We were in the mosque on a Friday night when a man from the Ansar entered the mosque and said, "If a man finds another man with his wife and speaks of it, you would flog him. If he kills him, you would kill him. And if he stays silent, he would be silent while burning with rage. By Allah, I will surely ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about this."The next day, he came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and asked him, "If a man finds another man with his wife and speaks of it, you would flog him. If he kills him, you would kill him. And if he stays silent, he would be silent while burning with rage."The Prophet ﷺ said, "O Allah, give a clear ruling," and he kept supplicating. Then the verse of lian was revealed, "And those who accuse their wives and have no witnesses except themselves" [Nur 24:6], this verse.That very man was the one tested by it from among the people. He came with his wife to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and they performed the lian. The man bore witness four times by Allah that he was among the truthful, then a fifth time invoking Allah's curse upon himself if he was among the liars.Then she came forward to swear her oath, but the Prophet ﷺ said to her, "Stop." She refused and went ahead with it.When they had turned to leave, he said, "Perhaps she will give birth to a child who is black and curly-haired." And she did give birth to a child who was black and curly-haired.
حدثنا عثمان بن أبي شيبة حدثنا جرير عن الأعمش عن إبراهيم عن علقمة
إنا لليلة جمعة في المسجد إذ دخل رجل من الأنصار في المسجد فقال لو أن رجلا وجد مع امرأته رجلا فتكلم به جلدتموه أو قتل قتلتموه فإن سكت سكت على غيظ والله لأسألن عنه رسول الله ﷺ فلما كان من الغد أتى رسول الله ﷺ فسأله فقال لو أن رجلا وجد مع امرأته رجلا فتكلم به جلدتموه أو قتل قتلتموه أو سكت سكت على غيظ فقال اللهم افتح وجعل يدعو فنزلت آية اللعان {والذين يرمون أزواجهم ولم يكن لهم شهداء إلا أنفسهم} هذه الآية فابتلي به ذلك الرجل من بين الناس فجاء هو وامرأته إلى رسول الله ﷺ فتلاعنا فشهد الرجل أربع شهادات بالله إنه لمن الصادقين ثم لعن الخامسة عليه إن كان من الكاذبين قال فذهبت لتلتعن فقال لها النبي ﷺ مه فأبت ففعلت فلما أدبرا قال لعلها أن تجيء به أسود جعدا فجاءت به أسود جعدا