Volume 7, Book 63, Number 229:
Narrated Ibn Juraij:
Volume 7 – 1189 / 1700
SAHIH BUKHARI VOLUME 7 > BOOK 63: DIVORCE
Ibn Shihab informed me of Lian and the tradition related to it, referring to the narration of Sahl
bin Sad, the brother of Bani Sa’idi He said, “An Ansari man came to Allah’s Apostle and said, ‘O Allah’s
Apostle! If a man saw another man with his wife, should he kill him, or what should he do?’ So Allah
revealed concerning his affair what is mentioned in the Holy Quran about the affair of those in –
volved in a case of Lian. The Prophet said, ‘Allah has given His verdict regarding you and your wife.’
So they carried out Lian in the mosque while I was present there. When they had finished, the man
said, “O Allah’s Apostle! If I should now keep her with me as a wife then I have told a lie about her.
Then he divorced her thrice before Allah’s Apostle ordered him, when they had finished the Lian
process. So he divorced her in front of the Prophet .” Ibn Shihab added, “After their case, it became a
tradition that a couple involved in a case of Lian should be separated by divorce. That lady was preg –
nant then, and later on her son was called by his mother’s name. The tradition concerning their in –
heritance was that she would be his heir and he would inherit of her property the share Allah had
prescribed for him.” Ibn Shihab said that Sahl bin Sad As’Saidi said that the Prophet said (in the above
narration), “If that lady delivers a small red child like a lizard, then the lady has spoken the truth and
the man was a liar, but if she delivers a child with black eyes and huge lips, then her husband has
spoken the truth.” Then she delivered it in the shape one would dislike (as it proved her guilty).