One who falsely accuses a woman who underwent li'an or her son

Bayan said that al-Sha'bi said: "Whoever slanders the son of a woman who has undergone li'an, or slanders his mother, will be flogged."

Ibrahim said: "Whoever slanders the son of a woman who has undergone li'an will be flogged."

This statement is also reported from Mujahid through Layth.

Jabir and Ibn Salim report from Amir, and they said: "Whoever slanders the son of a woman who has undergone li'an will be flogged."

Layth said that it is reported from Mujahid and Tawus concerning a man who says to the son of a woman who has undergone li'an: "O son of an adulteress!" They said: "He will be given eighty lashes."

Nafi' said that Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "Whoever slanders the son of a woman who has undergone li'an will be flogged."

Imran said that Ikrimah said: "Whoever says to the son of a woman who has undergone li'an: 'O son of a filthy woman!' will have the prescribed punishment for slander applied to him."

Mutarrif said that Amir said: "When it is said to the son of a woman who has undergone li'an: 'You are not the son of so-and-so who performed li'an with your mother,'" he said: "The one who said this to him will be flogged."

Ikrimah said that Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "Whoever slanders the son of a woman who has undergone li'an, or his mother, will be flogged."

Al-Fadl bin Dalham said that al-Hasan al-Basri said: "The one who slanders the son of a woman who has undergone li'an will be flogged."

Mughirah said that Ibrahim said: "If any person slanders that woman who has undergone li'an, the one who slandered her will be flogged."