Volume 8, Book 82, Number 841:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
I heard Abu-l-Qasim (the Prophet) saying, “If somebody slanders his slave and the slave is free
from what he says, he will be flogged on the Day of Resurrection unless the slave is really as he has
described him.”
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 840:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “Avoid the seven great destructive sins.” They (the people!) asked, “O Allah’s
Apostle! What are they?” He said, “To join partners in worship with Allah; to practice sorcery; to kill
the life which Allah has forbidden except for a just cause (according to Islamic law); to eat up usury
(Riba), to eat up the property of an orphan; to give one’s back to the enemy and freeing from the
battle-field at the time of fighting and to accuse chaste women who never even think of anything
touching chastity and are good believers.”
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 839:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
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Lian was mentioned in the presence of the Prophet, Asim bin Adi said a statement about it, and
when he left, a man from his tribe came to him complaining that he had seen a man with his wife.
Asim said, “I have been put to trial only because of my statement.” So he took the man to the Prophet
and the man told him about the incident. The man (husband) was of yellow complexion, thin, and of
lank hair, while the man whom he had accused of having been with his wife, was reddish brown
with fat thick legs and fat body. The Prophet said, “O Allah! Reveal the truth.” Later on the lady de –
livered a child resembling the man whom the husband had accused of having been with her. So the
Prophet made them take the oath of Lian. A man said to Ibn Abbas in the gathering, “Was that the
same lady about whom the Prophet said, “If I were to stone any lady (for committing illegal sexual
intercourse) to death without witnesses, I would have stoned that lade to death?” Ibn Abbas said, “No,
that was another lady who used to behave in such a suspicious way among the Muslims that one
might accuse her of committing illegal sexual intercourse.”
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 838:
Narrated Al-Qasim bin Muhammad:
Ibn ‘Abbas mentioned the couple who had taken the oath of Lian. ‘Abdullah bin Shaddad said (to
him), “Was this woman about whom Allah’s Apostle said, ‘If I were ever to stone to death any woman
without witnesses. (I would have stoned that woman to death)?’ Ibn ‘Abbas replied,” No, that lady ex –
posed herself (by her suspicious behavior).”
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 837:
Narrated Sahl bin Sa’d:
I witnessed the case of Lian (the case of a man who charged his wife for committing illegal sexual
intercourse when I was fifteen years old. The Prophet ordered that they be divorced, and the hus –
band said, “If I kept her, I would be a liar.” I remember that Az-Zubair also said, “(It was said) that if
that woman brought forth the child with such-and-such description, her husband would prove
truthful, but if she brought it with such-and-such description looking like a Wahra (a red insect), he
would prove untruthful.” I heard Az-Zubair also saying, “Finally she gave birth to a child of descrip –
tion which her husband disliked .
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 836:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
Allah’s Apostle never took revenge for his own self in any matter presented to him till Allah’s limits
were exceeded, in which case he would take revenge for Allah’s sake.
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 835:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar:
Those people who used to buy foodstuff at random (without weighing or measuring it) were
beaten in the lifetime of Allah’s Apostle if they sold it at the very place where they had bought it, till
they carried it to their dwelling places.
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 834:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle forbade Al-Wisal (fasting continuously for more than one day without taking any
meals). A man from the Muslims said, “But you do Al-Wisal, O Allah’s Apostle!” Allah’s Apostle I said,
“Who among you is similar to me? I sleep and my Lord makes me eat and drink.” When the people
refused to give up Al-Wisal, the Prophet fasted along with them for one day, and did not break his
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fast but continued his fast for another day, and when they saw the crescent, the Prophet said, “If the
crescent had not appeared, I would have made you continue your fast (for a third day),” as if he
wanted to punish them for they had refused to give up Al-Wisal.