‘Abd Allah (bin Mas’ud) said “We were in the mosque on the night of a Friday, suddenly a man from the Ansar entered the mosque”. And said “If a man finds a man along with wife and declares (about her adultery) you will flog him. Or if he kills you, you will kill him or if keeps silence he will keep silence in anger. I swear by Allaah, I shall ask the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ about it”. On the next day he came to the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ and said “If a man finds a man along with wife and declares (about her adultery) you will flog him. Or if he kills you, you will kill him or if keeps silence he will keep silence in anger.” He said “O Allaah, disclose”. He kept on praying until the verses regarding invoking curses (li’an) came down “As for those who accuse their wives but have no witnesses except themselves.” So, the man was first involved in this trial among the people. He and his wife came to the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ. They invoked curses on each other. The man bore witness before Allaah four times that the thing he said was indeed true. He then invoked curse of Allaah on him for the fifth time if he was a liar. She then wanted to invoke curses of Allaah on him. The Prophet ﷺ said “Do not do that. Bust she refused and did so (i.e., invoked curses). When they returned he said “Perhaps she will give birth to a black child with curly hair.  

إِنَّا لَلَيْلَةُ جُمْعَةٍ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ إِذْ دَخَلَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَقَالَ لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلاً وَجَدَ مَعَ امْرَأَتِهِ رَجُلاً فَتَكَلَّمَ بِهِ جَلَدْتُمُوهُ أَوْ قَتَلَ قَتَلْتُمُوهُ فَإِنْ سَكَتَ سَكَتَ عَلَى غَيْظٍ وَاللَّهِ لأَسْأَلَنَّ عَنْهُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنَ الْغَدِ أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلاً وَجَدَ مَعَ امْرَأَتِهِ رَجُلاً فَتَكَلَّمَ بِهِ جَلَدْتُمُوهُ أَوْ قَتَلَ قَتَلْتُمُوهُ أَوْ سَكَتَ سَكَتَ عَلَى غَيْظٍ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ وَجَعَلَ يَدْعُو فَنَزَلَتْ آيَةُ اللِّعَانِ { وَالَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ أَزْوَاجَهُمْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ شُهَدَاءُ إِلاَّ أَنْفُسُهُمْ } هَذِهِ الآيَةُ فَابْتُلِيَ بِهِ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ بَيْنِ النَّاسِ فَجَاءَ هُوَ وَامْرَأَتُهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَتَلاَعَنَا فَشَهِدَ الرَّجُلُ أَرْبَعَ شَهَادَاتٍ بِاللَّهِ إِنَّهُ لَمِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ ثُمَّ لَعَنَ الْخَامِسَةَ عَلَيْهِ إِنْ كَانَ مِنَ الْكَاذِبِينَ قَالَ فَذَهَبَتْ لِتَلْتَعِنَ فَقَالَ لَهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَهْ فَأَبَتْ فَفَعَلَتْ فَلَمَّا أَدْبَرَا قَالَ لَعَلَّهَا أَنْ تَجِيءَ بِهِ أَسْوَدَ جَعْدًا فَجَاءَتْ بِهِ أَسْوَدَ جَعْدًا  

[Machine] Abdullah said: "We were in the mosque on Friday night when a man from the Ansar (helpers) said: 'By Allah, if a man finds another man with his wife and he speaks, they will both be flogged, and if he kills him, they will both be killed, and if he remains silent, they will remain silent due to anger. By Allah, if I live until morning, I will go to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ '. When morning came, he went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, if a man finds another man with his wife and he speaks, they will both be flogged, and if he kills him, they will both be killed, and if he remains silent, they will remain silent due to anger?' He kept repeating: 'O Allah, open (the matter), O Allah, open (the matter)'. then the verse of cursing was revealed: 'And those who accuse their wives [of adultery] and have no witnesses except themselves' (Quran 24:6)."  

