Al-Lu'lu Wal-Marjan 955 — The Book of Al-Li'ân (An oath taken by both the wife and the husband when he accuses his wife for committing illegal sexual intercourse [refer the Qur'ân (V.24:6)]

Ibn 'Abbas Narrated from:

Once Li'ân was mentioned before the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم whereupon 'Âsim bin 'Adi said something and went away. Then a man from his tribe came to him, complaining that he had found a man with his wife. 'Âsim said, 'I have not been put to task except for my statement (about Li'ân).'Âsim took the man to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and the man told him of the state in which he had found his wife. The man was pale, thin, and of lank hair, while the other man whom he claimed he had seen with his wife, was brown, fat and had much flesh on his calves. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم invoked, saying, 'O Allâh! Reveal the truth.' So that the lady delivered a child resembling the man whom her husband had mentioned he had found her with. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم then made them carry out Li'ân.Then a man from that gathering asked Ibn 'Abbâs, "Was she the same lady regarding which the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم had said, 'If I were to stone to death someone without witness, I would have stoned this lady?'" Ibn 'Abbâs said, "No, that was another lady who, though being a Muslim, used to arouse suspicion by her outright misbehaviour." ( Sahîh Al-Bukhârî, Hadîth No. 230, Vol. 7)