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muslim:1494a[Chain 1] Saʿīd b. Manṣūr And Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Mālik [Chain 2] Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > mālik Ḥaddathak Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar > a man

Nafi' reported on the authority of Ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with them) that a person invoked curse on the wife during the lifetime of Allah s Messenger ﷺ, so he effected separation between them and traced the lineage of the son to his mother.  

مسلم:١٤٩٤aوَحَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ وَقُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِمَالِكٍ حَدَّثَكَ نَافِعٌ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّ رَجُلاً

لاَعَنَ امْرَأَتَهُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَفَرَّقَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَيْنَهُمَا وَأَلْحَقَ الْوَلَدَ بِأُمِّهِ قَالَ نَعَمْ  


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nasai:3477Qutaybah > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

"The Messenger of Allah conducted the procedure of Li'an between a man and his wife, and he separated them and attributed the child to his mother."  

النسائي:٣٤٧٧أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

لاَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَيْنَ رَجُلٍ وَامْرَأَتِهِ وَفَرَّقَ بَيْنَهُمَا وَأَلْحَقَ الْوَلَدَ بِالأُمِّ  

tirmidhi:1203Qutaybah > Mālik b. Anas > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

"A man pronounced the Li'an on his wife, and the Prophet separated the two of them, and he decide that the child belonged to the mother."  

الترمذي:١٢٠٣أَنْبَأَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ أَنْبَأَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

لاَعَنَ رَجُلٌ امْرَأَتَهُ وَفَرَّقَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بَيْنَهُمَا وَأَلْحَقَ الْوَلَدَ بِالأُمِّ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ
ibnmajah:2069Aḥmad b. Sinān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Mālik b. Anas > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar > a man

a man invoked curses on his wife, and refused to accept her child. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ separated them, and left the child with the woman.  

ابن ماجة:٢٠٦٩حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّ رَجُلاً

لاَعَنَ امْرَأَتَهُ وَانْتَفَى مِنْ وَلَدِهَا فَفَرَّقَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَيْنَهُمَا وَأَلْحَقَ الْوَلَدَ بِالْمَرْأَةِ  

malik:29-39Mālik > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar > a man

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafic from Abdullah ibn Umar that a man cursed his wife in the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and disowned her child. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ separated them and gave the child to the woman. Malik said, "Allah the Blessed, the Exalted, said, 'The testimony of men who accuse their wives but do not have any witnesses except themselves is to testify by Allah four times that he is being truthful, and a fifth time, that the curse of Allah will be upon him, if he should be a liar. She will avoid punishment if she testifies by Allah four times that he is a liar, and a fifth time, that the wrath of Allah shall be upon her, if he should be telling the truth. ' "(Sura 24 ayat 6). Malik said, "The sunna with us is that those who curse each other are never to be remarried. If the man calls himself a liar, (i.e. takes back his accusation), he is flogged with the hadd-punishment, and the child is given to him, and his wife can never return to him. There is no doubt or dispute about this sunna among us. " Malik said, "If a man separates from his wife by an irrevocable divorce by which he cannot return to her, and then he denies the paternity of the child she is carrying, whilst she claims that he is the father, and it is possible by the timing, that he be so, he must curse her, and the child is not recognised as his." Malik said, "That is what is done among us, and it is what I have heard from the people of knowledge." Malik said that a man who accused his wife after he had divorced her trebly while she was pregnant, and he had at first accepted being the father but then claimed that he had seen her committing adultery before he separated from her, was flogged with the hadd-punishment, and did not curse her. If he denied the paternity of her child after he had divorced her trebly, and he had not previously accepted it, then he cursed her. Malik said, "This is what I have heard." Malik said, "The slave is in the same position as the free man as regards making accusations and invoking mutual curses (lian). He acts in the lian as the free man acts although there is no hadd applied for slandering a female-slave." Malik said, "The muslim slave-girl and the christian and jewish free woman also do lian when a free muslim marries one of them and has intercourse with her. That is because Allah - may He be blessed and Exalted, said in His Book, 'As for those who accuse their wives,' and they are their wives. This is what is done among us. Malik said that a man who did the lian with his wife, and then stopped and called himself a liar after one or two oaths and he had not cursed himself in the fifth one, had to be flogged with the hadd-punishment, but they did not have to be separated. Malik said that if a man divorced his wife and then after three months the woman said, "I am pregnant," and he denied paternity, then he had to do lian. Malik said that the husband of a female slave who pronounced the lian on her and then bought her, was not to have intercourse with her, even if he owned her. The sunna which had been handed down about a couple who mutually cursed each other in the lian was that they were never to return to each other. Malik said that when a man pronounced the lian against his wife before he had consummated the marriage, she only had half of the bride price.  

