صحيح البخاري
Bukhari
كتاب المحاربينThe Book of Al-Maharbeen
بَابُ مَنْ أَظْهَرَ الْفَاحِشَةَ وَاللَّطْخَ وَالتُّهَمَةَ بِغَيْرِ بَيِّنَةٍ:Chapter. What is the legal verdict in the case of somebody who behaves in such a suspicious and dishonest way that he may be suspected of adultery; and the case of one who accuses others of evil deeds without any evident proof.
Hadith 6854
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ ، قَالَ : " شَهِدْتُ الْمُتَلَاعِنَيْنِ وَأَنَا ابْنُ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فَرَّقَ بَيْنَهُمَا ، فَقَالَ زَوْجُهَا : كَذَبْتُ عَلَيْهَا إِنْ أَمْسَكْتُهَا ، قَالَ : فَحَفِظْتُ ذَاكَ مِنَ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، إِنْ جَاءَتْ بِهِ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَهُوَ ، وَإِنْ جَاءَتْ بِهِ كَذَا وَكَذَا كَأَنَّهُ وَحَرَةٌ فَهُوَ ، وَسَمِعْتُ الزُّهْرِيَّ يَقُولُ : جَاءَتْ بِهِ لِلَّذِي يُكْرَهُ " .
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 husband 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 description which her husband disliked .
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary:
That is, like the man upon whom the accusation was made; despite this, the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) did not stone the woman to death. Thus, it is understood that no ruling can be given based on circumstantial evidence alone until there is formal proof.
That is, like the man upon whom the accusation was made; despite this, the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) did not stone the woman to death. Thus, it is understood that no ruling can be given based on circumstantial evidence alone until there is formal proof.
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 6854
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
In one narration, its clarification is as follows: if the woman gives birth to a child who is dark-skinned, has black eyes, and large buttocks, then her husband is truthful in his accusation, and the wife's denial is false.
And if she gives birth to a child who is red in complexion, short in stature (of small height),
as if he is like a lizard, such a child, then the husband is false in his accusation, thus the woman has given birth to a child of detestable condition (child of adultery).
(Sahih al-Bukhari, Kitab al-Talaq, Hadith: 5309)
That is, the woman gave birth to a child resembling the man about whom the accusation was made.
Despite this, the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) did not stone the woman, because there was no formal proof; only circumstantial evidence was present, and on the basis of such evidence, no one can be punished.
In one narration, its clarification is as follows: if the woman gives birth to a child who is dark-skinned, has black eyes, and large buttocks, then her husband is truthful in his accusation, and the wife's denial is false.
And if she gives birth to a child who is red in complexion, short in stature (of small height),
as if he is like a lizard, such a child, then the husband is false in his accusation, thus the woman has given birth to a child of detestable condition (child of adultery).
(Sahih al-Bukhari, Kitab al-Talaq, Hadith: 5309)
That is, the woman gave birth to a child resembling the man about whom the accusation was made.
Despite this, the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) did not stone the woman, because there was no formal proof; only circumstantial evidence was present, and on the basis of such evidence, no one can be punished.
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 6854
