Sahih Ibn Hibban 4451
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أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ أَبِي مُسْلِمٍ الْجَرْمِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَخْلَدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ
أَوَّلُ لِعَانٍ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ أَنَّ شَرِيكَ بْنَ سَحْمَاءَ أَقْذَفَهُ هِلَالُ بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ بِامْرَأَتِهِ فَرَفَعَهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «يَا هِلَالُ أَرْبَعَةُ شُهُودٍ وَإِلَّا فَحَدٌّ فِي ظَهْرِكَ» قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ أَنِّي صَادِقٌ وَلَيُنْزِلَنَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ مَا يُبَرِّئُ ظَهْرِي مِنَ الْجَلْدِ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ {وَالَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ أَزْوَاجَهُمْ} إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ فَدَعَاهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «اشْهَدْ بِاللَّهِ إِنَّكَ لِمَنِ الصَّادِقِينَ فِيمَا رَمَيْتَهَا بِهِ مِنَ الزِّنَى» فَشَهِدَ بِذَلِكَ أَرْبَعَ شَهَادَاتٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ فِي الْخَامِسَةِ «وَلَعْنَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكَ إِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الْكَاذِبِينَ فِيمَا رَمَيْتَهَا بِهِ مِنَ الزِّنَى» فَفَعَلَ ثُمَّ دَعَاهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «قَوْمِي اشْهَدِي بِاللَّهِ إِنَّهُ لِمَنِ الْكَاذِبِينَ فِيمَا رَمَاكَ بِهِ مِنَ الزِّنَى» فَشَهِدَتْ بِذَلِكِ أَرْبَعَ شَهَادَاتٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهَا فِي الْخَامِسَةِ «وَغَضَبُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكِ إِنْ كَانَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ فِيمَا رَمَاكِ بِهِ مِنَ الزِّنَى» فَلَمَّا كَانَ فِي الرَّابِعَةِ أَوِ الْخَامِسَةِ فَسَكَتَتْ سَكْتَةً حَتَّى ظَنُّوا أَنَّهَا سَتَعْتَرِفُ ثُمَّ قَالَتْ لَا أَفْضَحُ قَوْمِي سَائِرَ الْيَوْمِ فَمَضَتْ عَلَى الْقَوْلِ فَفَرَّقَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَيْنَهُمَا وَقَالَ «انْظُرُوا إِنْ جَاءَتْ بِهِ جَعْدًا حَمْشَ السَّاقَيْنِ فَهُوَ لِشَرِيكِ بْنِ سَحْمَاءَ وَإِنْ جَاءَتْ بِهِ أَبْيَضَ سَبِطًا قَضِئَ الْعَيْنَيْنِ فَهُوَ لِهِلَالِ بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ» فَجَاءَتْ بِهِ آدَمَ جَعْدًا حَمْشَ السَّاقَيْنِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَوْلَا مَا نَزَلَ فِيهِمَا مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ لَكَانَ لِي وَلَهُمَا شَأْنٌ»
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Chain of narrators
- Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná
- Muslim b. Abū Muslim al-Jarmī
- Makhlad b. al-Ḥusayn
- Hishām b. Ḥassān
- Ibn Sīrīn
- Anas b. Mālik
"The first Li'an in Islam was when Hilal bin Umayyah accused Sharik bin As-Sahma' (of committing adultery) with his wife. He came to the Prophet and told him about that. The Prophet said: '(Bring) four witnesses, otherwise (you will feel) the Hadd punishment on your back.' And he repeated that several times. Hilal said to him: 'By Allah, O Messenger of Allah! Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, knows that I am telling the truth, and Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, will certainly reveal to you that which will spare my back from the whip.' While they were like that, the Verse of Li'an was revealed to him: 'As to those who accuse their wives.' He called Hilal and he bore witness four times by Allah that he was telling the truth, and the fifth time he invoked the curse of Allah upon him if he were lying. Then he called the woman and she bore witness four times by Allah that he was lying. When it came to the fourth or fifth time, the Messenger of Allah said: 'Stop her, for it will inevitably bring the punishment of Allah upon the liar.' She hesitated until we thought that she was going to confess, then she said: 'I will not dishonor my people today.' Then she went ahead with the oath. The Messenger of Allah said: 'Wait and see. If she produces a child who is white, with straight hair and Qadiy'a eyes, then he belongs to Hilal bin Umayyah, but if she produces a child who is dark with curly hair, of average size and with narrow calves, then he belongs to Sharik bin As-Sahma'.' She produced a child who was dark with curly hair, of average size and with narrow calves. The Messenger of Allah said: 'Had not the matter been settled by the Book of Allah, I would have punished her severely.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3469)
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Same hadith, other wordings
- Bulughul Maram 1236{ أَوَّلَ لِعَانٍ كَانَ فِي اَلْإِسْلَامِ أَنَّ شَرِيكَ بْنُ سَمْحَاءَ قَذَفَهُ هِلَالُ بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ بِاِمْرَأَتِهِ, فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ - صلى الله عليه وسلم - "اَلْبَيِّنَةَ وَإِلَّا فَحَدٌّ فِي ظَهْرِكَ " }
Other narrations of this report
Narrators
- a well-known Companiond. 90 AH, or 91 AH, or 92 AH, or 93 AHأَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍصحابي مشهورعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt), devout (ʿābid), of great standing; he did not permit narration by meaning.d. 110 AHابْنِ سِيرِينَثقة ثبت عابد كبير القدر ، كان لا يرى الرواية بالمعنىعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), among the most reliable of people in narrating from Ibn Sīrīn; there is some criticism of his narration from al-Ḥasan and ʿAṭāʾ, because it was said that he used to narrate from them by way of mursal transmission (irsāl).d. 146 AH, or 147 AH, or 148 AHهِشَامِ بْنِ حَسَّانَثقة من أثبت الناس في ابن سيرين ، وفي روايته عن الحسن وعطاء مقال لأنه قيل : كان يرسل عنهماعن
- trustworthy (thiqah), excellent (fāḍil)d. 191 AH, or 196 AHمَخْلَدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِثقة فاضلحدثنا
- d. 240 AHمُسْلِمُ بْنُ أَبِي مُسْلِمٍ الْجَرْمِيُّحدثنا
- d. 307 AHأَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّىأخبرنا
- d. 354 AHابن حبان
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