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Sahih al-BukhariJudgments (Ahkaam)

Sahih al-Bukhari 7165

Chapter: Whoever gave judgements of Li'an in the mosque

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Companion’s words (mawquf) Sahih al-Bukhari 7165

Narrator:Sahl ibn Sa‘d

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، قَالَ

شَهِدْتُ الْمُتَلاَعِنَيْنِ وَأَنَا ابْنُ خَمْسَ، عَشْرَةَ فُرِّقَ بَيْنَهُمَا‏.‏

Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d:

I witnessed a husband and a wife who were involved in a case of Lian. Then (the judgment of) divorce was passed. I was fifteen years of age, at that time.

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

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Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

رِوَايَة سُفْيَان وَهُوَ اِبْن عُيَيْنَةَ قَالَ : قَالَ الزُّهْرِيّ " عَنْ سَهْل بْن سَعْد " فَذَكَرَهُ مُخْتَصَرًا وَلَفْظه " شَهِدْت الْمُتَلَاعِنَيْنِ وَأَنَا اِبْن خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَة فُرِّقَ بَيْنَهُمَا " وَقَدْ أَخْرَجَهُ فِي كِتَاب اللِّعَان مُطَوَّلًا وَتَقَدَّمَتْ فَوَائِده هُنَاكَ.…

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Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 6854

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)…

شَهِدْتُ الْمُتَلاَعِنَيْنِ وَأَنَا ابْنُ خَمْسَ، عَشْرَةَ، فَرَّقَ بَيْنَهُمَا فَقَالَ زَوْجُهَا كَذَبْتُ عَلَيْهَا إِنْ أَمْسَكْتُهَا‏.‏ قَالَ فَحَفِظْتُ ذَاكَ مِنَ الزُّهْرِيِّ ‏"‏ إِنْ جَاءَتْ بِهِ كَذَا وَكَذَا…

Narrated by Sahl ibn Sa‘d