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bukhari:4746Sulaymān b. Dāwud Abū al-Rabīʿ > Fulayḥ > al-Zuhrī > Sahl b. Saʿd

A man came to Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! Suppose a man saw another man with his wife, should he kill him whereupon you might kill him (i.e. the killer) (in Qisas) or what should he do?" So Allah revealed concerning their case what is mentioned of the order of Mula'ana. Allah's Apostle said to the man, "The matter between you and your wife has been decided." So they did Mula'ana in the presence of Messenger of Allah ﷺ and I was present there, and then the man divorced his wife. So it became a tradition to dissolve the marriage of those spouses who were involved in a case of Mula'ana. The woman was pregnant and the husband denied that he was the cause of her pregnancy, so the son was (later) ascribed to her. Then it became a tradition that such a son would be the heir of his mother, and she would inherit of him what Allah prescribed for her.  

البخاري:٤٧٤٦حَدَّثَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ حَدَّثَنَا فُلَيْحٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ رَجُلاً رَأَى مَعَ امْرَأَتِهِ رَجُلاً أَيَقْتُلُهُ فَتَقْتُلُونَهُ أَمْ كَيْفَ يَفْعَلُ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ فِيهِمَا مَا ذُكِرَ فِي الْقُرْآنِ مِنَ التَّلاَعُنِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَدْ قُضِيَ فِيكَ وَفِي امْرَأَتِكَ قَالَ فَتَلاَعَنَا وَأَنَا شَاهِدٌ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَفَارَقَهَا فَكَانَتْ سُنَّةً أَنْ يُفَرَّقَ بَيْنَ الْمُتَلاَعِنَيْنِ وَكَانَتْ حَامِلاً فَأَنْكَرَ حَمْلَهَا وَكَانَ ابْنُهَا يُدْعَى إِلَيْهَا ثُمَّ جَرَتِ السُّنَّةُ فِي الْمِيرَاثِ أَنْ يَرِثَهَا وَتَرِثَ مِنْهُ مَا فَرَضَ اللَّهُ لَهَا  


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Collected by Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Bayhaqī
ahmad:22853Ḥajjāj > Layth b. Saʿd > ʿUqayl b. Khālid > Ibn Shihāb > Sahl

[Machine] He said, "A man from the Ansar came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, if a man finds another man with his wife, should he kill him?' He replied, 'Allah has revealed in the Quran what relates to this matter with regards to cursing.' So they both cursed each other, and I was a witness. Then the man left the presence of the Messenger of Allah."  

أحمد:٢٢٨٥٣حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ سَهْلٍ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِنَّ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ جَاءَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَرَأَيْتَ رَجُلًا وَجَدَ مَعَ امْرَأَتِهِ رَجُلًا أَيَقْتُلُهُ؟ قَالَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ ﷻ فِي شَأْنِهِ مَا ذُكِرَ فِي الْقُرْآنِ مِنَ التَّلَاعُنِ فَقَالَ قَدْ قُضِيَ فِيكَ وَفِي امْرَأَتِكَ قَالَ فَتَلَاعَنَا وَأَنَا شَاهِدٌ ثُمَّ فَارَقَهَا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ  

ibnhibban:4283Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > Abū al-Rabīʿ > Fulayḥ > al-Zuhrī > Sahl b. Saʿd

[Machine] A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, what do you think of a man who sees his wife with another man and he kills him, and then you also kill him? How would you deal with him?" So Allah, the Most High, revealed what is mentioned in the Quran about those who curse each other. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "The matter concerning you and your wife has been settled." He said, "But we cursed each other and I was a witness before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ." The man said, "O Messenger of Allah, if I had restrained myself from killing him, I would have lied about her, so I divorced her." Then she became pregnant and he denied the pregnancy. Her son was summoned to her, and then the ruling regarding inheritance was applied, that he would inherit from her and she would inherit from him as Allah had prescribed for her.  

ابن حبّان:٤٢٨٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا فُلَيْحٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ رَجُلًا رَأَى مَعَ امْرَأَتِهِ رَجُلًا يَقْتُلُهُ فَتَقْتُلُونَهُ أَمْ كَيْفَ يَفْعَلُ بِهِ؟ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ وَعَلَا مَا ذِكْرُ فِي الْقُرْآنِ مِنَ الْمُتَلَاعِنِينَ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «قَدْ قُضِيَ فِيكَ وَفِي امْرَأَتِكَ» قَالَ فَتَلَاعَنَا وَأَنَا شَاهِدٌ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنْ أَمْسِكُهَا فَقَدْ كَذَبْتُ عَلَيْهَا فَفَارَقَهَا فَكَانَتْ سُنَّةٌ بَعْدُ أَنْ يُفَرَّقَ بَيْنَ الْمُتَلَاعِنِينَ فَكَانَتْ حَامِلًا فَأَنْكَرَ حَمْلَهَا وَكَانَ ابْنُهَا يُدْعَى إِلَيْهَا ثُمَّ جَرَتِ السُّنَّةُ فِي الْمِيرَاثِ أَنْ يَرِثَهَا وَتَرِثُ مِنْهُ مَا فَرَضَ اللَّهُ لَهَا  

tabarani:5679Muṭṭalib b. Shuʿayb al-Azdī > ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Layth > ʿAqīl > Ibn Shihāb > Sahl b. Saʿd

