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Sahih al-Bukhari 6854

Chapter: To behave in a suspicious and dishonest way; and to accuse others without proof

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Companion’s words (mawquf) Sahih al-Bukhari 6854

Narrator:Sahl ibn Sa‘d

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيٌّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، قَالَ

شَهِدْتُ الْمُتَلاَعِنَيْنِ وَأَنَا ابْنُ خَمْسَ، عَشْرَةَ، فَرَّقَ بَيْنَهُمَا فَقَالَ زَوْجُهَا كَذَبْتُ عَلَيْهَا إِنْ أَمْسَكْتُهَا‏.‏ قَالَ فَحَفِظْتُ ذَاكَ مِنَ الزُّهْرِيِّ ‏"‏ إِنْ جَاءَتْ بِهِ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَهْوَ، وَإِنْ جَاءَتْ بِهِ كَذَا وَكَذَا كَأَنَّهُ وَحَرَةٌ فَهُوَ ‏"‏‏.‏ وَسَمِعْتُ الزُّهْرِيَّ يَقُولُ جَاءَتْ بِهِ لِلَّذِي يُكْرَهُ

Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d:

I witnessed the case of Lian (the case of a man who charged his wife for committing illegal sexual intercourse when I was fifteen years old. The Prophet (ﷺ) ordered that they be divorced, and the husband said, "If I kept her, I would be a liar." I remember that Az-Zubair also said, "(It was said) that if that woman brought forth the child with such-and-such description, her husband would prove truthful, but if she brought it with such-and-such description looking like a Wahra (a red insect), he would prove untruthful." I heard Az-Zubair also saying, "Finally she gave birth to a child of description which her husband disliked .

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 6854, 7165).

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Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

حَدِيث سَهْل بْن سَعْد فِي قِصَّة الْمُتَلَاعِنَيْنِ أَوْرَدَهُ مُخْتَصَرًا , وَفِي آخِره تَصْرِيح سُفْيَان حَيْثُ قَالَ " حَفِظْت مِنْ الزُّهْرِيّ " وَقَدْ تَقَدَّمَ شَرْحه فِي كِتَاب اللِّعَان مُسْتَوْفًى , وَقَوْله " إِنْ جَاءَتْ بِهِ كَذَا فَهُوَ , وَإِنْ جَاءَتْ بِهِ كَذَا فَهُوَ " كَذَا وَقَعَ بِالْكِنَايَةِ وَبِالِاكْتِفَاءِ فِي الْمَوْضِعَيْنِ , وَتَقَدَّمَ فِي اللِّعَان بَيَانه مِنْ طَرِيق اِبْن جُرَيْج عَنْ اِبْن شِهَاب وَلَفْظه " إِنْ جَاءَتْ بِهِ أَحْمَرَ قَصِيرًا كَأَنَّهُ وَحَرَةٌ فَلَا أَرَاهَا إِلَّا قَدْ صَدَقَتْ وَكَذَبَ عَلَيْهَا , وَإِنْ جَاءَتْ بِهِ أَسْوَدَ أَعْيَنَ ذَا أَلْيَتَيْنِ فَلَا أَرَاهُ إِلَّا قَدْ صَدَقَ عَلَيْهَا وَكَذَبَتْ عَلَيْهِ " اِنْتَهَى , وَعَلَى هَذ…

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