al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 2813

Translation

✧ When Hilal b. Umayya accused his wife, it was said to him, 'By Allah, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ will surely flog you eighty lashes.' He said, 'Allah is more just than that He would flog me eighty lashes when He knows that I saw until I was certain and heard until I was sure. No, by Allah, He will never flog me.' Then the verse of mutual cursing was revealed. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ called them both when the verse was revealed and said, 'Allah knows that one of you is lying. Is there any of you who will repent?' Hilal said, 'By Allah, I am truthful.' He said, 'Swear by Allah, besides whom there is no deity, that I am truthful,' saying that four times, then 'If I am lying, then upon me be the curse of Allah.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Stop him at the fifth, for it is decisive.' Then she swore, then said four times, 'By Allah, besides whom there is no deity, he is indeed one of the liars,' and 'If he is truthful, then upon her be the wrath of Allah.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Stop her at the fifth, for it is decisive.' She hesitated and was about to confess, then said, 'I will not disgrace my people.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'If she gives birth to a child with dark eyelids, wide black eyes, full buttocks, thick thighs, and slender legs, then he belongs to the one she was accused with. And if she gives birth to a fair, curly-haired, smooth-haired child, then he belongs to Hilal b. Umayya.' She gave birth to a child matching the description of the accused man. Ayyub said, and Muhammad b. Sirin said, 'The man whom Hilal b. Umayya accused her with was Sharik b. Sahma', and he was the brother of al-Bara' b. Malik, the brother of Anas b. Malik through his mother, and his mother was black, and Sharik used to stay at Hilal's house and be with him.'

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