[Machine] He said that a man from the Ansar came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, what do you think about a man who finds another man with his wife, should he kill him?" So Allah revealed concerning this matter what was mentioned in the Quran about cursing. He said, "It has been decided concerning you and your wife." He said, "So we cursed each other, and I was a witness." Then they separated in the presence of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . Afterwards, it was established in their case that they should be separated and that she was pregnant. He denied her pregnancy, so their son was called to his mother. Then the Sunnah was followed regarding inheritance, that the son inherits her and she inherits from him what is prescribed for her.  

الطبراني:٥٦٧٩حَدَّثَنَا مُطَّلِبُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ حَدَّثَنِي عَقِيلٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِنَّ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ جَاءَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَرَأَيْتَ رَجُلًا وَجَدَ مَعَ امْرَأَتِهِ رَجُلًا أَيَقْتُلُهُ؟ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ ﷻ فِي شَأْنِهِ مَا ذُكِرَ فِي الْقُرْآنِ مِنَ التَّلَاعُنِ فَقَالَ «قَدْ قُضِيَ فِيكَ وَفِي امْرَأَتِكَ» قَالَ فَتَلَاعَنَا وَأَنَا شَاهِدٌ ثُمٌّ فَارَقَهَا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَكَانَتِ السُّنَّةُ بَعْدُ فِيهِمَا أَنْ يُفَرَّقَ بَيْنَ الْمُتَلَاعِنَيْنِ وَكَانَتْ حَامِلًا فَأَنْكَرَ حَمْلَهَا فَكَانَ ابْنُهَا يُدْعَى إِلَى أُمِّهِ ثُمَّ جَرَتِ السُّنَّةُ فِي الْمِيرَاثِ أَنَّهُ يَرِثُهَا ابْنُهَا وَتَرِثُ مِنْهُ مَا فُرِضَ لَهَا  

tabarani:5683Aḥmad b. Ibrāhīm b. > Bar al-Baṣrī > Abū al-Rabīʿ al-Zahrānī > Fulayḥ b. Sulaymān > al-Zuhrī > Sahl b. Saʿd al-Sāʿidī

[Machine] A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, what do you think about a man who sees his wife with another man; should he kill him and then be killed, or what should he do?" So Allah ﷻ revealed regarding them what is mentioned in the Qur'an about the cursing. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "The matter has been decided regarding you and your wife." He said, "We cursed each other while I was present with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." He said, "O Messenger of Allah, if I were to keep her, then I would have lied about her. So I separated from her and the practice (Sunnah) among them was that they would be separated between the two who cursed each other. And she was pregnant, so he denied her pregnancy. The practice after that regarding inheritance was that she could inherit from him what Allah had ordained for her."  

الطبراني:٥٦٨٣حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَنْبَرٍ الْبَصْرِيُّ ثنا أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ ثنا فُلَيْحُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَرَأَيْتَ رَجُلًا رَأَى مَعَ امْرَأَتِهِ رَجُلًا أَيَقْتُلُهُ فَتَقْتُلُونَهُ بِهِ أَمْ كَيْفَ يَفْعَلُ بِهِ؟ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ ﷻ فِيهِمَا مَا ذُكِرَ فِي الْقُرْآنِ مِنَ التَّلَاعُنِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «قَدْ قُضِيَ فِيكَ وَفِي امْرَأَتِكَ» قَالَ فَتَلَاعَنَا وَأَنَا شَاهِدٌ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنْ أَمْسَكْتُهَا فَقَدْ كَذَبْتُ عَلَيْهَا فَفَارَقَهَا فَجَرَتِ السُّنَّةُ بَعْدُ فِيهِمَا أَنْ يُفَرَّقَ بَيْنَ الْمُتَلَاعِنَيْنِ وَكَانَتْ حَامِلًا فَأَنْكَرَ حَمْلَهَا وَكَانَ يُدْعَى إِلَيْهَا وَجَرَتِ السُّنَّةُ بَعْدُ فِي الْمِيرَاثِ أَنْ يَرِثَهَا فَتَرِثَ مِنْهُ مَا فَرَضَ اللهُ لَهَا  

bayhaqi:12489Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Muḥammad al-Muqriʾ > al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. Isḥāq > Yūsuf b. Yaʿqūb > Abū al-Rabīʿ > Fulayḥ b. Sulaymān > al-Zuhrī > Sahl b. Saʿd al-Sāʿidī

