Sahih al-Bukhari Hadith 236 – Volume 7, Book 63

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Volume 7, Book 63, Number 236:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
Those involved in a case of Lian were mentioned before Allah's Apostle Asim bin Adi said some –
thing about that and then left. Later on a man from his tribe came to him and told him that he had
found another man with his wife. On that 'Asim said, "I have not been put to task except for what I
have said (about Lian)." 'Asim took the man to Allah's Apostle and he told him of the state in which he
found his wife. The man was pale, thin and lank-haired, while the other man whom he had found
with his wife was brown, fat with thick calves and curly hair. Allah's Apostle said, "O Allah! Reveal
the truth." Then the lady delivered a child resembling the man whom her husband had mentioned he
had found with her. So Allah's Apostle ordered them to carry out Lien. A man from that gathering
said to Ibn 'Abbas, "Was she the same lady regarding whom Allah's Apostle said, 'If I were to stone to
death someone without witnesses, I would have stoned this lady'?" Ibn 'Abbas said, "No, that was an –
other lady who, though being a Muslim, used to arouse suspicion because of her outright misbehavi –
or."