Sahih al-Bukhari · The Book of Al-Maharbeen

43- بَابُ مَنْ أَظْهَرَ الْفَاحِشَةَ وَاللَّطْخَ وَالتُّهَمَةَ بِغَيْرِ بَيِّنَةٍ:

(43) Chapter. What is the legal verdict in the case of somebody who behaves in such a suspicious and dishonest way that he may be suspected of adultery; and the case of one who accuses others of evil deeds without any evident proof.

3 hadith · references 6854–6856

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Bukhari · 6854شَهِدْتُ الْمُتَلَاعِنَيْنِ وَأَنَا ابْنُ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فَرَّقَ بَيْنَهُمَا ، فَقَالَ زَوْجُهَا : كَذَبْتُ عَلَيْهَا إِنْ أَمْسَكْتُهَا ، قَالَ : فَحَفِظْتُ ذَاكَ مِنَ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، إِنْ جَاءَتْ بِهِ كَذَا وَكَI 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 kept4 narratorsBukhari · 6855ذَكَرَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ الْمُتَلَاعِنَيْنِ ، فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ شَدَّادٍ : هِيَ الَّتِي قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ :Ibn `Abbas mentioned the couple who had taken the oath of Lian. `Abdullah bin Shaddad said (to him), "Was this woman about whom Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, 'If I were ever to stone to death any woman without witnesses. (5 narratorsBukhari · 6856ذُكِرَ التَّلَاعُنُ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : عَاصِمُ بْنُ عَدِيٍّ فِي ذَلِكَ قَوْلًا ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ ، وَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ يَشْكُو أَنَّهُ وَجَدَ مَعَ أَهْلِهِ رَجُلًا ، Lian was mentioned in the presence of the Prophet, 'Asim bin Adi said a statement about it, and when he left, a man from his tribe came to him complaining that he had seen a man with his wife. 'Asim said, "I have been pu6 narrators