Hadith 217
Three-Narrator Ahadith
Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal · From the Musnad of Abū Mālik Sahl ibn Saʿd al-Sāʿidī (may Allah be pleased with him)
Arabic
حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، سَمِعَ سَهْلَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ: شَهِدَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الْمُتَلَاعِنَيْنِ، فَتَلَاعَنَا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَأَنَا ابْنُ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ. قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إِنْ أَمْسَكْتُهَا فَقَدْ كَذَبْتُ عَلَيْهَا. قَالَ: فَجَاءَتْ بِهِ لِلَّذِي كَانَ يَكْرَهُ.
English translation
Sahl ibn Saʿd (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: I witnessed the Prophet (ﷺ) ﷺ [preside over] a couple who performed mutual imprecation (liʿān). They invoked curses upon each other during the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ﷺ, and I was fifteen years old at that time. [The husband] said, “Messenger of Allah, if I keep her [as my wife], then I will have lied against her.” Then she gave birth to [a child who matched the description] that was disliked [by the husband, confirming the allegation]. Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 217
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