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Sunan an-Nasai 3476 — No Return of Wealth After Li'an
Can The Two Who Have Engaged In The Procedure Of Li'an Stay Together?
Hadith About Li'an and No Claim to Wealth
Sunan an-Nasai : 3476
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 3476
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَمْرٍو، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ، يَقُولُ سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ عَنِ الْمُتَلاَعِنَيْنِ، فَقَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لِلْمُتَلاَعِنَيْنِ " حِسَابُكُمَا عَلَى اللَّهِ أَحَدُكُمَا كَاذِبٌ وَلاَ سَبِيلَ لَكَ عَلَيْهَا " . قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَالِي قَالَ " لاَ مَالَ لَكَ إِنْ كُنْتَ صَدَقْتَ عَلَيْهَا فَهُوَ بِمَا اسْتَحْلَلْتَ مِنْ فَرْجِهَا وَإِنْ كُنْتَ كَذَبْتَ عَلَيْهَا فَذَاكَ أَبْعَدُ لَكَ " .
Sa'eed bin Jubair Narrated from:
I asked Ibn 'Umar about the two who engage in Li'an. He said: 'The Messenger of Allah said to the two who engaged in Li'an: Your reckoning will be with Allah. One of you is lying, and you cannot stay with her. He said: O Messenger of Allah, my wealth! He said: You are not entitled to any wealth. If you are telling the truth about her, then it is in return for having been allowed intimacy with her, and if you are lying then you are even less entitled to it.'
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 3476In-book reference : Book 27, Hadith 88English translation : Vol. 4, Book 27, Hadith 3506
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 3476
This hadith about Li'an gives a clear statement from the Messenger of Allah to the two who engaged in Li'an: "Your reckoning will be with Allah. One of you is lying, and you cannot stay with her." The man then asked about his wealth. The Prophet said, "You are not entitled to any wealth." If the man was telling the truth, then the wealth was in return for the intimacy that had been made lawful to him. If he was lying, then he was even less entitled to it. The wording makes the matter very serious. The hidden truth belongs to Allah, separation follows, and the husband’s claim to wealth is denied in the case described.
What we learn from this hadith
- The final reckoning between the two is with Allah.
- The Prophet stated that one of the two was lying.
- The husband could not stay with her after Li'an.
- The husband was not entitled to reclaim wealth in this case.
