Sahih Muslim Hadith 3743

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[3743] 1 – (1492) Sahi bin Sa'd As-Sâ'idi' narrated that :Uwaimir Al-'AjlânI came to 'Aim bin 'Adiy Al-AnârI and said to him: "0 'Asim, what do you think, if a man finds a man with his wife, should he kill him and be killed by them in return? Or what should he do? 0 'Asim, ask the Messenger of Allah jW about that for me." So 'Asim asked the Messenger of Allah . The Messenger of Allah ç did not like this question, and he criticized it so much that 'Asim felt very upset by what he heard from the Messenger of Allah . When 'Asim went back to his family, 'Uwaimir came to him and said: "0 'Asim, what did the Messenger of Allah say to you?" 'Asim said to 'Uwaimir: "You did not bring me any good. The Messenger of Allah did not like the question that I asked him." 'Uwaimir said: "By Allah, I will not rest until I ask him about it." So 'Uwaimir went to the Messenger of Allah 0, who was amidst the people, and he said: "0 Messenger of Allah, what do you think, if a man finds another man with his wife, should he kill him and be killed by them in return? Or what should he do?" The Messenger of Allah ç said: "(Verses) have been revealed concerning you and your wife, so .(( U go and bring her." Sahl said: "They engaged in Li'ân, and I was among the people who were with the Messenger of Allah . When they had finished, 'Uwaimir said: '0 Messenger of Allah, I would be a liar if I kept her now.' So he divorced her three times before the Messenger of Allah could tell him to do anything." Ibn Shihâb said: "Then that became the practice of those who engage in Li'ân."