Hilal bin Umaya accused his wife of adultery before the Prophet ﷺ, naming Sharik bin Sahma as the man involved.The Prophet ﷺ said, "Produce evidence, or you will receive the punishment of lashes on your back."Hilal said, "Messenger of Allah, if one of us sees a man with his wife, is he supposed to go off looking for witnesses?"The Prophet ﷺ kept repeating, "Evidence, or lashes on your back."Hilal said, "By the One who sent you with the truth, I am telling the truth, and Allah will surely send down something to spare my back from the punishment."Then Jibril came down and revealed to him, "And those who accuse their wives..." He recited until he reached "...if he is among the truthful" [Nur 24:6–9].The Prophet ﷺ then sent for the woman. Hilal came and gave his testimony, while the Prophet ﷺ was saying, "Allah knows that one of you two is lying. Will either of you repent?"Then she stood up and gave her testimony. When she reached the fifth oath, they paused her and said, "This one will make the punishment binding upon you."Ibn Abbas said, "She hesitated and drew back, until we thought she was going to retract. Then she said, 'I will not disgrace my people for the rest of time,' and she went through with it."The Prophet ﷺ said, "Watch her. If she gives birth to a child with dark-rimmed eyes, full buttocks, and thick legs, then he belongs to Sharik bin Sahma."She gave birth to a child fitting that exact description.The Prophet ﷺ said, "Were it not for what has already been decreed in the Book of Allah, I would have dealt with her severely."
حدثني محمد بن بشار حدثنا ابن أبي عدي عن هشام بن حسان حدثنا عكرمة
أن هلال بن أمية قذف امرأته عند النبي ﷺ بشريك ابن سحماء فقال النبي ﷺ البينة أو حد في ظهرك فقال يا رسول الله إذا رأى أحدنا على امرأته رجلا ينطلق يلتمس البينة فجعل النبي ﷺ يقول البينة وإلا حد في ظهرك فقال هلال والذي بعثك بالحق إني لصادق فلينزلن الله ما يبرئ ظهري من الحد فنزل جبريل وأنزل عليه {والذين يرمون أزواجهم} فقرأ حتى بلغ {إن كان من الصادقين} فانصرف النبي ﷺ فأرسل إليها فجاء هلال فشهد والنبي ﷺ يقول إن الله يعلم أن أحدكما كاذب فهل منكما تائب ثم قامت فشهدت فلما كانت عند الخامسة وقفوها وقالوا إنها موجبة قال ابن عباس فتلكأت ونكصت حتى ظننا أنها ترجع ثم قالت لا أفضح قومي سائر اليوم فمضت فقال النبي ﷺ أبصروها فإن جاءت به أكحل العينين سابغ الأليتين خدلج الساقين فهو لشريك ابن سحماء فجاءت به كذلك فقال النبي ﷺ لولا ما مضى من كتاب الله لكان لي ولها شأن