Hadith 7195

عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالَ اللَّهُ أَعْدَلُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ أَنْ يَضْرِبَنِي ثَمَانِينَ ضَرْبَةً وَقَدْ عَلِمَ أَنِّي قَدْ رَأَيْتُ حَتَّى اسْتَيْقَنْتُ وَسَمِعْتُ حَتَّى اسْتَيْقَنْتُ لَا وَاللَّهِ لَا يَضْرِبُنِي أَبَدًا قَالَ فَنَزَلَتْ آيَةُ الْمُلَاعَنَةِ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that (when Hilal bin Umayyah (may Allah be pleased with him) accused his wife of adultery, someone said to him: "The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) will certainly have you flogged with the prescribed lashes for slander.") He replied: "Allah is more just than to let me be flogged with those lashes, because Allah knows that I have seen it with my own eyes and I am certain, and I have heard such things that I have become convinced that (evil has occurred with my wife). By Allah! He will never let me be flogged." Then the verse of Li'an (mutual cursing) was revealed.
Hadith Reference الفتح الربانی / كتاب اللعان / 7195
Hadith Grading محدثین: صحیح
Hadith Takhrij «اسناده صحيح علي شرط البخاري، أخرجه الحاكم: 2/ 202، والبيھقي: 7/ 395 ، (انظر مسند أحمد ترقيم الرسالة: 2468 ترقیم بيت الأفكار الدولية: 2468»