مالك:٢٩-٣٩وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً لاَعَنَ امْرَأَتَهُ فِي زَمَانِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَانْتَفَلَ مِنْ وَلَدِهَا فَفَرَّقَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَيْنَهُمَا وَأَلْحَقَ الْوَلَدَ بِالْمَرْأَةِ۔ قَالَ مَالِكٌ : قَالَ اللهُ، : ﴿وَالَّذِين يَرْمُونَ أَزْواجَهُمْ وَلَمْ يَكَنْ لَهُمْ شُهَدَاءُ إِلَاّ أَنْفُسُهُمْ فَشَهَادَةُ أَحَدِهِمْ أَرْبَعُ شَهَادَاتٍ بِاللهِ إِنَّهُ لَمِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ، وَالخَامِسَةُ أَنَّ لَعْنَتَ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ إِن كَانَ مِنَ الكَاذِبِينَ، وَيَدْرَأُ عَنْهَا العَذَابَ أَن تَشْهَدَ أَرْبَعَ شَهَادَاتٍ بِاللهِ إِنَّهُ لَمِنَ الكَاذِبِينَ، وَالخَامِسَةَ أَنَّ غَضَبَ اللهِ عَلَيْهَا إِن كَانَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ﴾ [النور ٢٤: ٦ - ٩]. قَالَ مَالِكٌ : السُّنَّةُ عِنْدَنَا أَنَّ الْمُتَلَاعِنَيْنِ لَا يَتَنَاكَحَانِ أَبَدًا. وَإِنْ أَكْذَبَ نَفْسَهُ، جُلِدَ الْحَدَّ، وَأُلْحِقَ بِهِ الْوَلَدُ. وَلَمْ تَرْجِعْ إِلَيْهِ أَبَدًا. قَالَ: وَعَلَى هذَا، السُّنَّةُ عِنْدَنَا، الَّتِي لَا شَكَّ فِيهَا، وَلَا اخْتِلَافَ. قَالَ مَالِكٌ : وَإِذَا فَارَقَ الرَّجُلُ امْرَأَتَهُ فِرَاقًا بَاتًّا. لَيْسَ لَهُ عَلَيْهَا فِيهِ رَجْعَةٌ، ثُمَّ أَنْكَرَ حَمْلَهَا، لَاعَنَهَا، إِذَا كَانَتْ حَامِلًا، وَكَانَ حَمْلُهَا يُشْبِهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ مِنْهُ، إِذَا ادَّعَتْهُ، مَا لَمْ يَأْتِ دُونَ ذلِكَ مِنَ الزَّمَانِ الَّذِي يُشَكُّ فِيهِ، فَلَا يُعْرَفُ أَنَّهُ مِنْهُ. قَالَ: فَهذَا الْأَمْرُ عِنْدَنَا، وَالَّذِي سَمِعْتُ۔ قَالَ مَالِكٌ : وَإِذَا قَذَفَ الرَّجُلُ امْرَأَتَهُ، بَعْدَ أَنْ يُطَلِّقَهَا ثَلَاثًا، وَهِيَ حَامِلٌ يُقِرُّ بِحَمْلِهَا، ثُمَّ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ قَدْ رَآهَا تَزْنِي قَبْلَ أَنْ يُفَارِقَهَا، جُلِدَ الْحَدَّ، وَلَمْ يُلَاعِنْهَا، وَإِنْ أَنْكَرَ حَمْلَهَا بَعْدَ أَنْ يُطَلِّقَهَا ثَلَاثًا، لَاعَنَهَا. قَالَ: وَهذَا الَّذِي سَمِعْتُ. قَالَ مَالِكٌ : وَالْعَبْدُ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْحُرِّ فِي قَذْفِهِ، وَلِعَانِهِ، يَجْرِي مَجْرَى الْحُرِّ فِي مُلَاعَنَتِهِ، غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ عَلَى مَنْ قَذَفَ مَمْلُوكَةً حَدٌّ. قَالَ مَالِكٌ : وَالْأَمَةُ الْمُسْلِمَةُ، وَالْحُرَّةُ النَّصْرَانِيَّةُ، وَالْيَهُودِيَّةُ تُلَاعِنُ الْحُرَّ الْمُسْلِمَ، إِذَا تَزَوَّجَ إِحْدَاهُنَّ، فَأَصَابَهَا، وَذلِكَ أَنَّ اللهَ، يَقُولُ فِي كِتَابِهِ: ﴿وَالَّذِينَ يَرمُونَ أَزْواجَهُمْ﴾ [النور ٢٤: ٦]. فَهُنَّ مِنَ الْأَزْوَاجِ. قَالَ مَالِكٌ: وَعَلَى هذَا، الْأَمْرُ عِنْدَنَا. قَالَ مَالِكٌ : وَالْعَبْدُ، إِذَا تَزَوَّجَ الْمَرْأَةَ الْحُرَّةَ الْمُسْلِمَةَ، أَوِ الْأَمَةَ الْمُسْلِمَةَ، أَوِ الْحُرَّةَ النَّصْرَانِيَّةَ، أَوِ الْيَهُودِيَّةَ، لَاعَنَهَا۔ قَالَ مَالِكٌ ، فِي الرَّجُلِ يُلَاعِنُ امْرَأَتَهُ، فَيَنْزِعُ، وَيُكَذِّبُ نَفْسَهُ بَعْدَ يَمِينٍ أَوْ يَمِينَيْنِ، مَا لَمْ يَلْعَنْ فِي الْخَامِسَةِ: إِنَّهُ إِذَا نَزَعَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَلْتَعِنَ، جُلِدَ الْحَدَّ، وَلَمْ يُفَرَّقْ بَيْنَهُمَا۔ قَالَ مَالِكٌ، فِي الرَّجُلِ، يُطَلِّقُ امْرَأَتَهُ، فَإِذَا مَضَتِ الثَّلَاثَةُ الْأَشْهُرِ، قَالَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ: أَنَا حَامِلٌ. قَالَ: إِنْ أَنْكَرَ زَوْجُهَا حَمْلَهَا، لَاعَنَهَا. قَالَ مَالِكٌ ، فِي الْأَمَةِ الْمَمْلُوكَةِ يُلَاعِنُهَا زَوْجُهَا، ثُمَّ يَشْتَرِيهَا: إِنَّهُ لَا يَطَؤُهَا، وَإِنْ مَلَكَهَا. وَذلِكَ أَنَّ السُّنَّةَ مَضَتْ، أَنَّ الْمُتَلَاعِنَيْنِ لَا يَتَرَاجَعَانِ أَبَدًا. قَالَ مَالِكٌ : إِذَا لَاعَنَ الرَّجُلُ امْرَأَتَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بِهَا، فَلَيْسَ لَهَا إِلَاّ نِصْفُ الصَّدَاقِ۔  