عَبْدُ اللهِ بَيْنَا نَحْنُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ لَيْلَةَ الْجُمُعَةِ إِذْ قَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَاللهِ لَئِنْ وَجَدَ رَجُلٌ رَجُلًا مَعَ امْرَأَتِهِ فَتَكَلَّمَ لَيُجْلَدَنَّ وَإِنْ قَتَلَهُ لَيُقْتَلَنَّ وَلَئِنْ سَكَتَ لَيَسْكُتَنَّ عَلَى غَيْظٍ وَاللهِ لَئِنْ أَصْبَحْتُ لَآتِيَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ أَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَئِنْ وَجَدَ رَجُلٌ مَعَ امْرَأَتِهِ رَجُلًا فَتَكَلَّمَ لَيُجْلَدَنَّ وَإِنْ قَتَلَهُ لَيُقْتَلَنَّ وَإِنْ سَكَتَ لَيَسْكُتَنَّ عَلَى غَيْظٍ؟ وَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ اللهُمَّ افْتَحْ اللهُمَّ افْتَحْ قَالَ فَنَزَلَتِ الْمُلَاعَنَةُ {وَالَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ أَزْوَاجَهُمْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ شُهَدَاءُ إِلَّا أَنْفُسُهُمْ} الْآيَةَ [النور 6]  

[Machine] We were with the Prophet ﷺ in the mosque of Al-Madinah on a certain night, when a man said, "What do you think if a man finds another man with his wife? If he kills him, will he be killed, or if he remains silent, will he bear the burden of anger?" By Allah, I will ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about this matter." The next morning, he went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and asked him the same question. The Prophet ﷺ replied, "If a man finds another man with his wife, and he kills him, then he will be killed. And if he speaks about it, he will be punished. And if he remains silent, he will bear the burden of anger." Then the verse was revealed, "And those who accuse their wives [of adultery] and have no witnesses except themselves - then the witness of one of them [shall be] four testimonies [swearing] by Allah that indeed, he is of the truthful. And the fifth [oath will be] that the curse of Allah be upon him if he should be among the liars" [Quran 24:6-7]. The man came to the Prophet ﷺ with his wife, and they both invoked curses on each other. The man confessed four times, "By Allah, he is one of the truthful." And on the fifth time, he said, "May the curse of Allah be upon me if I am lying." Then, when he turned away, the Prophet ﷺ said, "Wait, there is a possibility that she might bring forth a child who has curly hair." Eventually, she gave birth to a child with curly hair. Isaq said, Yahya Ibn Ma'een told me, "I asked Jarir, and he said, "No one else from Al-A'mash reported this hadith except you. But I heard it from him."  

كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي مَسْجِدِ الْمَدِينَةِ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ أَرَأَيْتُمْ لَوْ وَجَدَ رَجُلٌ مَعَ امْرَأَتِهِ رَجُلًا فَإِنْ قَتَلَهُ قَتَلْتُمُوهُ وَإِنْ سَكَتَ سَكَتَ عَلَى غَيْظٍ فَوَاللَّهِ لَأَسْأَلَنَّ عَنْهُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ غَدَا عَلَيْهِ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ لَوْ وَجَدَ رَجُلٌ مَعَ امْرَأَتِهِ رَجُلًا فَإِنْ قَتَلَهُ قَتَلْتُمُوهُ وَإِنْ تَكَلَّمَ جَلَدْتُمُوهُ وَإِنْ سَكَتَ سَكَتَ عَلَى غَيْظٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ فَنَزَلَتْ {وَالَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ أَزْوَاجَهُمْ} هَؤُلَاءِ الْآيَاتُ فِي اللِّعَانِ فَجَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَامْرَأَتُهُ فَتَلَاعَنَا فَشَهِدَ الرَّجُلُ أَرْبَعَ مَرَّاتٍ بِاللَّهِ إِنَّهُ لِمَنِ الصَّادِقِينَ وَالْخَامِسَةُ أَنَّ لَعْنَةَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ إِنْ كَانَ مِنَ الْكَاذِبِينَ فَلَمَّا أَخَذَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ لِتَلْتَعِنَ قَالَ لَهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «مَهْ» فَالْتَعَنَتْ فَلَمَّا أَدْبَرَتْ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ « فَلَعَلَّهَا أَنْ تَجِيءَ بِهِ أَسْوَدَ جَعْدًا» فَجَاءَتْ بِهِ أَسْوَدَ جَعْدًا قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ قَالَ يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ قُلْتُ لِجَرِيرٍ لَمْ يَرْوِ هَذَا عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ أَحَدٌ غَيْرُكَ قَالَ «لَكِنِّي سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْهُ»  

