قَالَ مَالِكٌ فِي الرَّجُلِ يُلَاعِنُ امْرَأَتَهُ، فَيَنْزِعُ وَيُكَذِّبُ نَفْسَهُ بَعْدَ يَمِينٍ أَوْ يَمِينَيْنِ، مَا لَمْ يَلْتَعِنْ فِي الْخَامِسَةِ : إِنَّهُ إِذَا نَزَعَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَلْتَعِنَ، جُلِدَ الْحَدَّ، وَلَمْ يُفَرَّقْ بَيْنَهُمَا .
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said that if a man performs li'an with his wife, and then after one or two testimonies denies himself, the hadd of qadhf will be applied to him and separation will not occur.