Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 31016 — Book of the Judgments

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) separated the spouses who had performed li'an (mutual cursing) and ruled that the man owes the woman neither housing nor maintenance, because they separated without a divorce, and she is not in the category of a widow. He ruled that her child is not to be attributed to a father, that no accusation is to be made against the woman, and that no accusation is to be made against her child; and whoever accuses the woman or her child is to receive the prescribed punishment for slander.