What follows the husband's li'an: separation, disowning the child, and the prescribed punishment on the woman if she does not perform li'an

Nafi' narrates from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a man performed li'an against his wife in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and disowned his child, so the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) separated the two of them and attached the child to the mother.

Nafi' narrates from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a man performed li'an against his wife in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) separated the two of them and gave the child to the mother? He said: Yes.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said concerning the two who performed li'an: "Your reckoning is with Allah; one of you is a liar. You have no claim over the wife." He said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! My wealth, my wealth. He said: "If you are truthful, the wealth is gone in exchange for her private part having been made lawful for you. And if you have lied, then that is even further from you."
(b) Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Two who perform li'an, once separated, can never come together again."

Ikrimah narrates from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), concerning the story of Hilal bin Umayyah and his wife, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had li'an performed between them. After the husband's li'an, the woman gave four testimonies, swearing by Allah, that he was a liar. When the turn of the fifth testimony came, she was told: Fear Allah; the punishment of this world is far lighter than the punishment of the Hereafter, and this (testimony) is what makes the punishment of Allah binding. She remained silent for a little while, then said: I will not disgrace my people. She gave the fifth testimony as well, that the wrath of Allah be upon her if he was truthful, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) separated the two of them. And he said: "The child is not to be attributed to a father, yet neither the child nor the mother is to be accused; whoever accuses the mother or the child will be given the prescribed punishment (hadd)." And he (peace and blessings be upon him) ruled: "The husband owes her neither housing nor food, because the two were separated without divorce and without death."

It is in the hadith of Sayyiduna Sahl bin Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) concerning the couple who perform li'an (mutual imprecation) that: "The couple who perform li'an are to be separated, and afterwards they will never come together."

Al-Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from Sayyiduna Sahl bin Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) concerning the story of the couple who performed li'an that they performed li'an in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), so he (peace and blessings be upon him) separated them and said: "These two can never come together."

Sayyiduna Abdullah (bin Mas'ud) and Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Sunnah regarding the couple who perform li'an is that "they can never come together."

Ibrahim narrates from Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: When two spouses perform li'an, a permanent separation takes place between them; they can never come together.

Jahm bin Dinar (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) that when a man declares himself a liar after the li'an, he is to be given the prescribed punishment, the child is to be attributed to him, and the two of them will never be together again.