A man came to Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! Suppose a man saw another man with his wife, should he kill him whereupon you might kill him (i.e. the killer) (in Qisas) or what should he do?" So Allah revealed concerning their case what is mentioned of the order of Mula'ana. Allah's Apostle said to the man, "The matter between you and your wife has been decided." So they did Mula'ana in the presence of Messenger of Allah ﷺ and I was present there, and then the man divorced his wife. So it became a tradition to dissolve the marriage of those spouses who were involved in a case of Mula'ana. The woman was pregnant and the husband denied that he was the cause of her pregnancy, so the son was (later) ascribed to her. Then it became a tradition that such a son would be the heir of his mother, and she would inherit of him what Allah prescribed for her. (Using translation from Bukhārī 4746)   

البيهقي:١٢٤٨٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُقْرِئُ أنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ ثنا فُلَيْحُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَرَأَيْتَ رَجُلًا رَأَى مَعَ امْرَأَتِهِ رَجُلًا أَيَقْتُلُهُ فَتَقْتُلُونَهُ أَمْ كَيْفَ يَفْعَلُ بِهِ؟ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ فِيهَا مَا ذَكَرَ فِي الْقُرْآنِ مِنَ الْمُتَلَاعِنَيْنِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ قُضِيَ فِيكَ وَفِي امْرَأَتِكَ قَالَ فَتَلَاعَنَا وَأَنَا شَاهِدٌ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنْ أَمْسَكْتُهَا فَقَدْ كَذَبْتُ عَلَيْهَا فَفَارَقَهَا فَجَرَتِ السُّنَّةُ بَعْدُ فِيهِمَا أَنْ يُفَرَّقَ بَيْنَ الْمُتَلَاعِنَيْنِ وَكَانَتْ حَامِلًا فَأَنْكَرَ حَمْلَهَا فَكَانَ ابْنُهَا يُدْعَى إِلَيْهَا ثُمَّ جَرَتِ السُّنَّةُ بَعْدُ فِي الْمِيرَاثِ أَنْ يَرِثَهَا وَتَرِثُ مِنْهُ مَا فَرَضَ اللهُ ﷻ لَهَا  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَبِي الرَّبِيعِ
bayhaqi:15344Abū al-Ḥasan Muḥammad b. Muḥammad b. Abū al-Maʿrūf al-Faqīh > Abū Sahl Bishr b. Aḥmad > Abū Yaʿlá Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná al-Mawṣilī > Abū al-Rabīʿ al-Zahrānī > Fulayḥ > al-Zuhrī > Sahl b. Saʿd al-Sāʿidī

A man came to Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! Suppose a man saw another man with his wife, should he kill him whereupon you might kill him (i.e. the killer) (in Qisas) or what should he do?" So Allah revealed concerning their case what is mentioned of the order of Mula'ana. Allah's Apostle said to the man, "The matter between you and your wife has been decided." So they did Mula'ana in the presence of Messenger of Allah ﷺ and I was present there, and then the man divorced his wife. So it became a tradition to dissolve the marriage of those spouses who were involved in a case of Mula'ana. The woman was pregnant and the husband denied that he was the cause of her pregnancy, so the son was (later) ascribed to her. Then it became a tradition that such a son would be the heir of his mother, and she would inherit of him what Allah prescribed for her. (Using translation from Bukhārī 4746)   

البيهقي:١٥٣٤٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي الْمَعْرُوفِ الْفَقِيهُ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَهْلٍ بِشْرُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ نا أَبُو يَعْلَى أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى الْمَوْصِلِيُّ نا أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ نا فُلَيْحٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَرَأَيْتَ رَجُلًا رَأَى مَعَ امْرَأَتِهِ رَجُلًا أَيَقْتُلُهُ فَتَقْتُلُونَهُ أَمْ كَيْفَ يَفْعَلُ بِهِ؟ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ ﷻ مَا ذُكِرَ فِي الْقُرْآنِ مِنَ التَّلَاعُنِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ قُضِيَ فِيكَ وَفِي امْرَأَتِكَ قَالَ فَتَلَاعَنَا وَأَنَا شَاهِدٌ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنْ أَمْسَكْتُهَا فَقَدْ كَذَبْتُ عَلَيْهَا فَفَارَقَهَا فَكَانَتْ سُنَّةً بَعْدُ فِيهِمَا أَنْ يُفَرَّقَ بَيْنَ الْمُتَلَاعِنَيْنِ وَكَانَتْ حَامِلًا فَأَنْكَرَ حَمْلَهَا وَكَانَ ابْنُهَا يُدْعَى إِلَيْهَا ثُمَّ جَرَتِ السُّنَّةُ فِي الْمَوَارِيثِ أَنْ يَرِثَهَا وَتَرِثَ مِنْهُ مَا فَرَضَ اللهُ ﷻ لَهُمَا  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَبِي الرَّبِيعِ وَقَدْ رَوَيْنَا قَوْلَهُ وَكَانَتْ حَامِلًا فِي حَدِيثِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ وَيُونُسَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْأَيْلِيِّ وَعَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ فِي قِصَّةِ عُوَيْمِرٍ الْعَجْلَانِيِّ