‘Abd Allah (bin Mas’ud) said “We were in the mosque on the night of a Friday, suddenly a man from the Ansar entered the mosque”. And said “If a man finds a man along with wife and declares (about her adultery) you will flog him. Or if he kills you, you will kill him or if keeps silence he will keep silence in anger. I swear by Allaah, I shall ask the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ about it”. On the next day he came to the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ and said “If a man finds a man along with wife and declares (about her adultery) you will flog him. Or if he kills you, you will kill him or if keeps silence he will keep silence in anger.” He said “O Allaah, disclose”. He kept on praying until the verses regarding invoking curses (li’an) came down “As for those who accuse their wives but have no witnesses except themselves.” So, the man was first involved in this trial among the people. He and his wife came to the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ. They invoked curses on each other. The man bore witness before Allaah four times that the thing he said was indeed true. He then invoked curse of Allaah on him for the fifth time if he was a liar. She then wanted to invoke curses of Allaah on him. The Prophet ﷺ said “Do not do that. Bust she refused and did so (i.e., invoked curses). When they returned he said “Perhaps she will give birth to a black child with curly hair. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2253)   

كُنَّا لَيْلَةَ الْجُمُعَةِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ إِذْ دَخَلَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَقَالَ لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلًا وَجَدَ مَعَ امْرَأَتِهِ رَجُلًا فَإِنْ تَكَلَّمَ جَلَدْتُمُوهُ وَإِنْ قَتَلَ قَتَلْتُمُوهُ وَإِنْ سَكَتَ سَكَتَ عَلَى غَيْظٍ وَاللهِ لَأَسْأَلَنَّ عَنْهُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنَ الْغَدِ أَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلًا وَجَدَ مَعَ امْرَأَتِهِ رَجُلًا فَتَكَلَّمَ جَلَدْتُمُوهُ أَوْ قَتَلَ قَتَلْتُمُوهُ أَوْ سَكَتَ سَكَتَ عَلَى غَيْظٍ فَقَالَ اللهُمَّ افْتَحْ وَجَعَلَ يَدْعُو فَنَزَلَتْ آيَةُ اللِّعَانِ {وَالَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ أَزْوَاجَهُمْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ شُهَدَاءُ إِلَّا أَنْفُسُهُمْ} [النور 6] هَذِهِ الْآيَاتِ فَابْتُلِيَ بِهِ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ بَيْنِ النَّاسِ فَجَاءَ هُوَ وَامْرَأَتُهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَتَلَاعَنَا فَشَهِدَ الرَّجُلُ أَرْبَعَ شَهَادَاتٍ بِاللهِ أَنَّهُ لَمِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ ثُمَّ لَعَنَ الْخَامِسَةَ أَنَّ لَعْنَةَ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ إِنْ كَانَ مِنَ الْكَاذِبِينَ فَذَهَبَتْ لِتَلْتَعِنَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَهْ فَلَعَنَتْ فَلَمَّا أَدْبَرَا قَالَ لَعَلَّهَا أَنْ تَجِيءَ بِهِ أَسْوَدَ جَعْدًا فَجَاءَتْ بِهِ أَسْوَدَ جَعْدًا