English narration
Narrated by سهل بن سعد الساعدي
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 .
النص العربي
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ ، قَالَ : "
شَهِدْتُ الْمُتَلَاعِنَيْنِ وَأَنَا ابْنُ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فَرَّقَ بَيْنَهُمَا ، فَقَالَ زَوْجُهَا : كَذَبْتُ عَلَيْهَا إِنْ أَمْسَكْتُهَا ، قَالَ : فَحَفِظْتُ ذَاكَ مِنَ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، إِنْ جَاءَتْ بِهِ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَهُوَ ، وَإِنْ جَاءَتْ بِهِ كَذَا وَكَذَا كَأَنَّهُ وَحَرَةٌ فَهُوَ ، وَسَمِعْتُ الزُّهْرِيَّ يَقُولُ : جَاءَتْ بِهِ لِلَّذِي يُكْرَهُ
" .