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bayhaqi:15405Abū Naṣr b. Qatādah > Abū Manṣūr al-Naḍrawī > Aḥmad b. Najdah > Saʿīd b. Manṣūr > Abū Shihāb > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid > al-Shaʿbī > Jāʾ a man > ʿAlī b. Abū Ṭālib ؓ > Innī Ṭallaqt Āmraʾatī Fajāʾat Baʿd Shahrayn

[Machine] My tenure has ended and Ali possesses a share. He said: "Speak concerning it." He said: "And you are a witness, O Commander of the Faithful?" He said: "Yes." He said: "If she comes with a testimony from her relatives, the just ones, witnessing that she has completed three menstrual cycles, then she is telling the truth. Otherwise, she is lying." Ali said: "They say in the Roman way, 'Have you understood?'"  

البيهقي:١٥٤٠٥وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو نَصْرِ بْنُ قَتَادَةَ أنبأ أَبُو مَنْصُورٍ النَّضْرَوِيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ نَجْدَةَ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ نا أَبُو شِهَابٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ فَقَالَ إِنِّي طَلَّقْتُ امْرَأَتِي فَجَاءَتْ بَعْدَ شَهْرَيْنِ فَقَالَتْ

قَدِ انْقَضَتْ عِدَّتِي وَعِنْدَ عَلِيٍّ ؓ شُرَيْحٌ فَقَالَ قُلْ فِيهَا قَالَ وَأَنْتَ شَاهِدٌ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ إِنْ جَاءَتْ بِبِطَانَةٍ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا مِنَ الْعُدُولِ يَشْهَدُونَ أَنَّهَا حَاضَتْ ثَلَاثَ حِيَضٍ وَإِلَّا فَهِيَ كَاذِبَةٌ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ ؓ قَالُونُ بِالرُّومِيَّةِ أَيْ أَصَبْتَ