Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Mansur narrates that it is reported from Ibrahim regarding a man who performed li'an with his wife and then retracted his statement; he (Ibrahim) said: He will be given lashes and the child will be attributed to him.

Dawood narrates that it is reported from Hazrat Saeed bin Musayyib regarding the person who performs li'an and then denies himself; he said, he will be flogged while he is one who has proposed marriage.

Hazrat Abu Bakr bin Ayyash narrates that Hazrat Mutarrif said: When a man accuses his wife and performs li'an with her, then if afterwards he denies himself, he will be flogged, and the child will be attributed to him, and his wife will be returned to him.

Hazrat Mughira narrates that it is reported from Ibrahim regarding the one who performs li'an and then denies himself; he said: The hadd (punishment) will be carried out upon him.

Hazrat Sha’bah narrates that I asked Hazrat Hakam about a man who performs li’an with his wife and then later acknowledges the child. He replied: The prescribed punishment (hadd) will be carried out on him, and the child will be attributed to him.

Hazrat Ibn Jurayj states that it is narrated from Hazrat Ata regarding the person who accused his wife or denied the paternity of his wife's child, and then later retracted his statement; he said that the prescribed punishment (hadd) will be imposed on him.

It is narrated from Hazrat Harith, Hazrat Ata, and Hazrat Shabi regarding the person who performs li'an and then denies himself, all these personalities said: He will be punished with beating.