ahmad:5312ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar > a man

a man invoked curses on his wife, and refused to accept her child. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ separated them, and left the child with the woman. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2069)  

أحمد:٥٣١٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّ رَجُلًا

لَاعَنَ امْرَأَتَهُ وَانْتَفَى مِنْ وَلَدِهَا فَفَرَّقَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَيْنَهُمَا وَأَلْحَقَ الْوَلَدَ بِأُمِّهِ  

darimi:2278Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Raqāshī > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ separated between the two cursed ones and reunited the child with his mother.  

الدارمي:٢٢٧٨أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الرَّقَاشِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ نَافِعًا عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

«فَرَّقَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَيْنَ الْمُتَلَاعِنَيْنِ وَأَلْحَقَ الْوَلَدَ بِأُمِّهِ»  

nasai-kubra:5641Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

"The Messenger of Allah conducted the procedure of Li'an between a man and his wife, and he separated them and attributed the child to his mother." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3477)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٦٤١أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

«لَاعَنَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَيْنَ رَجُلٍ وَامْرَأَتِهِ وَفَرَّقَ بَيْنَهُمَا وَأَلْحَقَ الْوَلَدَ بِالْأُمِّ»  

bayhaqi:15353Abū Naṣr Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. Muḥammad al-Faqīh al-Shīrāzī > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. Naṣr And Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad > Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > mālik Ḥaddathak Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar > a man

[Machine] Yes.  

البيهقي:١٥٣٥٣وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو نَصْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْفَقِيهُ الشِّيرَازِيُّ نا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ نا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ وَجَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَا نا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ قُلْتُ لِمَالِكٍ حَدَّثَكَ نَافِعٌ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّ رَجُلًا

لَاعَنَ امْرَأَتَهُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَفَرَّقَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بَيْنَهُمَا وَأَلْحَقَ الْوَلَدَ بِأُمِّهِ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنِ ابْنِ بُكَيْرٍ وَرَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ يَحْيَى