes. He said: By no means. By Him Who has sent you with the Truth, I would hasten with my sword to him before that. Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ) said: Listen to what your chief says. He is jealous of his honour, I am more jealous than he (is) and God is more jealous than I.

AI-Mughira b. Shu'ba (Allah be pleased with him) reported that Sa'd b. 'Ubada (Allah be pleased with him) said: If I were to see a man with my wife, I would have struck him with the sword, and not with the flat part (side) of it. When Allah's Messenger ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ) heard of that, he said: Are you surprised at Sa'd's jealousy of his honour? By Allah, I am more jealous of my honour than he, and Allah is more jealous than I. Because of His jealousy Allah has prohibited abomination, both open and secret And no person is more jealous of his honour than Allah, and no persons, is more fond of accepting an excuse than Allah, on account of which He has sent messengers, announcers of glad tidings and warners; and no one is more fond of praise than Allah on account of which Allah has promised Paradise.

A hadith like this has been transmitted on the authority, of 'Abd al-Malik b. Umair with the same chain of narraters but with a slight change of words.

Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported: There came a person to the Prophet (may peace he upon him) ) from Banu Fazara and said: My wife has given birth to a child who is black, whereupon Allah's Apostle ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ) said: Have you any camels? He said: Yes. He again said: What is this colour? He said: They are red. He said: Is there a dusky one among them? He said: Yes, there are dusky ones among them He said: How has it come about? He said: It is perhaps the strain to which it has reverted, whereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: It is perhaps the strain to which he (the child) has reverted.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri with the same chain of transmitters. In the hadith transmitted on the authority of Ma'mar, the (words are): Messenger of Allah, my wife has given birth to a dark-complexioned boy, and he at that time was intending to disown him. And this addition has been made at the end of the hadith: He (the Holy Prophet) did not permit him to disown him.